April 1, 2025 4:10 a.m.

Roseburg had heavy rainfall in March, but data is incomplete due to gauges at the Roseburg Regional Airport that haven’t been working for nearly two weeks.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Medford told News Radio 93-9 FM and 1240 KQEN that the airport measured 7.29 inches of rain between March 1st and March 18th, when equipment that measures weather data quit operating. That happened right after the region’s historic flood event on March 16th. The normal rainfall at the airport for March is 3.47 inches.

Roseburg’s record rainfall for the month of March is 8.65 inches, measured in 2012. With 13 days of missing data, it’s quite likely that last month eclipsed that record.

The month was slightly cooler than normal, at least the portion that could be measured. Roseburg’s high temperature averaged 57.5 degrees through March 18th. The normal high for the month is 58.7 degrees.

Forecasters said the gauges at the airport should be recalibrated later this week, allowing accurate weather data to again be measured.