CXUS56 KMFR 011021 AAA CLMMFR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEDFORD, OR 321 AM PDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...THE MEDFORD OR CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 10/02/1980 LOW 18 10/29/1971 HIGHEST 94 10/01 91 10/06 LOWEST 32 10/24 29 10/28 10/25 10/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 72.8 70.1 2.7 69.7 AVG. MINIMUM 43.5 42.1 1.4 45.5 MEAN 58.2 56.1 2.1 57.6 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 1.0 1.0 1 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 2 2.0 0.0 3 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.16 1950 TOTALS 0.93 1.22 -0.29 1.12 DAILY AVG. 0.03 0.04 -0.01 0.04 DAYS >= .01 10 7.5 2.5 9 DAYS >= .10 4 3.4 0.6 5 DAYS >= .50 0 0.6 -0.6 0 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.24 10/27 TO 10/27 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 1.3 1956 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 220 288 -68 239 SINCE 7/1 247 343 -96 MM COOLING TOTAL 16 12 4 18 SINCE 1/1 1169 909 260 MM FREEZE DATES RECORD EARLIEST 09/13/1921 LATEST 06/12/1952 EARLIEST 10/24 MM LATEST 03/14 ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 20/310 DATE 10/04 20/020 10/12 20/260 10/27 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 27/310 DATE 10/04 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.26 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 20 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 6 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 58 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3 LIGHT RAIN 10 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 7 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 4 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && THE FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER WAS WARM WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH WAS ON THE 1ST WHICH HAD A HIGH OF 94 DEGREES. TEMPERATURES REMAINED IN THE 80S TO LOW 90S THROUGH THE 8TH, THEN A COUPLE OF COLD FRONTS MOVED THROUGH FROM THE 9TH THROUGH THE 12TH. THE FIRST FRONT ON THE 9TH WAS DRY WITH JUST MINOR COOLING AND NO PRECIPITATION. THE SECOND FRONT ON THE 11TH AND 12TH BROUGHT THE FIRST MEASURABLE RAIN OF THE MONTH WITH 0.02 OF AN INCH, BUT NOT THE NECESSARY WETTING RAIN TO QUELL THE WILDFIRES STILL BURNING IN THE CASCADES FOOTHILLS TO THE NORTH. A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FRONT MOVED THROUGH FROM THE 15TH TO THE 17TH. AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL ALONG WITH THE FIRST REAL COOL AUTUMN WEATHER AND TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGH ON THE 17TH WAS 61 DEGREES. TYPICAL UPS AND DOWNS OCCURRED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH AS THE SEASONAL SHIFT OF THE JET SOUTHWARD CONTINUED TO BRING FAIRLY REGULAR FRONTS. A COUPLE OF CLEAR, COLD NIGHTS WITH THE FIRST FREEZES OF THE SEASON OCCURRED ON THE 24TH AND 25TH. FIRE SEASON WAS DECLARED OVER ON THE 27TH AS WETTING RAIN VISITED MOST AREAS. THE LAST FEW DAYS OF THE MONTH COOLED OFF WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 50S FROM THE 28TH TO THE 31ST. $$