Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
Issued by NWS Medford, OR
240 CXUS56 KMFR 011910 CLMMFR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 856 AM PST FRI DEC 01 2023 ................................... ...THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1911 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 80 11/03/1929 LOW 10 11/13/1978 HIGHEST 66 11/01 64 11/15 LOWEST 23 11/25 22 11/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 56.0 54.0 2.0 52.2 AVG. MINIMUM 37.2 36.4 0.8 31.8 MEAN 46.6 45.2 1.4 42.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 9 9.2 -0.2 17 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.62 1942 TOTALS 1.81 2.61 -0.80 2.06 DAILY AVG. 0.06 0.09 -0.03 0.07 DAYS >= .01 14 12.9 1.1 14 DAYS >= .10 5 7.0 -2.0 7 DAYS >= .50 1 1.2 -0.2 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.3 -0.3 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.74 11/05 TO 11/06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 11.4 1955 TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 T SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 545 594 -49 682 SINCE 7/1 845 937 -92 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 1304 909 395 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/13/1921 LATEST 06/12/1952 EARLIEST 10/28 LATEST 04/13 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 1.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 20/200 DATE 11/05 20/270 11/19 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 29/200 DATE 11/05 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.50 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 10 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 9 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 21 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 11 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. ...MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: NOVEMBER 2023... THE START OF THE MONTH STARTED OFF ACTIVE WITH TWO LOWS BRINGING WARM AND WETTING PRECIPITATION TO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WERE ON THE WARMER SIDE WITH THESE FIRST TWO EVENTS AS THE LOWS APPROACHED THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH, WHICH BROUGHT IN A RELATIVELY WARM AIRMASS TO THE REGION. CRATER LAKE DID BUILD UP SOME SNOW PACK DURING THE FIRST WEEK ON THE MONTH. THE ACTIVE WEATHER PERSISTED FOR MUCH OF THE MONTH, YET NONE OF THESE LOWS WERE ESPECIALLY STRONG OR WET FOR THAT MATTER. WE ALSO SET A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL RECORD FOR ROSEBURG. THEY BROKE THEIR OLD RECORD OF 1.1 INCHES WITH 2.14 INCHES FALLING ON NOVEMBER 4TH. AROUND NOVEMBER 7TH JUST OFF THE COAST OF GOLD BEACH, A WATERSPOUT WAS OBSERVED BY SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED OVER LAND, BUT PHOTOS AND VIDEOS DID CONFIRM IT WAS A WATERSPOUT. THIS WAS ROUGHLY THE TIME OF YEAR FOR SUCH THINGS. ONE WAS OBSERVED NEAR MANZANITA BACK IN 2016 DURING THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER. MEDFORD ALSO OBSERVED IT`S LOWEST PRESSURE ON THE 18TH WHEN A COLD FRONT CAME STROLLING THROUGH. HOWEVER, THE PRESSURE DID NOT DROP BELOW 1000 MB IN MEDFORD THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. SHORTLY AFTER THAT LOW PASSAGE, AN SRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILT IN OVER SOUTHERN OREGON AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND WE SET THE HIGHEST PRESSURE OF THE MONTH. THES PERIOD OF HIGH PRESSURE LEAD TO SOME FAIRLY DRY AND COLD NIGHTS WITH THE FIRST FROST AND FREEZE ARRIVING AT THE COAST. IN FACT, WE SET A NEW LOW TEMPERATURE RECORD IN NORTH BEND ON THE 26TH WITH A LOW OF 28. OVERALL, THE MONTH WAS SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL, ALTHOUGH WE DIDN`T SET ANY NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORDS. THE MONTH WAS ALSO FAIRLY QUIET WITH NO STRONG CYCLONES BUILDING UP ALONG OUR COASTLINE, WHICH BECOMES MORE COMMON THIS TIME OF YEAR INTO THE WINTER MONTHS. THIS IS EMPHASIZED BY THE LOWEST PRESSURE OBSERVED DURING THE MONTH HERE AT THE OFFICE. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 46.6 DEGREES, WHICH IS 1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 56.0 DEGREES, WHICH IS 2.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 37.2 DEGREES, WHICH IS 0.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 66 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 1ST. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 23 DEGREES WHICH OCCURRED ON THE 25TH. THERE WERE 10 CLEAR DAYS, 11 PARTLY CLOUDY DAYS, AND 9 CLOUDY DAYS. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.81 INCHES WHICH IS 0.80 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE WATER YEAR (BEGINNING OCTOBER 1ST) IS 2.93 INCHES WHICH IS 0.90 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. CALENDAR YEAR PRECIPITATION IS 11.10 INCHES WHICH IS 3.80 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR THE MONTH WAS 1.8 MPH. THE FASTEST RECORDED TWO-MINUTE WIND SPEED WAS 20 MPH FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST, WHICH BOTH OCCURRED ON THE 20TH. THE PEAK WIND WAS 29 MPH FROM THE SOUTH WHICH ALSO OCCURRED ON THE 20TH. THE HIGHEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 30.55 INCHES ON THE 19TH. THE LOWEST PRESSURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 29.65 INCHES ON THE 18TH. -SMITH $$