Southern Oregon Weather. 2009' finished the year as the fourth driest calender year on record for Medford Oregon since 1928. Unfortunately, that means less water in rivers and streams, which may spell disaster for fire season in the summer months. Perhaps El Nino isn't finished with Southern Oregon yet.
Here are the five driest calendar years in Southern Oregon since 1928, and the five wettest years in Southern Oregon, based on data collected by the National Weather Service. Average annual rainfall is 18.37 inches for the 30 years from 1971 to 2000.
Driest Years in Medford, Oregon
1959 - 10.42 inches
1985 - 10.69 inches
1933 - 11.09 inches
2009 - 11.27 inches
1930 - 11.67 inches
Wettest Years in Medford, Oregon
1996 - 31.41 inches
1983 - 30.15 inches
1964 - 29.98 inches
1956 - 28.78 inches
1950 - 28.57 inches
I think Washington had a pretty dry year this year didn't it? Here's a global warming example. We were at 82 degrees yesterday.
We gotta have rain here. Or they'll have to call us West Idaho.
My in 2009, that is pretty dry for your area , since you are known as the rain state, what's going on with that?
A little bit of a disparity from the dry to the wet years. About 20 inches or so, I'd say. Thanks.
Melinda - I hope people are very careful there this summer. There's not much worse than a raging forest fire.... We had the Hayman Fire here a few years ago. The worst in Colorado history - it burned for almost a month, and destroyed 138,000 acres, from here to Denver. It was a nightmare.
Debi