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CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT (MISC, INC MONTHLY REPORTS)
CXUS56 KMFR 010921
CLMMFR
OCTOBER 2009 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE MEDFORD OREGON
200 AM PST SUN NOV 1 2009
TEMPERATURE DATA.....
(DEGREES F)
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 53.5 OR 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 65.0 OR 5.0 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL
AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 41.9 OR 1.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS........ 79 ON DAY 16
LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS........ 33 ON DAY 6
HEATING DEGREES DAYS.. (BASE 65) COOLING DEGREES DAYS
MONTHLY TOTAL............ 350 MONTHLY TOTAL........... 0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... +36 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... -7
SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN). 385 SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC) 1041
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.... -16 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL... +333
PRECIPITATION DATA.... ..RAIN..
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.......... 0.65 OR 0.66 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST...... 8.78 OR 3.76 INCHES BELOW NORMAL
GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS 0.21 ON DAY 13-14
..SNOW..
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH......... 0.0
TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........ 0.0
GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL... 0.0
..NUMBER OF DAYS..
WITH .01 INCHES OR MORE 11 HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
WITH .10 INCHES OR MORE 3 HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER 0
WITH .50 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE 0 LOWS 0 DEGREES OR COLDER 0
SKY CONDITION......... SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............
NUMBER OF DAYS CLEAR... 10 HIGHEST 30.39 INCHES ON DAY 1
NUMBER OF DAYS PTCLDY.. 16 LOWEST 29.12 INCHES ON DAY 13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY.. 5
WIND DATA.............
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS... 2.4 MPH
THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS...... 31 MPH FROM 160 DEGREES ON
DAY 13
THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS....... 38 MPH FROM 160 DEGREES ON
DAY 13
REMARKS...............
OCTOBER WAS A RELATIVELY COOL MONTH FOR MEDFORD WITH THE AVERAGE
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE 1.6 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE AVERAGE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS CONSIDERABLY BELOW NORMAL AT 5.0 DEGREES
COOLER. THE AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE DEPARTURE WAS MORE TEMPERATE
AT 1.7 ABOVE NORMAL. THE MONTH WAS DOMINATED BY A PROGRESSIVE WEATHER
PATTERN...PARTICULARLY TOWARDS THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH...IN WHICH
MOST DAYS SAW MEASURABLE RAINFALL AS A SERIES OF WEAK COLD FRONTS
TRAVERSED THE REGION. DESPITE THE PASSAGE OF MANY FRONTS...THE MONTHLY
PRECIPITATION TOTAL WAS STILL 0.66 INCHES DRIER THAN A TYPICAL OCTOBER.
AN ABNORMALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PASSED THROUGH THE AREA ON THE
13TH...WHICH CAUSED STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE ROGUE VALLEY FOR
THE DAY.
A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 52 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 4TH
WHICH TIED THE OLD RECORD OF 52 SET IN 1949.
SUGDEN