Editing Ashland, Oregon (section)

===Climate===
Ashland lies within Oregon's southwest interior climate zone, in which all but the higher-elevation sites are in the [[rain shadow]] of the [[Oregon Coast Range]] to the west. The largest urban areas in this zone in addition to Ashland are Medford and [[Grants Pass, Oregon|Grants Pass]] in the Rogue Valley, and [[Roseburg, Oregon|Roseburg]] in the [[Umpqua River|Umpqua River Valley]] further north. Although the mountain peaks in this zone receive up to {{convert|120|in|mm|-1|disp=or}} of precipitation a year, the urban areas and the valleys in which they lie generally get {{convert|20|in|mm|-1}} or less. This valley climate is particularly good for growing fruit, especially pears, and for producing other crops and farm goods such as hay, grain, poultry, and beef.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=57}}

Cloud cover in nearby Medford varies from an average of 21&nbsp;percent in July to 86&nbsp;percent in December.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=38}} On average, precipitation falls in Ashland on 114 days each year and totals about {{convert|20|in|mm}}.<ref name = NOAA /> The average annual snowfall is only {{convert|1.4|in|m|2|disp=or}}.<ref name=NOAA /> The average relative humidity, measured at 4 p.m. daily, is 47&nbsp;percent in Medford, varying from 26&nbsp;percent in July to 76&nbsp;percent in December.{{sfn|Taylor|Hannan|1999|p=35}} According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Ashland has a [[Warm-summer Mediterranean|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] (''Csb'').

On average, Ashland tends to be 2-3&nbsp;°F cooler than Medford due to being 600 feet higher in elevation. The coolest month is December, with an average high temperature of {{convert|47|F|C|1|disp=or}}, and the warmest month is July, with an average high of about {{convert|88|F|C|1|disp=or}}.<ref name=NOAA /> The highest temperature ever recorded in Ashland was {{convert|108|F|C|1}}, observed in August 1981, and the record low of {{convert|-4|F|C}} occurred in December 1972.<ref name="WeatherChannel">{{cite web | title =  Monthly Averages for Ashland, Oregon|url=http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/97520 |access-date= April 18, 2013|publisher= The Weather Channel Interactive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111015100/http://www.weather.com/weather/wxclimatology/monthly/97520|archive-date=January 11, 2014}}</ref> The wettest "rain year" has been from July 1926 to June 1927 with {{convert|29.77|in|mm|1}} and the driest from July 1954 to June 1955 with only {{convert|10.37|in|mm|1}}. The wettest month on record has been December 1964 with {{convert|11.28|in|mm|1}}, but the only other months with over {{convert|8|in|mm|1|disp=or}} have been December 1996 with {{convert|10.89|in|mm|1}}, November 1903 with {{convert|8.10|in|mm|1}} and November 1998 with {{convert|8.03|in|mm|1}}.

Ashland's coldest recorded daytime temperature was {{convert|15|F|C}} in December 1972.<ref name=AshlandNOWData>{{cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=mfr|title=NOWData Forecast Office Medford, OR|publisher=[[NOAA]]|access-date=July 27, 2022}}</ref> During the full year, the coldest day of the year averages around {{convert|34|F|C}} or just above freezing.<ref name=AshlandNOWData/> Warm summer nights are rare, with the record of {{convert|74|F|C}} being set as far back as 1910.<ref name=AshlandNOWData/> The mean for the warmest summer night between 1991 and 2020 was at a mild {{convert|62|F|C}}.<ref name=AshlandNOWData/>

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|Jan record high F = 72
|Feb record high F = 78
|Mar record high F = 82
|Apr record high F = 94
|May record high F = 101
|Jun record high F = 105
|Jul record high F = 106
|Aug record high F = 108
|Sep record high F = 103
|Oct record high F = 97
|Nov record high F = 80
|Dec record high F = 70
|year record high F = 108
|Jan avg record high F = 63
|Feb avg record high F = 68
|Mar avg record high F = 73
|Apr avg record high F = 81
|May avg record high F = 89
|Jun avg record high F = 94
|Jul avg record high F = 99
|Aug avg record high F = 99
|Sep avg record high F = 95
|Oct avg record high F = 84
|Nov avg record high F = 70
|Dec avg record high F = 62
|year avg record high F = 101
|Jan high F = 49.0
|Feb high F = 53.7
|Mar high F = 58.0
|Apr high F = 62.8
|May high F = 71.1
|Jun high F = 78.5
|Jul high F = 88.1
|Aug high F = 87.4
|Sep high F = 80.8
|Oct high F = 68.0
|Nov high F = 54.2
|Dec high F = 47.2
|year high F = 66.6
|Jan mean F = 39.3
|Feb mean F = 41.7
|Mar mean F = 44.9
|Apr mean F = 49.0
|May mean F = 56.1
|Jun mean F = 62.1
|Jul mean F = 69.4
|Aug mean F = 68.4
|Sep mean F = 62.0
|Oct mean F = 52.0
|Nov mean F = 43.3
|Dec mean F = 38.2
|year mean F = 52.2
|Jan low F = 29.6
|Feb low F = 29.7
|Mar low F = 31.8
|Apr low F = 35.2
|May low F = 41.2
|Jun low F = 45.8
|Jul low F = 50.6
|Aug low F = 49.4
|Sep low F = 43.3
|Oct low F = 36.1
|Nov low F = 32.5
|Dec low F = 29.2
|year low F = 37.9
|Jan avg record low F = 19
|Feb avg record low F = 21
|Mar avg record low F = 23
|Apr avg record low F = 26
|May avg record low F = 31
|Jun avg record low F = 37
|Jul avg record low F = 43
|Aug avg record low F = 42
|Sep avg record low F = 35
|Oct avg record low F = 26
|Nov avg record low F = 21
|Dec avg record low F = 17
|year avg record low F = 14
|Jan record low F = -1
|Feb record low F = -1
|Mar record low F = 15
|Apr record low F = 20
|May record low F = 23
|Jun record low F = 29
|Jul record low F = 32
|Aug record low F = 34
|Sep record low F = 27
|Oct record low F = 13
|Nov record low F = 12
|Dec record low F = -4
|year record low F= -4
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 2.35
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.04
|Mar precipitation inch = 2.03
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.95
|May precipitation inch = 1.64
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.85
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.44
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.37
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.50
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.41
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.57
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.38
|Jan snow inch = 0
|Feb snow inch = 0.3
|Mar snow inch = 0
|Apr snow inch = 0
|May snow inch = 0
|Jun snow inch = 0
|Jul snow inch = 0
|Aug snow inch = 0
|Sep snow inch = 0
|Oct snow inch = 0
|Nov snow inch = 0
|Dec snow inch = 0.2
|Jan precipitation days = 14.1
|Feb precipitation days = 11.9
|Mar precipitation days = 13.4
|Apr precipitation days = 12.7
|May precipitation days = 9.6
|Jun precipitation days = 5.3
|Jul precipitation days = 2.5
|Aug precipitation days = 2.6
|Sep precipitation days = 3.9
|Oct precipitation days = 7.5
|Nov precipitation days = 15.2
|Dec precipitation days = 15.0
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA >{{cite web |url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mfr |title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] |access-date = April 10, 2012 |archive-date = September 5, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905101213/http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mfr |url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00350304&location=OR|title = NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access|publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date = March 6, 2022}}</ref>
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