Although Medford and Lima could be considered coastal cities in a sense, there is much differentiation between the climates of these two areas. Medford sits much higher above the equator than Lima, which would cause seasonality to be more apparent in this area. From living there and the show graphs above, I can see that this is true. One can see that Medford receives a lot more precipitation which I think is due to the topography of the area. Due to the many water bodies in the area, and the shield from the surrounding valley, moisture would get trapped in once its over the Rogue Valley and cause precipitation. I believe that the minor precipitation that Lima receives each year is contributed by the ITCZ, which comes a lot closer to Lima than Medford. Also, the air masses effecting these areas are different. Medford is mainly effected by the Martime Polar air mass while Lima seems to be greatly effected by Continental Tropical and possibly the Martime Tropical.
Note: Graphs are a little bit foggy, but clicking on them will bring up a larger view of them.
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