822 CDUS41 KBUF 011004 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 503 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 29 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 1044 PM 54 1976 37 5 44 MINIMUM 31 405 AM -7 1884 21 10 24 AVERAGE 37 29 8 34 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.06 1.13 1892 0.09 -0.03 0.95 MONTH TO DATE 1.72 2.49 -0.77 3.13 SINCE DEC 1 9.77 9.56 0.21 7.74 SINCE JAN 1 6.15 5.67 0.48 5.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 5.7 1984 0.6 -0.6 T MONTH TO DATE 9.6 17.3 -7.7 34.1 SINCE DEC 1 34.2 70.0 -35.8 95.9 SINCE JUL 1 34.2 78.8 -44.6 97.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 36 -8 31 MONTH TO DATE 958 1120 -162 1124 SINCE DEC 1 2934 3447 -513 3670 SINCE JUL 1 3953 4780 -827 4944 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 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION E (80) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 24 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION E (80) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. THUNDERSTORM RAIN LIGHT RAIN SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1000 PM LOWEST 64 700 AM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 64 1954 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -2 1980 1884 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 1 2012.........SUNRISE 650 AM EST SUNSET 605 PM EST MARCH 2 2012.........SUNRISE 648 AM EST SUNSET 606 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$