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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
611 AM EDT MON APR 30 2012


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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL 29 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         56    236 PM  81    1990  61     -5       46
                                      1962
  MINIMUM         28R   536 AM  28    2012  42    -14       40
  AVERAGE         42                        51     -9       43

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.00          1.22 1921   0.10  -0.10     0.02
  MONTH TO DATE    2.44                      2.91  -0.47     5.69
  SINCE MAR 1      4.30                      5.78  -1.48    10.32
  SINCE JAN 1     10.45                     11.45  -1.00    15.34

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.0           1.9  1909   0.0    0.0      0.0
  MONTH TO DATE    1.0                       2.7   -1.7      1.0
  SINCE MAR 1      2.5                      15.6  -13.1     14.3
  SINCE JUL 1     36.7                      94.4  -57.7    111.8
  SNOW DEPTH       0

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       23                        14      9       22
  MONTH TO DATE  568                       561      7      565
  SINCE MAR 1   1112                      1522   -410     1587
  SINCE JUL 1   5065                      6266  -1201     6531

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    2                         0      2        5
  SINCE MAR 1     10                         0     10        5
  SINCE JAN 1     10                         0     10        5
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    18   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (290)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    24   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (320)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     5.1


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.3


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    85           600 AM
 LOWEST     20           200 PM
 AVERAGE    53

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THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   61        84      1899
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   42        28      1978
                                             1931
                                             1876


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
APRIL 30 2012.........SUNRISE   610 AM EDT   SUNSET   815 PM EDT
MAY  1 2012...........SUNRISE   608 AM EDT   SUNSET   816 PM EDT


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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