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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
517 AM EST MON JAN 16 2012


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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 15 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         20    200 PM  67    1995  31    -11       30
  MINIMUM          2    853 AM -12    1957  18    -16       16
  AVERAGE         11                        25    -14       23

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             1.15 1918   0.10  -0.10     0.07
  MONTH TO DATE    1.57                      1.65  -0.08     1.31
  SINCE DEC 1      5.19                      5.54  -0.35     4.03
  SINCE JAN 1      1.57                      1.65  -0.08     1.31

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        T             8.6  1918   0.8   -0.8      1.8
  MONTH TO DATE   10.0                      13.1   -3.1     18.7
  SINCE DEC 1     13.8                      40.5  -26.7     50.7
  SINCE JUL 1     13.8                      49.3  -35.5     52.3
  SNOW DEPTH       6

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       54                        40     14       42
  MONTH TO DATE  520                       595    -75      616
  SINCE DEC 1   1426                      1677   -251     1814
  SINCE JUL 1   2445                      3010   -565     3088

 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
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    10   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (140)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    14   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (140)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     2.7


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  88 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    88          1000 AM
 LOWEST     49           200 PM
 AVERAGE    69

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THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        57      1953
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -10      1984
                                             1982


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 16 2012.......SUNRISE   743 AM EST   SUNSET   507 PM EST
JANUARY 17 2012.......SUNRISE   742 AM EST   SUNSET   508 PM EST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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