179 CDUS41 KBUF 120932 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 531 AM EDT THU APR 12 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11 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 48 334 PM 86 1945 53 -5 74 MINIMUM 35 304 AM 16 1909 35 0 43 AVERAGE 42 44 -2 59 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.20 1894 0.11 -0.09 T MONTH TO DATE 0.45 1.17 -0.72 0.96 SINCE MAR 1 2.31 4.04 -1.73 5.59 SINCE JAN 1 8.46 9.71 -1.25 10.61 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 8.9 1894 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 1.7 -1.7 0.2 SINCE MAR 1 1.5 14.6 -13.1 13.5 SINCE JUL 1 35.7 93.4 -57.7 111.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 23 21 2 6 MONTH TO DATE 252 253 -1 237 SINCE MAR 1 796 1214 -418 1259 SINCE JUL 1 4749 5958 -1209 6203 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 N (350) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 29 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.6 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 10 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN SNOW LIGHT SNOW SLEET FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 60 300 PM AVERAGE 75 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 54 80 2001 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 36 20 1874 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 12 2012.........SUNRISE 637 AM EDT SUNSET 754 PM EDT APRIL 13 2012.........SUNRISE 636 AM EDT SUNSET 756 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$