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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
422 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2012...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2012

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              99   08/27/1948
 LOW               38   08/29/1982
                        08/30/1965
HIGHEST            96   08/04                         86  08/05
                                                          08/01
LOWEST             52   08/21                         52  08/29
AVG. MAXIMUM     81.5              78.4     3.1     79.6
AVG. MINIMUM     61.9              60.8     1.1     63.0
MEAN             71.7              69.6     2.1     71.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      3               0.3     2.7        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        10.67   1977
 MINIMUM         0.05   1876
TOTALS           1.24              3.26   -2.02     3.94
DAYS >= .01         6                                 10
DAYS >= .10         4                                  7
DAYS >= .50         1                                  4
DAYS >= 1.00        0                                  1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.81   08/05 TO 08/05           08/21 TO 08/21
                                                          08/20 TO 08/21
                                                          08/21 TO 08/21

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL             MM   MM
TOTALS            0.0               0.0     0.0      0.0
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.0     0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   08/31 TO 08/31

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL       1                18     -17        2
 SINCE 7/1          1                27     -26        2
COOLING TOTAL     214               161      53      206
 SINCE 1/1        792               487     305      675
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/240
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    45/230    DATE  08/05

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   59
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          8

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     61

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                2     RAIN                       0
LIGHT RAIN               10     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      10     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      7

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

&&

...VERY WARM/DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUE WITH A BRIEF PERIOD OF COOLER
WEATHER...

AFTER A VERY WARM/DRY MONTH OF JULY WHERE THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
RAN +4.4F ABOVE NORMAL...THE MONTH OF AUGUST WILL GO DOWN IN THE
RECORD BOOKS AS +2.1F ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT THE
BUFFALO-NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WAS 71.7F. TEMPERATURES
WARMED INTO THE 80S ON 17 OF THOSE DAYS AND THREE RECORD HIGHS WERE
PRODUCED, THE 3RD/4TH AND 25TH OF THE MONTH WITH 95F/96F/91F
RESPECTIVELY. THIS MARKS THE 4TH MONTH IN A ROW AND 8 OUT OF 9
MONTHS THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN ABOVE
NORMAL FOR THE 2012 CALENDAR YEAR. WITH ALL THIS WARMTH...COOLER
WEATHER DID DEVELOP FOR A BRIEF PERIOD IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST...THE
RESULT OF SEVERAL FRONTAL PASSAGES AND A PERSISTENT TROUGH THAT
RESIDED OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE
BETWEEN AUGUST 17TH THRU THE 22ND WHERE TEMPERATURES AVERAGED -2.5F
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

RAINFALL DURING THIS PERIOD WAS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT AGAIN IN THE
BUFFALO-METRO AREA...THANKS IN PART TO THE LAKE SHADOW. THE TOTAL
RAINFALL OF 1.24 INCHES AT THE BUFFALO AIRPORT WAS -2.02 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL...MOST OF THIS RAIN FELL ON THE 5TH WHERE THE AIRPORT
RECEIVED 0.81 INCHES. THE RESULT OF A COLD FRONT THAT PUSHED ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT
PRODUCED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION. EVEN WITH THE
LITTLE BIT OF RAINFALL WE RECEIVED, IT WAS STILL NOT ENOUGH TO
ALLEVIATE D1 MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS.

THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES THAT STARTED THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH
AND PRODUCED RECORD HIGHS ALLOWED LAKE ERIE TO REACH 77 DEGREES ON
THE 4TH. THE NORMAL LAKE ERIE TEMPERATURE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS
BETWEEN 73-71 DEGREES. COOLER WEATHER HAS SLOWLY HELPED LAKE ERIE TO
COOL OFF WITH TEMPERATURES RETURNING TO NEAR NORMAL AT THE END OF
THE THIS MONTH, WITH A CURRENT TEMPERATURE OF 73F.

AUGUST WILL FINISH IN THE RECORD BOOKS REFLECTING A CONTINUATION OF
A WARM AND DRY SUMMER...DESPITE A BRIEF COOL DOWN.

&&

REYNOLDS

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