Etna, California

... Medford Oregon weather review: November 2008...

Overall... the month of November averaged slightly above normal for
temperature and below normal for precipitation. The first of the
month began warm with a high temperature of 67 degrees... but
quickly averaged to cooler weather by the end of the month as fog
formed daily in the Rogue Valley. The heaviest precipitation of 0.70
inches fell on the 5th followed by the second highest maximum of
0.63 on the 11th. The rest of the month was relatively dry in
comparison. Dense fog was experienced on a good majority of the days
as anomalously strong ridges of high pressure Sat over the Pacific
northwest creating inversions aloft which trapped the moisture at
the surface... leading to fog formation.

The average temperature for the month was 46.3 degrees or 2.4
degrees above normal. The average maximum temperature was 52.8
degrees or 0.0 degrees above normal. The average minimum temperature
was 39.8 degrees which was 4.8 degrees above normal. The highest
temperature for the month was 67 degrees... occurring on the 1st.
The lowest temperature was 30 degrees on the 24th.

There were 0 clear days... 15 partly cloudy days and 15 cloudy days.

Total rainfall for the month was 2.29 inches, which was 0.64 inches
below normal. The greatest 24 hour rainfall was 0.70 inches on the
5th.

The water year (beginning September 1st) was at 2.70 inches which is
2.32 inches below normal. The annual precipitation (since
January 1st) was at 10.88 inches which is a deficit of 4.59 inches.

The average wind for the month was 1.7 mph. The fastest recorded
two-minute wind was 35 mph on the 3rd from the southeast. The peak
wind was 44 mph on the 3rd from the southeast.

The highest pressure for the month was 30.54 inches on the 29th and
the lowest pressure was 29.42 inches on the 3rd.

No records were set for the month.