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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
852 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012

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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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              92   10/02/1927
 LOW               20   10/29/1965
HIGHEST            79   10/25                         80  10/10
LOWEST             30   10/13                         27  10/30
AVG. MAXIMUM     59.4              59.0     0.4     59.9
AVG. MINIMUM     45.1              42.7     2.4     44.4
MEAN             52.2              50.8     1.4     52.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      2               2.3    -0.3        4
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         9.13   1954
 MINIMUM         0.08   1924
TOTALS           6.98              3.52    3.46     5.21
DAYS >= .01        22                                 18
DAYS >= .10        15                                 13
DAYS >= .50         7                                  4
DAYS >= 1.00        1                                  0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.85   10/29 TO 10/30           10/20 TO 10/21
                                                          10/27 TO 10/27
                                                          10/27 TO 10/27

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           22.6   2006
TOTALS            0.0               0.9    -0.9        T
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.9    -0.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.1    -0.1        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   10/31 TO 10/31

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     392               443     -51      394
 SINCE 7/1        517               605     -88      471
COOLING TOTAL       4                 4       0        4
 SINCE 1/1        875               544     331      776
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              9.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/200
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/240    DATE  10/15

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   38
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            1
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         14

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     73

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                7     RAIN                      13
LIGHT RAIN               24     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      17     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      4

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

&&

...DROUGHT RELIEF CONTINUES WITH A WET OCTOBER...

OCTOBER PROVED TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY WETTER THAN AVERAGE ACROSS THE
AREA AS A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION OR MORE WAS RECORDED ON 25 OUT OF 31
DAYS THIS MONTH. A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS TRACKING ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES CONTINUED TO BRING BENEFICIAL RAINS TO WESTERN NEW YORK
CULMINATING IN A RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 1.42 INCHES ON OCTOBER
29TH AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY TRACKED ACROSS THE REGION.
THESE RAINS HELPED PUSH THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL TO 6.98
INCHES...NEARLY DOUBLE THE AVERAGE FOR OCTOBER OF 3.52 INCHES. IN
SPITE OF THE EXCEPTIONALLY WET WEATHER THIS MONTH...BUFFALO REMAINS
4.47 INCHES BELOW AVERAGE FOR THE YEAR.

REGARDING TEMPERATURES...OVERALL MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS
52.2 DEGREES...1.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THIS DEPARTURE ABOVE NORMAL
WAS GENERALLY A REFLECTION OF THE GENERALLY CLOUDY AND WET WEATHER
THAT PREVAILED FOR A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE PERIOD. THIS SERVED
TO KEEP TEMPERATURES WARMER THAN AVERAGE AT NIGHT WITH THE MEAN LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 45.1 DEGREES RUNNING 2.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. ON THE
OTHER HAND...DAYTIME HIGHS RAN JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL...59.4
DEGREES WHICH IS 0.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. STRONG WARM ADVECTION AND
DOWNSLOPING SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LED TO
A RECORD HIGH OF 79 DEGREES BEING SET ON OCTOBER 25TH WHILE A COLD
SPELL EARLIER IN THE MONTH RESULTED IN THE TYING OF A RECORD LOW OF
30 DEGREES ON OCTOBER 13TH. THERE WERE 2 DAYS THIS MONTH WHERE
TEMPERATURES DIPPED BELOW FREEZING AT BUFFALO...OCTOBER 12TH AND
13TH...WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE AVERAGE OF 2.3 DAYS FOR OCTOBER.

LAKE ERIE WATER TEMPERATURES COOLED DURING THE MONTH FROM 64 DEGREES
ON OCTOBER 1ST TO 54 DEGREES BY THE END OF THE MONTH...FOLLOWING THE
NORMAL COOLING TREND IN OCTOBER WITH BOTH READINGS EXACTLY ON THE
MEAN.

$$

WOOD