Hertford Weather Statistics for 1962
Show Sharp Contrasts, Records Broken
The Rogue valley experi
enced a wide variety of weath
er conditions during 1062, ac
cording to the annual sum
mary issued by the Medford
station of the U. S. Weather
bureau.
This was a period sharp con
trasts with wide departure
from the normals in many re
spects. However, the depart
ures In some instances were
counterbalanced, so are ob
scured in the annual means.
The year can safely , be
characterized as cool, which
for the most part made the
valley more pleasant in re
spect to comfort during the
summer months, but resulted
in adverse effects on plant
life, particularly, warm
weather crops.
The year began with the
second coldest January on
record, exceeded only by Jan
uary of 1930. Zero and near
zero temperatures, recorded
from the 21st to 24th, were
the coldest temperatures in
the valley since 1950, and
were exceeded only on two
other occasions in the past his
tory of official record, once
by three degrees below .zero
in January of 1930, and again
by six below and ten below in
December 1919, Temperatures
were below, normal every
month of the year except in
- April, September and Novem
ber.' The first half of July was
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cold and minimum tempera
ture records for July were
broken by 38 and 39 degrees
on the second and third of the
month.
In contrast, during the lat
ter part of the month, a new
record was established with
ten consecutive days with 100
degrees or more.
August also got into the act
with a record low for the
month, a 39 degrees on the
27th. The warmest tempera
ture ever recorded on a De
cember date occurred on the
14th with a balmy 72 degrees.
The annual average temper
ature was 52.2 degrees, a drop
of 1.2 degrees from the nor
mal. Highest temperature dur
ing the year was 103 degrees
on July 27, lowest was zero on
on Jan. 21.
Highest dally average was
80 degrees July 26; lowest
daily average was 12 degrees
on Jan. -.
There were nine days with
the maximum temperature 32
degrees or colder (the normal
is two days), 46 days with
maximums of 90 degrees or
above (the normal is 48 days).
93 days with minimums 32 de
grees or colder (normal is 80
days), and one day with min
imum zero or colder (normal
is less than one day).
Degree days for the year
totaled 5,025, the normal is
4,713. Last Spring minimum
of 32 degrees or colder oc
curred on May 16, first Full
minimum of 32 degree or cold
er came on Oct. 5, giving a
frost-free period of 142 days,
considerably below the nor
mal of about 170 days.
From the precipitation
standpoint the first half of
the year was very dry, with
only silghtly more than half
the normal amount of rainfall
received through the month
of July. The last five months
of the year were exceedingly
wet. Rainfall totaled 6.27
inches during October, more
than three times the October
normal.
During the downpour of
Dec. 1 and 2, the greatest
amount of rainfall on record
for a 24-hour period, 3.69
inches, was recorded. This
storm brought flash flooding
to the valley, resulting in con
siderable damage to property
SECTION B
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MEDFORD, OREGON. MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1963
Dr. Sam Sheppard
Offered Medical Job
If Given Release
Columbus, Ohio - UP -Convicted
wife killer Sam
Sheppard's attorney has asked
the State Pardon and Parole
commission to grant the
Osteopath clemency to go to
India to operate a clinic there.
Attorney F. Lee Bailey of
Boston said an anonymous
person has agreed to build the
clinic in India if Sheppard is
released to run it.
Sheppard's application for
clemency, to be reviewed by
the board Jan, 29, is based on
Sheppard's good behavior
while in prison and the agree
ment that he would go to
India to operate the clinic.
The amended application
for clemency said, in part:
"Efforts to attract a qualified
physician to go to India and
operate this clinic have not
been successful because of the
unfavorable conditions and
fighting that exists there."
Joseph Doneghy, member
of the commission, said that
he was not sure a reciprocal
agreement for parole super
vision exists between India
and the United States.
"If a man's sentence is com
muted then he is eligible for
parole and the law requires
at least one year of parole
supervision," Doneghy said.
One alternative to granting
Sheppard's clemency request
would be to commute his sen
tence to, time served, which
requires no parole supervis
ion, Doneghy said. -The other
alternative to granting clem,
ency would be to reduce the
sentence, in Sheppard's case
M
DR. SAM SHEPPARD
Clemency Requested
to first degree manslaughter,
and that would require parole
supervision ,he said.
Sheppard is serving a life
sentence for the 1954 slaying
of his pregnant wife, Marilyn.
He becomes eligible for parole
in 1965. The former osteopath
is serving his sentence at the
Marion Correctional institu
tion where he works in the
prison hospital. '
A recent attempt by Shep
pard's lawyers to get per
mission to use lie detector
tests and hypnotism in an at
tempt to clear the former Bay
Village, Ohio, resident was
turned down by the Ohio
Supreme court.
and temporarily closed roads
and bridees.
Snow storms occurred in
January and March. The
storm of Jan. 17 to 20 brought
nine inches of snow to the
valley. Cold temperatures fol
lowing the storm kept a meas
ureable amount of snow on
the ground for 11 consecutive
days, a rather unusual condi
tion in the Rogue valley.
In March a total of 4.7 in
ches of snow fell from two
separate storms, but melting
was rapid and measureable
amounts were on the ground
for only a few hours.
Total precipitation for the
year was 23.13 inches, 3.35
inches above the normal of
19.78 inches. There were 97
days with measureable precip
itation (normal is 101 days),
40 days with .1 inches or
more, 12 days with .5 inches
or more, and 5 days with one
inch or more. , .
Total snowfall for the year
was 13.5 inches, compared to
a normal of 7.7 inches, occur
ring on seven days with snow
fall .1 inch or more (the nor
mal is three days). Greatest
depth of snow on the ground
was seven inches on Jan. 19.
The Oct. 12 windstorm, al
though responsible for some
damage in the local area, was
less severe in the Rogue val
ley than over most of the
other sections of Oregon and
Ihe western parts of the
Pacific Northwest. This was
due in part to the protection
afforded by the surrounding
mountains, and partly because
of the later increase in inten
sity of the storm as it moved
in a' northerly direction away
from the valley.
The fastest observed one-
minute wind for the year was
40 miles per hour from the
south-southwest and occurred
during the Oct. 12 storm.
Gusts were observed to 58
miles per hour. Stronger
winds have occurred in this
area. One instance is during a
storm of March 14, 1952,
when sustained winds were
observed to 55 miles per hour
with gusts reaching 64 miles
per hour.
Low Barometric Pressure
A barometric', pressure -of
28.99 inches (corrected to sea
level), the lowest ever record
ed at this station was ob
served during the Oct. 12
storm, ;
Amount of cloudiness dur
ing the year was nearly nor
mal. There were 117 clear
days (normal is 118 days), 84
partly cloudy days (normal is
81 days), and 164 cloudy days
(normal is 166 days). The aver
age sky cover during daylight
hours was 63 per cent com
pared to a normal of 58 per
cent. There were 72 days with
heavy fog (normal is 45 days),
three days with hail (no nor
mal has been established), and
five days with thunderstorms
(the normal is nine days).
The period of record at the
Medford station of the Wea
ther bureau at the airport
dates back to November, 1929.
Earlier records are available
from downtown locations,
first established in March,
1911. Normals for the month
ly and annual temperature
and precipitation means are
climatological standard nor
mals based on the period 1931
to 1960.
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