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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
730 AM EST TUE JAN 17 2012


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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 16 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         42    633 PM  57    1953  31     11       24
  MINIMUM          8   1206 AM -10    1984  18    -10        4
                                      1982
  AVERAGE         25                        25      0       14

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.19          0.72 1959   0.10   0.09      T
  MONTH TO DATE    1.76                      1.75   0.01     1.31
  SINCE DEC 1      5.38                      5.64  -0.26     4.03
  SINCE JAN 1      1.76                      1.75   0.01     1.31

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           6.9  1959   0.8   -0.8       T
  MONTH TO DATE   10.0                      13.9   -3.9     18.7
  SINCE DEC 1     13.8                      41.3  -27.5     50.7
  SINCE JUL 1     13.8                      50.1  -36.3     52.3
  SNOW DEPTH       6

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       40                        40      0       51
  MONTH TO DATE  560                       635    -75      667
  SINCE DEC 1   1466                      1717   -251     1865
  SINCE JUL 1   2485                      3050   -565     3139

 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    24   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SW (210)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    31   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SW (210)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    12.2


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  22 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  LIGHT RAIN
  FOG


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    92           900 PM
 LOWEST     48           200 PM
 AVERAGE    70

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THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   31        56      1952
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   18       -16      1982


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY 17 2012.......SUNRISE   742 AM EST   SUNSET   508 PM EST
JANUARY 18 2012.......SUNRISE   742 AM EST   SUNSET   509 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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