542 CDUS41 KBUF 041014 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 513 AM EST WED JAN 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 3 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 19 1235 AM 61 1950 32 -13 32 MINIMUM 3 1156 PM -1 1981 20 -17 21 AVERAGE 11 26 -15 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.05 1.04 1907 0.12 -0.07 T MONTH TO DATE 0.18 0.35 -0.17 0.53 SINCE DEC 1 3.80 4.24 -0.44 3.25 SINCE JAN 1 0.18 0.35 -0.17 0.53 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.8 14.0 1928 0.9 -0.1 0.1 MONTH TO DATE 1.4 2.7 -1.3 1.7 SINCE DEC 1 5.2 30.1 -24.9 33.7 SINCE JUL 1 5.2 38.9 -33.7 35.3 SNOW DEPTH 1 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 54 39 15 38 MONTH TO DATE 116 117 -1 91 SINCE DEC 1 1022 1199 -177 1289 SINCE JUL 1 2041 2532 -491 2563 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.7 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 41 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG HAZE BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 80 400 AM LOWEST 60 1000 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 32 66 1874 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -7 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 4 2012.......SUNRISE 746 AM EST SUNSET 454 PM EST JANUARY 5 2012.......SUNRISE 746 AM EST SUNSET 454 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$