Climate averages 1991–2020
Medford weather
in February.
A cool, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cool month in Medford: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 1.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 32 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eugene (193 km away). In February its highs average 10.5°C, 0.7°C cooler than Medford, with 139 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Medford ranks 259th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 426th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Medford is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 13.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 122 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Eugene in FebruaryUnited States · 193 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Redding in FebruaryUnited States · 198 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 4.0°C · 218 mm rain
- Bend in FebruaryUnited States · 230 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Salem, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 291 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Chico in FebruaryUnited States · 302 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 4.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Beaverton in FebruaryUnited States · 351 kmHigh 9.6°C · Low 1.8°C · 130 mm rain
- Gresham in FebruaryUnited States · 354 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low 1.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Hillsboro in FebruaryUnited States · 356 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 2.1°C · 133 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.