686 CDUS41 KBUF 021012 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 612 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 1 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 54 242 PM 87 1970 62 -8 64 MINIMUM 46 444 AM 28 1978 42 4 52 1943 AVERAGE 50 52 -2 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.08 0.77 1875 0.10 -0.02 0.12 MONTH TO DATE 0.08 0.10 -0.02 0.12 SINCE MAR 1 4.98 5.98 -1.00 10.44 SINCE JAN 1 11.13 11.65 -0.52 15.46 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.1 1978 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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 15 13 2 7 MONTH TO DATE 15 13 2 7 SINCE MAR 1 1147 1550 -403 1608 SINCE JUL 1 5100 6294 -1194 6552 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 10 3 7 5 SINCE JAN 1 10 3 7 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 20 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.0 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 0 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 700 AM LOWEST 77 100 PM AVERAGE 89 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 62 84 1954 1887 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 43 30 1903 1882 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 2 2012...........SUNRISE 607 AM EDT SUNSET 817 PM EDT MAY 3 2012...........SUNRISE 606 AM EDT SUNSET 819 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$