313 CDUS41 KBUF 161001 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 601 AM EDT WED MAY 16 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 15 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 74 209 PM 87 1961 66 8 53 MINIMUM 52 448 AM 34 1920 47 5 44 AVERAGE 63 57 6 49 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.33 2011 0.11 -0.11 1.33 MONTH TO DATE 0.89 1.56 -0.67 3.65 SINCE MAR 1 5.79 7.44 -1.65 13.97 SINCE JAN 1 11.94 13.11 -1.17 18.99 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1959 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.2 -0.2 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 2.5 15.8 -13.3 14.3 SINCE JUL 1 36.7 94.6 -57.9 111.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 2 9 -7 16 MONTH TO DATE 85 165 -80 158 SINCE MAR 1 1217 1702 -485 1759 SINCE JUL 1 5170 6446 -1276 6703 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 3 1 8 SINCE MAR 1 14 6 8 13 SINCE JAN 1 14 6 8 13 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 14 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (220) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 16 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (250) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 100 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.4 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 400 AM LOWEST 31 600 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 89 1991 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 32 1936 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 16 2012...........SUNRISE 550 AM EDT SUNSET 833 PM EDT MAY 17 2012...........SUNRISE 549 AM EDT SUNSET 834 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$