Monthly Means and Extremes                                         Period:     1971-2000
Medford Experiment Station, OR

Parameter                  Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec    Year
Mean Temperature(F)
   Maximum                 46.8  53.1  57.9  64.2  71.9  79.9  87.9  87.0  79.8  67.0  51.3  45.1    66.0
   Minimum                 30.6  32.4  34.6  37.5  42.1  47.5  51.4  50.7  44.4  37.3  34.2  30.7    39.5
   Mean                    38.7  42.8  46.3  50.9  57.0  63.7  69.7  68.9  62.1  52.2  42.8  37.9    52.8
Extreme Temperature(F)
   Maximum                   68    77    79    93    96   104   105   109   102    95    73    68     109
   Minimum                    9     0    20    25    29    30    35    37    29    17     9    -8      -8
Precipitation(inches)
   Monthly mean            2.77  2.32  2.26  1.61  1.41   .77   .50   .57   .95  1.51  3.20  3.27   21.14
   Extreme 24 hr           2.35  2.02  1.84   .90  1.34   .91  1.30   .90  3.66  1.44  2.12  2.54    3.66
Snowfall(inches)
   Monthly mean             .98   .34   .18   .00   .00   .00   .00   .00   .00   .00   .04   .89    3.04
Average number of days
   Temperature
      Maximum 90 or more     .0    .0    .0    .0   1.6   5.8  13.9  12.7   5.5    .3    .0    .0    40.0
      Maximum 32 or less     .2    .1    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0   1.0     1.3
      Minimum 32 or less   19.8  15.3  12.5   7.5   2.2    .1    .0    .0    .9   7.5  13.4  18.5    96.8
      Minimum 0 or less      .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .0    .3      .2
   Precipitation
      .01 inches or more   12.8  11.1  12.9  10.1   7.7   5.1   2.5   2.6   4.0   6.4  14.0  13.8   106.2
      .10 inches or more    5.5   5.3   5.8   4.4   4.0   2.3   1.2   1.5   2.3   3.8   7.1   7.3    52.5
      .50 inches or more    1.3   1.2   1.3    .6    .5    .3    .2    .3    .5    .8   1.9   1.7    10.9
      1.00 inches or more    .4    .2    .3    .0    .1    .0    .0    .0    .1    .2    .6    .6     2.6
Degree Days
   Heating days @ 65 (F)    824   629   573   424   257   100    27    20   120   381   669   846    4854
   Growing days @ 50 (F)      4    10    26    89   235   416   602   594   373   127    11     3    2492