United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Medford.

August leads for comfortable weather in Medford: typically 25°C by day, 13.1°C at night, with 109 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortAugust
Typical high25°C
Typical low13.1°C
Rain in August109 mm
Comfort

August

August · July · June

78climate match
Beach

July

July · August · June

54climate match
Outdoors

September

September · May · June

77climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against August’s 78days reach only -6.4°C, 30° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan
5-6.4° / -16.4°
Feb
5-3.4° / -14.6°
Mar
53.4° / -7.8°
Apr
1811.3° / -0.7°
May
5318.8° / 6.4°
Jun
7523.7° / 12°
Jul
7726° / 14.2°
Aug
7825° / 13.1°
Sep
6320.6° / 8.5°
Oct
2612.7° / 1.4°
Nov
53.7° / -4.9°
Dec
5-3.4° / -11.8°
Monthly climate evidence for Medford — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
MonthDayNightRainWet daysDaylightComfortCoverage
January-6.4°C-16.4°C28 mm6.29 h 065Strong coverage
February-3.4°C-14.6°C26 mm4.810 h 195Strong coverage
March3.4°C-7.8°C43 mm6.411 h 465Strong coverage
April11.3°C-0.7°C76 mm9.313 h 2618Strong coverage
May18.8°C6.4°C94 mm10.214 h 5053Strong coverage
June23.7°C12°C123 mm1015 h 3775Strong coverage
July26°C14.2°C101 mm915 h 1877Strong coverage
August25°C13.1°C109 mm8.414 h 0578Strong coverage
September20.6°C8.5°C99 mm9.112 h 2863Strong coverage
October12.7°C1.4°C83 mm8.710 h 5226Strong coverage
November3.7°C-4.9°C48 mm6.19 h 285Strong coverage
December-3.4°C-11.8°C36 mm6.88 h 465Strong coverage

What has changed

Medford runs +0.2°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.

Jan
+0.6
Feb
-0.9
Mar
+1.0
Apr
-1.9
May
-0.4
Jun
+0.6
Jul
0.0
Aug
+0.1
Sep
+1.6
Oct
-0.3
Nov
+0.3
Dec
+1.9
August daytime highs, 20112023. Last recorded: 25.4°C.
Records at MEDFORD, 1893–2025
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January11.1°C23 Jan 1942-40.0°C6 Jan 191238 mm29 Jan 191487 mm1935 · driest 2 mm in 1981132
February15.6°C27 Feb 1896-42.8°C10 Feb 189940 mm29 Feb 2012121 mm2019 · driest 0 mm in 2002132
March25.6°C29 Mar 1910-40.0°C1 Mar 196255 mm16 Mar 2016118 mm2016 · driest 3 mm in 1910130
April31.7°C29 Apr 1952-20.0°C8 Apr 192380 mm5 Apr 1910151 mm2001 · driest 12 mm in 1901130
May38.3°C30 May 1934-8.9°C4 May 190070 mm6 May 1936235 mm1903 · driest 16 mm in 1925132
June39.4°C19 Jun 1900-5.6°C1 Jun 1910203 mm5 Jun 1905412 mm1905 · driest 3 mm in 1912131
July40.0°C13 Jul 19361.1°C30 Jul 1899121 mm8 Jul 1959234 mm1972 · driest 18 mm in 1947129
August37.8°C21 Aug 1901-1.1°C30 Aug 1931105 mm31 Aug 1938273 mm1941 · driest 14 mm in 1970128
September37.2°C2 Sep 1898-11.7°C30 Sep 1899109 mm9 Sep 1938329 mm1942 · driest 8 mm in 1952129
October31.7°C2 Oct 1976-16.7°C30 Oct 1925132 mm4 Oct 1900273 mm1900 · driest 2 mm in 1953131
November22.8°C1 Nov 1944-28.3°C30 Nov 197667 mm11 Nov 1915164 mm1991 · driest 4 mm in 1939131
December15.6°C6 Dec 2001-35.0°C25 Dec 193361 mm28 Dec 1904121 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 1898132
Typical days per month at MEDFORD, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Days 30°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)Snow days
January0031<16
February0027<14
March002713
April<101732
May5<134<1
June132040
July204030
August183030
September71130
October<10133<1
November002622
December0030<16

The best month has moved. On the 1961–1990 numbers the strongest month here was August (scoring 82); on 2011–2025 it is July (82). Both are scored the same way, from the same station — only the climate underneath changed.

How often, not how much — every day in MEDFORD’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January0%18%2%14%-9.3–-2.5°C
February0%17%3%13%-6.6–-0.1°C
March<1%20%5%20%-0.1–6.7°C
April10%27%8%32%8.4–15.3°C
May36%31%12%39%16.0–21.6°C
June58%33%13%43%21.9–27.2°C
July70%29%12%31%24.6–29.2°C
August69%28%11%30%23.3–27.7°C
September42%29%11%34%18.5–23.1°C
October15%24%7%25%10.5–16.4°C
November<1%21%5%19%0.7–7.1°C
December0%19%3%16%-6.7–-0.3°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1893Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 123-year average. Warmest: 1998. Coolest: 1917.2023

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 5262475
NOAA station
USC00475255 · MEDFORD
Station distance
0.9 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
29 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 45.14°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

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