937 CDUS41 KBUF 071028 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 626 AM EDT MON MAY 7 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 6 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 68 410 PM 88 1959 63 5 63 MINIMUM 43 539 AM 31 1891 44 -1 40 AVERAGE 56 54 2 52 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.04 1985 0.10 -0.10 0.02 MONTH TO DATE 0.21 0.61 -0.40 1.29 SINCE MAR 1 5.11 6.49 -1.38 11.61 SINCE JAN 1 11.26 12.16 -0.90 16.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1974 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 2.5 15.7 -13.2 14.3 SINCE JUL 1 36.7 94.5 -57.8 111.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 9 12 -3 13 MONTH TO DATE 37 75 -38 89 SINCE MAR 1 1169 1612 -443 1690 SINCE JUL 1 5122 6356 -1234 6634 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 0 4 0 SINCE MAR 1 14 3 11 5 SINCE JAN 1 14 3 11 5 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 15 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NE (60) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 21 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NE (40) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 94 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 76 400 AM LOWEST 26 100 PM AVERAGE 51 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 83 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 44 29 1970 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 7 2012...........SUNRISE 600 AM EDT SUNSET 823 PM EDT MAY 8 2012...........SUNRISE 559 AM EDT SUNSET 824 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$