Climate averages 1991–2020
Medford weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Medford: daytime highs average 16.0°C and nights cool to about 4.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eugene (193 km away). In April its highs average 14.4°C, 1.5°C cooler than Medford, with 130 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Medford ranks joint 336th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 353rd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Medford is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.3°C to 20.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 99 mm to 78 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Medford climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.8°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 126 | 13.8 | 9.59 h |
| February | 11.2°C1.1°C | 1.1°C | 104 | 12.9 | 10.511 h |
| March | 13.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 122 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 99 | 13.9 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.3°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 78 | 10.3 | 14.615 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 40 | 5.7 | 15.215 h |
| July | 30.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 12 | 2.5 | 14.915 h |
| August | 30.1°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 15 | 2.6 | 13.914 h |
| September | 26.9°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 22 | 3.5 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.9°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 59 | 7.3 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 110 | 12.8 | 9.810 h |
| December | 8.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 158 | 14.9 | 9.19 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Eugene in AprilUnited States · 193 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 4.6°C · 130 mm rain
- Redding in AprilUnited States · 198 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 7.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Bend in AprilUnited States · 230 kmHigh 11.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Salem, United States in AprilUnited States · 291 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Chico in AprilUnited States · 302 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 8.5°C · 73 mm rain
- Beaverton in AprilUnited States · 351 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Gresham in AprilUnited States · 354 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Hillsboro in AprilUnited States · 356 kmHigh 14.6°C · Low 5.2°C · 115 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Medford) is explained once on the Medford year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.