Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
623 CXUS51 KBUF 030057 CLMBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 349 PM EST FRI MAR 01 2024 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 71 02/24/2017 02/26/2000 LOW -20 02/02/1961 02/09/1934 HIGHEST 68 02/27 61 02/15 LOWEST 16 02/19 0 02/04 02/24 AVG. MAXIMUM 42.3 33.3 9.0 39.7 AVG. MINIMUM 27.3 19.5 7.8 24.4 MEAN 34.8 26.4 8.4 32.1 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 7 13.8 -6.8 6 DAYS MIN <= 32 20 25.3 -5.3 26 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.2 -1.2 1 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 5.90 1990 MINIMUM 0.46 1877 TOTALS 1.03 2.49 -1.46 2.80 DAYS >= .01 10 11 DAYS >= .10 4 5 DAYS >= .50 0 3 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.34 02/28 TO 02/28 1.00 02/09 TO 02/09 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 54.2 1958 TOTALS 6.0 18.1 -12.1 7.3 SINCE 7/1 59.6 78.8 -19.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1 DAYS >= 1.0 1 5.5 -4.5 2 DAYS >= 0.1 7 6 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 02/18 3 02/01 02/19 02/28 24 HR TOTAL 3.8 02/18 TO 02/18 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 867 1081 -214 914 SINCE 7/1 3880 4688 -808 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0 SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/240 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/230 DATE 02/18 53/220 02/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1 LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 4 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0 FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4 HAZE 0 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ... WARMEST FEBRUARY TO CLOSE OUT METEOROLOGICAL WINTER ... MILD AIR FLOWED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WITH THIS MONTH TYING FEBRUARY OF 2017 FOR WARMEST ON RECORD. THERE WERE JUST 5 DAYS THAT AVERAGED BELOW THEIR DAILY NORMAL. AN AMAZING 12 DAYS FEATURED WARMTH MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE THEIR DAILY NORMAL. THIS MILD FLOW ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO VERY LITTLE SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH, WITH JUST 6 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED THE ENTIRE MONTH. THIS MILD FEBRUARY ALSO BROUGHT METEOROLOGICAL WINTER, DEFINED AS DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY TO 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD, TRAILING THE WARM WINTER OF 1931-32 BY JUST A TENTH OF A DEGREE. THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 34.8F THIS MONTH, 8.4 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE PEAK OF THE WARMTH THIS MONTH CAME ON THE 27TH AND 28TH WITH CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE 60S. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR FEBRUARY WAS JUST 16F DEGREES, AND THIS VALUE IS THE WARMEST MONTHLY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR FEBRUARY, BREAKING THE FORMER RECORD SET JUST LAST YEAR AT 14F DEGREES. IN ALL THERE WERE 16 DAYS THAT REACHED INTO THE 40S OR WARMER THIS MONTH, TIED FOR GREATEST ON RECORD. THERE WERE TWO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET, THESE ON THE 27TH AND 28TH, WHILE THERE WERE ALSO TWO RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SET, THESE ON THE 9TH AND 27TH. THE 68F READING ON THE 27TH IS TIED FOR 4TH WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THE RECORD IS 71F SET LAST IN 2017. IT WAS ALSO A DRY MONTH, WITH JUST 1.03 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION MEASURED. THIS VALUE IS TIED WITH 1963 FOR 5TH DRIEST FOR FEBRUARY. THE DRIEST FEBRUARY WAS 1877 WITH JUST 0.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED. THE WETTEST PERIOD WAS THE 27TH AND OVERNIGHT INTO THE 28TH WHEN RAIN SHOWERS ALONG A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS PASSED ACROSS THE REGION. IN ALL 19 DAYS FAILED TO MEASURE ANY PRECIPITATION, 7 DAYS MORE THAN NORMAL. SNOW WAS ALSO LACKING, WITH JUST 6.0 INCHES MEASURED. THIS IS THE 10TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY MONTH ON RECORD. ONLY 1 DAY MEASURED MORE THAN AN INCH OF SNOW, THIS ON THE 18TH (3.8 INCHES). THERE ARE 6 OCCURRENCES OF ONLY 1 DAY MEASURING AN INCH OR MORE OF SNOW THROUGH THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WITH THE LAST OCCURRENCE IN 1998. IT WAS A VERY DRY START TO THE MONTH, WITH JUST A TENTH OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION MEASURED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF FEBRUARY. THERE WAS DENSE FOG ON THE 4TH AND 5TH WITH A SATURATED LOWER ATMOSPHERE. BY THE 8TH MILDER AIR BEGAN SHIFTING NORTHWARD, WITH A RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED ON THE 9TH. THE ONE COOL PERIOD THIS MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH. LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON THE 17TH BECAME HEAVIER ON THE 18TH WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW BROAD LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND. THIS COLD PERIOD WAS BRIEF, AND BY THE 20TH TEMPERATURES AGAIN WENT ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE JUST TWO MORE DAYS WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE READINGS THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH, WITH BOTH OF THESE FOLLOWING STRONG COLD FRONTS LATE IN THE MONTH. THE FINAL COLD FRONT ON THE 28TH USHERED IN STRONG WINDS WITH ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE WEST OF THE GENESEE RIVER, WITH MORE WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE EAST OF THE GENESEE RIVER. THE WATER TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE ERIE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 35F AND 37F THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. ALL BUT THE FIRST THREE DAYS TIED OR ESTABLISHED NEW WATER TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE MONTH. WINDS WERE A BIT BELOW NORMAL, WITH 10.1 MPH AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH ABOUT ONE AND A HALF MILES PER HOUR BELOW NORMAL. THE STRONGEST GUST OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON THE 28TH WITH 53 MPH GUST MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT. IN ALL, AN AMAZINGLY WARM, DRY MONTH OF FEBRUARY. && THOMAS $$