425 CDUS41 KBUF 231015 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 515 AM EST THU FEB 23 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 22 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 42 1054 AM 66 1930 35 7 22 MINIMUM 32 1159 PM -3 1885 20 12 10 AVERAGE 37 27 10 16 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.46 1.21 1990 0.09 0.37 T MONTH TO DATE 1.27 1.93 -0.66 1.41 SINCE DEC 1 9.32 9.00 0.32 6.02 SINCE JAN 1 5.70 5.11 0.59 3.30 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 3.3 5.9 1914 0.6 2.7 T MONTH TO DATE 8.4 13.9 -5.5 22.8 SINCE DEC 1 33.0 66.6 -33.6 84.6 SINCE JUL 1 33.0 75.4 -42.4 86.2 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 38 -10 49 MONTH TO DATE 736 864 -128 900 SINCE DEC 1 2712 3190 -478 3446 SINCE JUL 1 3731 4523 -792 4720 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 32 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 45 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 17 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 800 PM LOWEST 70 1100 AM AVERAGE 85 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 35 62 1984 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 20 -6 1889 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 23 2012......SUNRISE 701 AM EST SUNSET 556 PM EST FEBRUARY 24 2012......SUNRISE 700 AM EST SUNSET 557 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$