Oregon, 2020Frost and Freeze in Oregon, February 4, 2020
February 4, 2020 · NWS MFR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
Clearing skies and a cold air mass made for some sub-freezing temperatures along the southern Oregon coast.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Clearing skies and a cold air mass made for some sub-freezing temperatures along the southern Oregon coast.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Medford, OR wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 3, 2:59 PM PST, 9 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 2:59 PM PST, 9 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Frost/Freeze, South Central Oregon Coast
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- South Central Oregon Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.979, -123.829 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Reported low temperatures in this zone ranged from 30 to 34 degrees.
Frost/Freeze, Curry County Coast
- When
- February 4, 12:00 AM PST to 9:00 AM PST
- Where
- Curry County Coast forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 42.467, -124.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Reported low temperatures in this zone ranged from 31 to 36 degrees.
- Frost/Freeze
- Frost or temperatures at or below freezing during the growing season, usually filed for crop damage.
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