866 CDUS41 KBUF 061006 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 505 AM EST THU DEC 6 2012 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 5 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 46 1233 AM 67 1982 40 6 52 MINIMUM 27 1159 PM -3 1886 27 0 39 AVERAGE 37 34 3 46 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.88 1977 0.13 -0.13 0.74 MONTH TO DATE 0.62 0.63 -0.01 0.96 SINCE DEC 1 0.62 0.63 -0.01 0.96 SINCE JAN 1 29.78 37.22 -7.44 46.90 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY T 9.5 1977 0.6 -0.6 0.0 MONTH TO DATE T 3.1 -3.1 0.4 SINCE DEC 1 T 3.1 -3.1 0.4 SINCE JUL 1 2.4 11.9 -9.5 0.4 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 28 32 -4 19 MONTH TO DATE 91 154 -63 121 SINCE DEC 1 91 154 -63 121 SINCE JUL 1 1370 1487 -117 1140 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 875 544 331 776 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 23 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (280) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 30 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (310) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 7 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 89 100 AM LOWEST 51 200 PM AVERAGE 70 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 69 1998 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 3 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 6 2012......SUNRISE 732 AM EST SUNSET 440 PM EST DECEMBER 7 2012......SUNRISE 733 AM EST SUNSET 440 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$