252 CDUS41 KBUF 180944 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 543 AM EDT WED APR 18 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17 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 52 1216 AM 80 1976 56 -4 44 MINIMUM 35 1159 PM 15 1875 37 -2 32 AVERAGE 44 47 -3 38 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.71 1918 0.10 -0.10 0.09 MONTH TO DATE 0.58 1.79 -1.21 2.39 SINCE MAR 1 2.44 4.66 -2.22 7.02 SINCE JAN 1 8.59 10.33 -1.74 12.04 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 2.5 1928 0.1 -0.1 0.1 MONTH TO DATE T 2.3 -2.3 0.3 SINCE MAR 1 1.5 15.2 -13.7 13.6 SINCE JUL 1 35.7 94.0 -58.3 111.1 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 18 3 27 MONTH TO DATE 333 369 -36 367 SINCE MAR 1 877 1330 -453 1389 SINCE JUL 1 4830 6074 -1244 6333 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 0 1 0 SINCE MAR 1 9 0 9 0 SINCE JAN 1 9 0 9 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 32 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 12.3 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 86 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.6 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 900 PM LOWEST 50 200 PM AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 56 81 2002 1976 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 14 1875 SUNRISE AND SUNSET APRIL 18 2012.........SUNRISE 628 AM EDT SUNSET 801 PM EDT APRIL 19 2012.........SUNRISE 626 AM EDT SUNSET 803 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$