Climate averages 1991–2020
Medford weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Medford: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eugene (193 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, 2.7°C cooler than Medford, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Medford ranks joint 232nd of 498 for the warmest August highs and 133rd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Medford is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Eugene in AugustUnited States · 193 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 13.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Redding in AugustUnited States · 198 kmHigh 35.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 4.9 mm rain
- Bend in AugustUnited States · 230 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 11.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Salem, United States in AugustUnited States · 291 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 14.1°C · 10 mm rain
- Chico in AugustUnited States · 302 kmHigh 34.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Beaverton in AugustUnited States · 351 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Gresham in AugustUnited States · 354 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 13.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Hillsboro in AugustUnited States · 356 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 14.4°C · 13 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.