752 CDUS41 KBUF 041009 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 609 AM EDT WED APR 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3 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 55 415 PM 84 2010 49 6 43 MINIMUM 31 633 AM 11 1881 32 -1 29 AVERAGE 43 41 2 36 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.77 1903 0.10 -0.10 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 0.31 0.06 0.24 SINCE MAR 1 2.23 3.18 -0.95 4.87 SINCE JAN 1 8.38 8.85 -0.47 9.89 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.5 1885 0.2 -0.2 0.2 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.6 -0.6 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 1.5 13.5 -12.0 13.5 SINCE JUL 1 35.7 92.3 -56.6 111.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 22 24 -2 29 MONTH TO DATE 73 74 -1 90 SINCE MAR 1 617 1035 -418 1112 SINCE JUL 1 4570 5779 -1209 6056 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 8 0 8 0 SINCE JAN 1 8 0 8 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 10 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (220) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 3.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 45 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 85 400 AM LOWEST 20 400 PM AVERAGE 53 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 78 1981 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 14 1881 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 4 2012.........SUNRISE 651 AM EDT SUNSET 745 PM EDT APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 649 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$