Climate averages 1991–2020
Medford weather
in December.
A cool, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a cool month in Medford: daytime highs average 8.7°C and nights cool to about 0.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes December a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 09 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eugene (193 km away). In December its highs average 8.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Medford, with 206 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Medford ranks 276th of 498 for the warmest December highs and 479th of 498 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 498 cities is 10.5°C; Medford is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 9.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 126 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Eugene in DecemberUnited States · 193 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 1.2°C · 206 mm rain
- Redding in DecemberUnited States · 198 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.5°C · 253 mm rain
- Bend in DecemberUnited States · 230 kmHigh 3.2°C · Low -4.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Salem, United States in DecemberUnited States · 291 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 1.9°C · 181 mm rain
- Chico in DecemberUnited States · 302 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 202 mm rain
- Beaverton in DecemberUnited States · 351 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low 1.5°C · 193 mm rain
- Gresham in DecemberUnited States · 354 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low 1.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Hillsboro in DecemberUnited States · 356 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low 1.7°C · 204 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.