229 CDUS41 KBUF 221013 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 512 AM EST WED FEB 22 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 21 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 41 246 PM 70 1997 35 6 24 MINIMUM 26 204 AM -4 1918 20 6 13 AVERAGE 34 27 7 19 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.18 0.94 1976 0.09 0.09 0.10 MONTH TO DATE 0.81 1.84 -1.03 1.41 SINCE DEC 1 8.86 8.91 -0.05 6.02 SINCE JAN 1 5.24 5.02 0.22 3.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.5 1912 0.6 -0.6 1.5 MONTH TO DATE 5.1 13.3 -8.2 22.8 SINCE DEC 1 29.7 66.0 -36.3 84.6 SINCE JUL 1 29.7 74.8 -45.1 86.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 31 38 -7 46 MONTH TO DATE 708 826 -118 851 SINCE DEC 1 2684 3152 -468 3397 SINCE JUL 1 3703 4485 -782 4671 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 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (200) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 8 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 96 400 PM LOWEST 38 1200 PM AVERAGE 67 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 66 1930 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -3 1885 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 22 2012......SUNRISE 703 AM EST SUNSET 555 PM EST FEBRUARY 23 2012......SUNRISE 701 AM EST SUNSET 556 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$