CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT (MISC, INC MONTHLY REPORTS)

 
 CXUS56 KMFR 010935
 CLMMFR
 
 JANUARY 2010 CLIMATOLOGICAL REPORT
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE MEDFORD OREGON
 200 AM PST MON FEB 1 2010
 
 TEMPERATURE DATA.....
                              (DEGREES F)
 AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE.... 45.7  OR 6.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
 AVERAGE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 52.6  OR 5.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
 AVERAGE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE.... 38.9  OR 8.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
 HIGHEST TEMPERATURE WAS........   67  ON DAY 11  
 LOWEST  TEMPERATURE WAS........   29  ON DAY 23     
 
 HEATING DEGREES DAYS..        (BASE 65)       COOLING DEGREES DAYS
 MONTHLY TOTAL............      589    MONTHLY TOTAL............     0
 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....     -214    DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....     0
 SEASONAL TOTAL (JUL-JUN).     2553    SEASONAL TOTAL (JAN-DEC).     0
 DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....     -118    DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....     0
 
 PRECIPITATION DATA....        ..RAIN..
 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH..........  2.77  OR 0.30 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
 TOTAL SINCE JANUARY 1ST......  2.77  OR 0.30 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL
 GREATEST 24 HOUR RAINFALL WAS  1.06  ON DECEMBER 31-JANUARY 1
 
                               ..SNOW..
 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH.........  0.0
 TOTAL FOR THE SEASON........  0.5
 GREATEST 24 HOUR SNOWFALL...  0.0
 
                          ..NUMBER OF DAYS..
 WITH  .01 INCHES OR MORE   14        HIGHS 32 DEGREES OR COLDER   0 
 WITH  .10 INCHES OR MORE   10        HIGHS 90 DEGREES OR WARMER   0
 WITH  .50 INCHES OR MORE    1        LOWS  32 DEGREES OR COLDER   1
 WITH 1.00 INCHES OR MORE    0        LOWS   0 DEGREES OR COLDER   0
 
 SKY CONDITION.........             SEA LEVEL PRESSURE............
 NUMBER OF DAYS  CLEAR...    2      HIGHEST 30.40 INCHES ON DAY 14
 NUMBER OF DAYS  PTCLDY..   17      LOWEST  28.88 INCHES ON DAY 20
 NUMBER OF DAYS  CLOUDY..   12
 
 WIND DATA.............
 
 THE AVERAGE MONTHLY WIND SPEED WAS... 4.3 MPH
 THE FASTEST TWO-MINUTE WIND WAS...... 40 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON
                                       DAY 19
 THE HIGHEST PEAK WIND GUST WAS....... 54 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON
                                       DAY 20
 
 REMARKS...............
 
 JANUARY WAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY WARM MONTH FOR MEDFORD WITH 
 PRECIPITATION SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. THE AVERAGE DAILY TEMPERATURE 
 FOR ALL BUT TWO DAYS THIS MONTH WAS ABOVE NORMAL. IN THE END, THE 
 AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS MORE THAN SIX DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, 
 AND THE TOTAL PRECIPITATION WAS 0.30 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. A STORM AT 
 THE END OF DECEMBER INTO EARLY JANUARY BROUGHT NEARLY A HALF-INCH OF 
 RAIN ON JANUARY 1. SEVERAL STORMS THAT FOLLOWED LEFT NEARLY A THIRD 
 OF AN INCH OF RAIN FROM JANUARY 5 THROUGH JANUARY 8. STRONG AND 
 GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS PRODUCED A SPRINGLIKE DAY ON JANUARY 11 AS THE 
 HIGH TEMPERATURE SOARED TO 67 DEGREES. THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS 
 CONTINUED INTO JANUARY 12 BEFORE A STORM SYSTEM MOVED THROUGH AND 
 DUMPED 0.89 INCHES OF RAIN FROM JANUARY 12 INTO JANUARY 13. VERY 
 STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS RETURNED JANUARY 17 AND LASTED THROUGH 
 JANUARY 21. WHILE STORM SYSTEMS PUMMELED CALIFORNIA WITH HEAVY RAIN 
 AND SNOW, MEDFORD TURNED OUT TO BE MILD AND RELATIVELY DRY DURING 
 THIS TIME. STORM SYSTEMS FROM JANUARY 24 THROUGH JANUARY 26 LEFT 
 0.78 INCHES OF RAIN. ALTHOUGH GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS RETURNED FOR THE 
 FIRST TWO DAYS OF THIS PERIOD...THEY WERE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS 
 THE WINDS EARLIER IN THE MONTH. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER 
 ON JANUARY 27 AND 28, ANOTHER STORM BROUGHT SOME RAIN FOR JANUARY 29 
 AND 30.  
 
 A RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON JANUARY 6 TIED THE PREVIOUS 
 RECORD OF 47. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE ON JANUARY 11 OF 67 SET A NEW 
 RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE, SMASHING THE OLD RECORD OF 59. 
 THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 ON JANUARY 15 TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD 
 HIGH TEMPERATURE. MEDFORD ALSO SET A RECORD FOR THE LOWEST 
 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE EVER RECORDED AT 28.88 INCHES OF MERCURY ON 
 JANUARY 20. THIS NUDGED OUT THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 28.93 INCHES OF 
 MERCURY.
 
 
 
 WOODHEAD