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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
449 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013

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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              72   01/25/1950
 LOW              -16   01/17/1982
HIGHEST            66   01/30                         55  01/31
LOWEST              1   01/25                          2  01/15
AVG. MAXIMUM     37.1              31.2     5.9     37.3
AVG. MINIMUM     23.0              18.5     4.5     23.3
MEAN             30.0              24.9     5.1     30.3
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     10              17.0    -7.0       10
DAYS MIN <= 32     26              27.4    -1.4       25
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               1.8    -1.8        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         6.88   1982
 MINIMUM         0.89   1921
TOTALS           2.50              3.18   -0.68     4.43
DAYS >= .01        15                                 21
DAYS >= .10         5                                 11
DAYS >= .50         1                                  4
DAYS >= 1.00        0                                  0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.86   01/29 TO 01/30           01/26 TO 01/27
                                                          01/27 TO 01/27
                                                          01/27 TO 01/27

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           68.3   1977
TOTALS            6.2              25.3   -19.1     20.8
SINCE 7/1        28.2              61.5   -33.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      2                 5      -3        1
DAYS >= 1.0         2               7.3    -5.3        5
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         7   01/04                          8  01/15
                        01/03
                        01/02
 24 HR TOTAL      1.7   01/28 TO 01/28

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1077              1244    -167     1070
 SINCE 7/1       3238              3659    -421     2995
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/230
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    61/250    DATE  01/20

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   34
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         21

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               1
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       4
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       6
LIGHT SNOW               18     SLEET                      1
FOG                      19     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      3
HAZE                      5

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

&&

...A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE...

JANUARY 2013 WEATHER IN BUFFALO RESEMBLED ROLLERCOASTER RIDE IN
TERMS OF TEMPERATURES. THE YEAR STARTED OFF SEASONABLE WITH SOME
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION. THEN...TEMPERATURES WARMED
DRAMATICALLY...WITH HIGHS PEAKING AT 65 ON JAN 13. THIS WAS FOLLOWED
BY AN ABRUPT DROP IN TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS DROPPING TO AS LOW AS 1
BY JAN 25. THE MONTH ENDED WITH ANOTHER STRONG WARMUP...WITH
SPRING-LIKE DAYS AGAIN ON JAN 29TH AND 30TH.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 30.0 WAS 5.1 ABOVE NORMAL. THIS MAKES
JANUARY 2013 THE 22ND WARMEST IN OUR 143 YEAR RECORD. THERE WERE 21
DAYS ABOVE 32...6 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 50...AND 2 DAYS ABOVE 60 DEGREES.
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 66 WAS SET ON JAN 30. THERE WERE AND 5
DAYS (IN A ROW) WITH LOW TEMPERATURES BELOW 10 DEGREES. WE ALSO HAD
5 DAYS (IN A ROW) WHERE THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE REMAINED AT OR BELOW
20F. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN...WE HAD 5 DAYS WHERE THE LOW
TEMPERATURE REMAINED ABOVE FREEZING. THERE WAS A RECORD WARM LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 45 SET ON JANUARY 12...AND ANOTHER RECORD WARM LOW
TEMPERATURE OF 48 WAS SET ON JAN 30.

RAINFALL AND LIQUID MELTED SNOW TOTALED 2.50 INCHES WHICH IS 0.68
INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS MAKES IT THE 56TH DRIEST ON RECORD. SNOW
WAS HARD TO COME BY. WE ENDED UP WITH 6.2 INCHES FOR THE MONTH...OR
19.1 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...MAKING IT THE 7TH LEAST SNOWY JANUARY ON
RECORD. FOR THE SEASON SO FAR...WE ENDED THE MONTH AT 32.7 INCHES BELOW
NORMAL. THERE WERE NO RECORDS FOR PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY 2013.

SUNSHINE FOR THE MONTH FINISHED AT 34 PERCENT...JUST ABOVE THE NORMAL
AMOUNT OF 31 PERCENT. A TOTAL OF 3 DAYS WHERE CLASSIFIED AS MOSTLY
SUNNY /OVER 70 PERCENT/ AND 1 OF THESE DAYS HAD FULL SUNSHINE. SEVEN
DAYS HAD 10 PERCENT OR LESS SUNSHINE...WITH 5 COMPLETELY CLOUDY DAYS.

WIND SPEEDS AVERAGED NEAR NORMAL AT 11.8 MPH...WITH A PEAK GUST OF 61
MPH ON JANUARY 20TH. THERE SEVERAL WIND EVENTS...WITH 3 DAYS SPORTING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. LAKE ERIE HAD PARTIALLY FROZEN OVER
BY THE END OF THE MONTH...ALTHOUGH THE WARM FEW DAYS AT THE END PUT
A TEMPORARY HALT TO FURTHER FREEZING. THE LAKE TEMPERATURE BOTTOMED
OUT AT 32 ON JANUARY 30.

THE MONTH WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A WILD RIDE IN TERMS OF
TEMPERATURES...WITH TWO NOTABLE WARM SPELLS IN THE BUFFALO
AREA.

&&

ZAFF

$$