Medford area, Is this Hot weather normal?

[kadylady]

Originally Posted by Hawk J

Right now my thermometer says 85...

The Grants Pass website temp says 88... Grants Pass Daily Courier -- Rogue River Web Cam

Here, at 4:40 it's about 96. Took awhile to get to this temp. We're about 1065' elevation.

[PNW-type-gal]

Here's the climate discussion from the National Weather Service:

CLIMATE...THIS SUMMER SO FAR IS A HISTORICALLY HOT ONE. IT`S TIED
FOR THE HOTTEST START TO A SUMMER SO FAR IN MEDFORD SINCE
OBSERVATIONS BEGAN IN 1911. IT IS TIED WITH 2006. ROSEBURG IS THE
LONE HOTTEST START TO THE SUMMER. IT`S THE THIRD HOTTEST START TO
THE SUMMER IN KLAMATH FALLS.

Of course, there is also this paper, coming out of Seattle

July 19, 2013 — Nighttime heat waves are becoming more frequent in western Washington and Oregon. And if you don't sleep well in hot weather, this might be a good time to buy a fan, since records show that on average heat waves tend to strike around the last week of July.

University of Washington research shows that the region west of the Cascades saw only three nighttime heat waves between 1901 and 1980, but that number quadrupled to 12 nighttime heat waves in the three decades after 1980, according to a paper published in the July issue of the Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0719140010.htm