354 CDUS41 KBUF 041008 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 608 AM EDT THU OCT 4 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 3 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 71 357 PM 86 1898 64 7 63 MINIMUM 61 545 AM 30 1974 47 14 49 AVERAGE 66 55 11 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 1.73 1986 0.12 -0.12 0.19 MONTH TO DATE 0.20 0.36 -0.16 0.85 SINCE SEP 1 4.59 4.26 0.33 4.92 SINCE JAN 1 21.33 29.42 -8.09 38.48 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1974 0.1 -0.1 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE SEP 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 10 -10 9 MONTH TO DATE 14 29 -15 46 SINCE SEP 1 138 164 -26 121 SINCE JUL 1 139 191 -52 123 COOLING YESTERDAY 1 0 1 0 MONTH TO DATE 1 0 1 0 SINCE SEP 1 79 53 26 97 SINCE JAN 1 872 540 332 772 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (250) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 5.5 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 32 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN FOG HAZE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 97 500 AM LOWEST 66 400 PM AVERAGE 82 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 64 87 1951 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 31 1974 SUNRISE AND SUNSET OCTOBER 4 2012.......SUNRISE 716 AM EDT SUNSET 650 PM EDT OCTOBER 5 2012.......SUNRISE 717 AM EDT SUNSET 648 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$