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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
518 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2012


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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
 YESTERDAY
  MAXIMUM         34    235 AM  60    1876  32      2       37
  MINIMUM         19   1159 PM  -2    1970  20     -1       22
  AVERAGE         27                        26      1       30

PRECIPITATION (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.03          0.78 1945   0.11  -0.08     0.03
  MONTH TO DATE    0.13                      0.23  -0.10     0.53
  SINCE DEC 1      3.75                      4.12  -0.37     3.25
  SINCE JAN 1      0.13                      0.23  -0.10     0.53

SNOWFALL (IN)
  YESTERDAY        0.6          11.6  1945   0.9   -0.3      1.6
  MONTH TO DATE    0.6                       1.8   -1.2      1.6
  SINCE DEC 1      4.4                      29.2  -24.8     33.6
  SINCE JUL 1      4.4                      38.0  -33.6     35.2
  SNOW DEPTH       T

DEGREE DAYS
 HEATING
  YESTERDAY       38                        39     -1       35
  MONTH TO DATE   62                        78    -16       53
  SINCE DEC 1    968                      1160   -192     1251
  SINCE JUL 1   1987                      2493   -506     2525

 COOLING
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0
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WIND (MPH)
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    31   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION     W (250)
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    41   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION     W (260)
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED    17.4


SKY COVER
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  11 PERCENT
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.8


WEATHER CONDITIONS
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.
  SNOW
  LIGHT SNOW
  FOG
  BLOWING SNOW


RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)
 HIGHEST    89          1200 AM
 LOWEST     58           400 PM
 AVERAGE    74

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THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   32        61      1950
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   20        -1      1981


SUNRISE AND SUNSET
JANUARY  3 2012.......SUNRISE   746 AM EST   SUNSET   453 PM EST
JANUARY  4 2012.......SUNRISE   746 AM EST   SUNSET   454 PM EST


-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.




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