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Medford's summer highs are in the 90's, it gets about half the rain Redding does (18 in. vs. 35 in.), and about the same amount of snow.
There is no question Medford is in the PNW, but it offers a climate that is significantly different from the rest of Western Oregon. The "feel" is generally NW, but the weather would remind one of Northern California. The climate is more similar to Redding than Eugene. That said, Redding feels more CA than OR, and Medford feels more OR than CA. Kind of hard to explain, but if you have spent much time in either, you know what I am talking about.
Bonus: There is an "In 'n Out" in Medford, that with one just a half hour north in Grants Pass are the only existing In 'n Out's in the Northwest.
Unlike the PNW, even in the most stormy, precipitation heavy years, Northern California always has the break of several sunny days between each storm. Whereas in the western PNW the sky will stay gray rainy or at list drizzling for weeks on end sometimes with few sunny breaks until July 3rd. The western 2/3 of both Oregon and Washington though are dry as (NE) NoCa, but colder.
Unlike the PNW, even in the most stormy, precipitation heavy years, Northern California always has the break of several sunny days between each storm. Whereas in the western PNW the sky will stay gray rainy or at list drizzling for weeks on end sometimes with few sunny breaks until July 3rd. The western 2/3 of both Oregon and Washington though are dry as (NE) NoCa, but colder.
That is quite a generalization, though on average, you are correct there are fewer sunnier days. The generalization is that the PNW has "few sunny breaks until July 3rd". Just not true. While the winter climate is generally cloudy in this region, it is not entirely cloudy, and in fact does offer sunshine in between storms. (Perhaps not to the extent of NoCal, but the generalization is mostly off base.)
That is quite a generalization, though on average, you are correct there are fewer sunnier days. The generalization is that the PNW has "few sunny breaks until July 3rd". Just not true. While the winter climate is generally cloudy in this region, it is not entirely cloudy, and in fact does offer sunshine in between storms. (Perhaps not to the extent of NoCal, but the generalization is mostly off base.)
Well I’m just speaking from personal experience having been born in the PNW and lived for 20 years in NoCa with frequent visits over the last 40 years back up there because of my family connections, and with constant viewing of the weather there on my iPhone.
Yeah, the PNW gets sunny spells between storms in the winter but they are far more infrequent and more spaced out with drizzly gray days far more the norm on weeks on end there whereas in NoCa it’s more waves of storms with guaranteed sunny spells in between through the winter. I know very well the eastern 2/3 of Washington, my cousin was a lead engineer on the Grand Coulee Dam for years back in the day and have also visited that region often.
Well I’m just speaking from personal experience having been born in the PNW and lived for 20 years in NoCa with frequent visits over the last 40 years back up there because of my family connections, and with constant viewing of the weather there on my iPhone.
Yeah, the PNW gets sunny spells between storms in the winter but they are far more infrequent and more spaced out with drizzly gray days far more the norm on weeks on end there whereas in NoCa it’s more waves of storms with guaranteed sunny spells in between through the winter. I know very well the eastern 2/3 of Washington, my cousin was a lead engineer on the Grand Coulee Dam for years back in the day and have also visited that region often.
"far more infrequent and more spaced out". True. I can't argue with that.
I just think there is a stereotype that is it all gloom and doom all winter long, which isn't true.
Of course, there are differences between Western and Eastern Washington. I am sure you are aware that Eastern WA is much sunnier, (and warmer) from April through October than Western Washington.
Medford's summer highs are in the 90's, it gets about half the rain Redding does (18 in. vs. 35 in.), and about the same amount of snow.
That'd really be true for the entire Rogue Valley, which is Ashland to Grants Pass (or Roseburg, at a stretch). The Rogue Valley is a bit different (climate, geography, plants) from the Shasta forest area to the south and the Willamette Valley to the north. On the drier eastern hills in Medford there is a bit of the rolling scrub oak of the Redding area (until you get into the Cascades, where it is solid conifer) but in the wetter western areas it is conifer and manzanita through to the Coast range and the ocean.
Redding is sunnier - even with the higher precip total - than the Rogue Valley. Medford is roughly 200 days of sun/part sun a year and Redding is about 250. The average July/Aug high in Medford is 92° (although we have about 10-12 days above 100° a year), but it is usually about 10° cooler than Redding, in part because it is at 1,500' to Redding's 344'.
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And Brookings, OR, (about 6 miles north of the CA border on the coast), gets occasional warm days in the winter, sometimes the warmest temps in the NW during the cold season.
And Brookings, OR, (about 6 miles north of the CA border on the coast), gets occasional warm days in the winter, sometimes the warmest temps in the NW during the cold season.
But it still averages something like 70" of rain a year, like most of the northwest coast, which ranges between 60"-100".
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But it still averages something like 70" of rain a year, like most of the northwest coast, which ranges between 60"-100".
You are correct! Great rainfall totals. But also some warm temps in between. (Atleast by PNW standards).
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