833 CDUS41 KBUF 171009 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 607 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 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 69 1000 AM 89 1991 67 2 47 MINIMUM 46 1155 PM 32 1936 47 -1 43 AVERAGE 58 57 1 45 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.01 1.36 1893 0.11 -0.10 0.19 MONTH TO DATE 0.90 1.67 -0.77 3.84 SINCE MAR 1 5.80 7.55 -1.75 14.16 SINCE JAN 1 11.95 13.22 -1.27 19.18 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 7 9 -2 20 MONTH TO DATE 92 174 -82 178 SINCE MAR 1 1224 1711 -487 1779 SINCE JUL 1 5177 6455 -1278 6723 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 4 0 8 SINCE MAR 1 14 7 7 13 SINCE JAN 1 14 7 7 13 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 20 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 25 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 55 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. RAIN RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 100 PM LOWEST 43 600 PM AVERAGE 60 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 67 87 1949 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 48 32 1983 1956 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 17 2012...........SUNRISE 549 AM EDT SUNSET 834 PM EDT MAY 18 2012...........SUNRISE 548 AM EDT SUNSET 835 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$