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CXUS56 KMFR 011339
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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR
425 AM PDT MON APR 01 2024

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...THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1911 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             86   03/28/1930
                       03/31/1911
                       03/30/1911
 LOW              14   03/01/1960
                       03/01/1917
HIGHEST           80   03/18                          64  03/21
LOWEST            28   03/08                          24  03/06
AVG. MAXIMUM    58.3               59.4    -1.1     52.5
AVG. MINIMUM    37.0               37.2    -0.2     32.4
MEAN            47.6               48.3    -0.7     42.5
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     5                7.3    -2.3       18
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        5.54   1957
TOTALS          2.45               1.81    0.64     1.92
DAILY AVG.      0.08               0.06    0.02     0.06
DAYS >= .01       15               12.6     2.4       16
DAYS >= .10        5                5.6    -0.6        7
DAYS >= .50        2                0.6     1.4        1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.74   03/01 TO 03/02

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           8.1   1956
TOTALS           0.4                0.2     0.2      1.2
SINCE 7/1        0.7                3.4    -2.7       MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    531                518      13      690
 SINCE 7/1      3132               3600    -468       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM

FREEZE DATES
RECORD
 EARLIEST     09/13/1921
 LATEST       06/12/1952
EARLIEST                        10/28
LATEST                          04/13
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              3.9
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    25/230    DATE  03/23
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    38/240    DATE  03/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER           0.52
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR           10
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             11
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         10

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN               18     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                4     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      1

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

...MEDFORD OREGON WEATHER REVIEW: MARCH 2024...

MARCH STARTED WITH A STRONG SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT MODERATE
PRECIPITATION AND GUSTY WINDS TO PARTS OF SOUTHERN OREGON AND
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT NEARLY 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN
TO MEDFORD ON THE 1ST DAY OF THE MONTH. HOWEVER, THIS ONLY MET THE
HALFWAY POINT FOR THE CURRENT DAILY RAINFALL RECORD ON THE 1ST WHICH
IS 1.43 INCHES FROM 1972. THE SECOND RAINIEST DAY WAS THE 5TH WITH
0.62 INCHES RECORDED. ALTHOUGH NOT AS WET AS JANUARY, MEDFORD
RECEIVED ALMOST 2.5 INCHES, WHICH IS OVER 0.60 INCHES ABOVE THE
MONTHLY NORMAL. SNOW LEVELS FELL TO THE VALLEY FLOORS FOR THE FIRST
FEW DAYS OF MARCH, AND ON THE 2ND THERE WAS 0.4 INCHES RECORDED AT
THE OFFICE. ON THE 9TH OF MARCH THE OBSERVED SNOW DEPTH AT CRATER
LAKE NP WAS 132 INCHES, 32 INCHES ABOVE THE NORMAL SNOW DEPTH FOR
THAT DAY. THE SNOW WAS PILED UP TO THE STEEL VISITOR CENTER CAMERA!

TEMPERATURES WERE JUST SHY OF NORMAL WITH THIS MONTH BEING LESS THAN
A DEGREE COLDER THAN THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE. THERE WERE
ONLY 5 DAYS WHERE TEMPERATURES FELL TO 32 DEGREES OR BELOW, AND
THOSE WERE IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. BY MID-MARCH HIGH
PRESSURE BROUGHT WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS, AND TEMPERATURES WERE MORE
TYPICAL OF MAY AS THEY WERE NEAR 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. BETWEEN
THE 15TH AND 19TH, HIGHS WERE 74 DEGREES OR WARMER. IF YOU CAN
REMEMBER BACK TO JANUARY, THE 30TH SAW A HIGH OF 73 DEGREES, SO THIS
IS NOT THE FIRST TIME MEDFORD HAS SEEN 70 DEGREES IN 2024.
IT IS, HOWEVER, THE FIRST TIME MEDFORD HIT 80 DEGREES THIS YEAR AS
THERE WAS A HIGH OF 80 ON THE 18TH. THIS WAS JUST A DEGREE OFF FROM
REACHING THE CURRENT DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD THAT WAS SET IN
1928.

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