724 CDUS41 KBUF 051009 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 608 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4 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 53 235 PM 78 1981 50 3 64 MINIMUM 38 1159 PM 14 1881 33 5 37 1874 AVERAGE 46 41 5 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.91 1990 0.10 -0.10 0.55 MONTH TO DATE 0.37 0.41 -0.04 0.79 SINCE MAR 1 2.23 3.28 -1.05 5.42 SINCE JAN 1 8.38 8.95 -0.57 10.44 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 5.8 1990 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.7 -0.7 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 1.5 13.6 -12.1 13.5 SINCE JUL 1 35.7 92.4 -56.7 111.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 19 24 -5 14 MONTH TO DATE 92 98 -6 104 SINCE MAR 1 636 1059 -423 1126 SINCE JUL 1 4589 5803 -1214 6070 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 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (330) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 81 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 79 300 AM LOWEST 35 400 PM AVERAGE 57 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 50 80 1910 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 33 13 1881 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 5 2012.........SUNRISE 649 AM EDT SUNSET 746 PM EDT APRIL 6 2012.........SUNRISE 648 AM EDT SUNSET 748 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$