745 CDUS41 KBUF 090939 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 538 AM EDT WED MAY 9 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 8 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 64 240 PM 85 1979 64 0 62 MINIMUM 53 1159 PM 29 1956 45 8 40 AVERAGE 59 54 5 51 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.52 1.06 1943 0.10 0.42 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.87 0.82 0.05 1.29 SINCE MAR 1 5.77 6.70 -0.93 11.61 SINCE JAN 1 11.92 12.37 -0.45 16.63 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 0.5 1977 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 6 11 -5 14 MONTH TO DATE 47 97 -50 115 SINCE MAR 1 1179 1634 -455 1716 SINCE JUL 1 5132 6378 -1246 6660 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 17 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (230) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.2 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 9 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN LIGHT RAIN FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 1100 AM LOWEST 60 400 PM AVERAGE 80 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 82 2007 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 45 29 1947 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 9 2012...........SUNRISE 558 AM EDT SUNSET 825 PM EDT MAY 10 2012...........SUNRISE 557 AM EDT SUNSET 826 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$