Medford weather
56°F
Overcast.
- High / low today
- 65° / 35°
- Rain chance
- 43%
- Wind
- 3 mph
- Sunset
- 6:13 PM
Open-Meteo forecast, 12:45 PM. Official forecast: NWS Medford.
Is it smoky in Medford?
Smoky, probably.
No. The air is good: AQI 20.
Modelled by Open-Meteo for Medford, 12:00 PM. For official monitor readings, see AirNow.
Fires near Medford
Every wildfire within 60 miles in the national incident feed. Prescribed burns are left out.
5 active within 60 miles, plus 1 fully contained.
- Flumet18 mi SW
- W Fork Evans Creek23 mi N
- Morrison Creek Rd MM 2.523 mi N
- Soda24 mi S
- Garner Rd37 mi W
- Wrights Spring59 mi E
Read 12:50 PM. Source: WFIGS national incident feed. InciWeb
Air quality
Smoke is the valley's shared summer problem. Here is the air in each town, and the closest place it's clean.
Medford now
20US AQI
Good
Fine for anything outside. PM2.5 1.2 µg/m³.
Modelled by Open-Meteo (CAMS), 12:00 PM. For monitor readings, see AirNow.
Where the air is clear
- Mt. AshlandClearest45m · 43°, overcast18
- Lake of the Woods1h · 52°, overcast30
- Mt. Shasta city1h 30m · 55°, overcast32
- Crater Lake1h 45m · 47°, overcast33
- Brookings (coast)2h 30m · 54°, overcast37
Drive times are approximate, from downtown Medford.
Siskiyou Pass I-5 summit, 4,310 ft
51°F
Overcast at the summit.
- Snow, next 48 hours
- 0 in
- Wind
- 12 mph
Summit weather, not road status. Chains and closures: ODOT TripCheck (Oregon), Caltrans QuickMap (California).
Open-Meteo summit forecast, 12:45 PM.
Rogue River at Raygold, near Central Point
1,130cu ft/s
Steady over the last day.
- Rogue at Grants Pass
- 1,130 cfs
- Applegate near Copper
- 124 cfs
USGS provisional data, read 12:40 PM. Seven days shown. USGS
Around the valley
The latest local headlines. Each one links to the newsroom that reported it.
- The possible future of passenger rail in the Pacific NorthwestJefferson Public Radio · Oct 25
- READERS WHO WRITE: ‘A Comedy of Errors’ with a carRogue Valley Times · Oct 25
- Federal agency agrees to drop plans to build Newport ICE detention center — for nowJefferson Public Radio · Oct 25
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Misleading political mailer is a smear campaignRogue Valley Times · Oct 25
- Trends continue for South Medford, North Medford in 6A play-insRogue Valley Times · Oct 24
- SOU ROUNDUP: Weisgerber leads No. 2 Raider men to victoryRogue Valley Times · Oct 24
- Last-minute pick seals SOU’s win over Arizona ChristianRogue Valley Times · Oct 24
- ICE affirms in court documents there are no plans to build detention center in NewportRogue Valley Times · Oct 24
Deadford This weekend
7 things still happening this weekend, from venue and community calendars across the valley.
See all 7Fri 12:00 AM
Hot Tub and Swim Spa Sale
Jackson County Expo, Central Point
Other
Sun, all day
Lyle Lovett & His Small Large Band
Historic Holly Theatre, Medford
Music
Sun, all day
Day of the Dead Race
Talent City Hall
Other
Sun 12:30 PM
Oracle Play Readings
Southern Oregon University, Ashland
Stage
Sun 3:00 PM
Fall Membership Exhibit Opening Party
Cave Junction
Arts
Sun 6:00 PM
Outdoor Program Trip: Haunted Corn Maze
Pheasant Field Farms, Medford (transportation from campus provided)
Outdoors
Medford, actually
The whole city, from above Roxy Ann 
Art in Bloom, Vogel Plaza 
A summer night with the Medford Rogues 
The Commons, downtown, at dusk
Photos: Little Mountain 5, ZabMilenko at English Wikipedia, Brigs2381, Ian Poellet, via Wikimedia Commons. Credits and licences.
What the nickname leaves out
- Central PointRogue Creamery's Rogue River Blue was named world champion at the 2019 World Cheese Awards, the first American cheese to win.
- The metroJackson County, about 223,000 people, is the biggest metro between Sacramento and Eugene.
- The riverThe Rogue was one of the original eight rivers protected by the 1968 Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.
- Up Highway 62Crater Lake, the deepest lake in the United States, is about 80 miles away.