496 CDUS41 KBUF 030931 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 431 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 2 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 50 448 PM 66 1991 37 13 38 MINIMUM 35 538 AM -5 1980 22 13 16 AVERAGE 43 29 14 27 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.14 1.33 1976 0.09 0.05 T MONTH TO DATE 0.33 0.18 0.15 T SINCE MAR 1 0.33 0.18 0.15 T SINCE JAN 1 6.48 5.85 0.63 5.02 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.5 1914 0.6 -0.6 T MONTH TO DATE 0.0 1.1 -1.1 T SINCE MAR 1 0.0 1.1 -1.1 T SINCE JUL 1 34.2 79.9 -45.7 97.5 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 36 -14 38 MONTH TO DATE 48 72 -24 75 SINCE MAR 1 48 72 -24 75 SINCE JUL 1 4001 4816 -815 5019 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 30 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION S (180) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION S (180) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.8 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 19 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 92 1200 AM LOWEST 52 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 70 1974 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 22 -3 2003 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 3 2012.........SUNRISE 647 AM EST SUNSET 607 PM EST MARCH 4 2012.........SUNRISE 645 AM EST SUNSET 609 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$