300 CDUS41 KBUF 081012 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 511 AM EST THU MAR 8 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 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 65 312 PM 76 1983 39 26 25 MINIMUM 46 527 AM -1 1913 23 23 17 AVERAGE 56 31 25 21 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.39 2009 0.10 -0.10 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.64 -0.14 1.85 SINCE MAR 1 0.50 0.64 -0.14 1.85 SINCE JAN 1 6.65 6.31 0.34 6.87 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 8.2 2008 0.5 -0.5 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.6 3.7 -3.1 3.5 SINCE MAR 1 0.6 3.7 -3.1 3.5 SINCE JUL 1 34.8 82.5 -47.7 101.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 34 -25 44 MONTH TO DATE 195 245 -50 252 SINCE MAR 1 195 245 -50 252 SINCE JUL 1 4148 4989 -841 5196 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 29 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 39 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 18.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 96 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 37 200 AM LOWEST 27 1100 AM AVERAGE 32 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 65 1921 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 23 -7 1984 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 8 2012.........SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 613 PM EST MARCH 9 2012.........SUNRISE 637 AM EST SUNSET 615 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$