Climate averages 1991–2020
Medford weather
in March.
A cool, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cool month in Medford: daytime highs average 13.5°C and nights cool to about 2.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes March a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Eugene (193 km away). In March its highs average 12.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Medford, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Medford ranks joint 284th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 461st of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Medford is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 2.5°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 122 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Eugene in MarchUnited States · 193 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Redding in MarchUnited States · 198 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Bend in MarchUnited States · 230 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low -2.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Salem, United States in MarchUnited States · 291 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 3.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Chico in MarchUnited States · 302 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 6.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Beaverton in MarchUnited States · 351 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 145 mm rain
- Gresham in MarchUnited States · 354 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 178 mm rain
- Hillsboro in MarchUnited States · 356 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 3.5°C · 151 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.