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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
747 AM EST FRI DEC 01 2023

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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2023...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2023

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             80   11/03/1961
 LOW               2   11/30/1875
HIGHEST           61   11/17                          79  11/05
LOWEST            22   11/29                          19  11/20
AVG. MAXIMUM    47.3               47.8    -0.5     50.4
AVG. MINIMUM    33.3               34.2    -0.9     36.1
MEAN            40.3               41.0    -0.7     43.3
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     1                1.5    -0.5        2
DAYS MIN <= 32    13               13.1    -0.1       13
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.75   1985
 MINIMUM        0.51   1904
TOTALS          2.70               3.50   -0.80     6.52
DAYS >= .01       10                                  14
DAYS >= .10        7                                   9
DAYS >= .50        2                                   5
DAYS >= 1.00       1                                   2
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.11   11/21 TO 11/22               1.67  11/11 TO 11/12

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          45.6   2000
TOTALS           1.9                7.8    -5.9     36.9
SINCE 7/1        2.3                8.7    -6.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   5
DAYS >= 1.0        1                2.1    -1.1        3
DAYS >= 0.1        1                                   5
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        1   11/30                          24  11/19
 24 HR TOTAL     1.9

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    736                720      16      649
 SINCE 7/1      1135               1271    -136       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        5
 SINCE 1/1       627                607      20       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    35/240
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    57/240    DATE  11/03

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             16
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         14

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN               12     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                1     SNOW                       1
LIGHT SNOW                6     SLEET                      1
FOG                      10     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      0

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

&&

... COOL NOVEMBER, WITH BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION ...

NOVEMBER WAS RELATIVELY QUIET THIS MONTH, WITH THE BULK OF THE
PRECIPITATION OCCURRING WITHIN TWO-EVENTS, AND THE ONLY MEASURABLE
SNOWFALL OCCURRING THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH WITHIN BANDS OF
LAKE EFFECT SNOW. THE FIRST MAJOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT OF THE YEAR
OCCURRED THE FINAL DAYS OF THE MONTH, WITH SNOWFALL TOTALS OF A FOOT
TO A FOOT AND A HALF EAST OF LAKE ERIE. 

THE TEMPERATURE THIS MONTH AVERAGED 40.3°F WHICH IS NEARLY A DEGREE
BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE NO RECORDS OR EXTREMES THIS MONTH. THE 12
DAYS TOPPING THE 50F MARK IS ONE DAY MORE THAN NORMAL DURING THE
LONG TERM CLIMATE PERIOD OF RECORD.  LACKING DEEP COLD AIR WITHIN
CLEAR NIGHTS THERE WAS NO PENETRATING FROST DEPTH AT THE AIRPORT
THIS MONTH. 

PRECIPITATION TOTALED 2.70 INCHES WHICH IS ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF
AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. NEARLY TWO INCHES OF THIS TOTAL FELL IN TWO
SEPARATE EVENTS. THE FIRST ON THE 17TH WHEN A PROLONGED RAIN EVENT
OCCURRED. THE SECOND OCCURRED ON THE 21ST WITH OVER AN INCH OF
PRECIPITATION RECORDED AT THE BUFFALO AIRPORT. THE 10 DAYS WITH
MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IS WELL BELOW THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF 15 DAYS
FOR THE MONTH. SNOWFALL TOTALED 1.9 INCHES FOR THE MONTH, WELL BELOW
THE NORMAL OF 7.8 INCHES. ALL THE MEASURABLE SNOW OCCURRED THE FINAL
DAYS OF THE MONTH WITHIN A MAJOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT THAT LARGELY
REMAINED SOUTH OF THE BUFFALO AIRPORT.

THE MONTH BEGAN DAMP WITH AT LEAST A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION RECORDED
ON 7 OF THE FIRST 9 DAYS OF THE MONTH. NOVEMBER ALSO BEGAN CHILLY
WITH THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH TIED WITH THE 28TH FOR THE GREATEST
DEPARTURES FROM THE DAILY NORMAL, WITH A DAILY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE
10 DEGREES FROM NORMAL. THE COOL START WAS SHORT, WITH DAYS IN THE
50S AND 60S RETURNING BY THE 3RD.  AHEAD OF A SOUTHWARD DROPPING
COLD FRONT, WINDS QUICKLY AND BRIEFLY BECAME GUSTY, ESPECIALLY RIGHT
OFF LAKE ERIE WHERE A GUST TO 57 MILES PER HOUR CAME OFF THE LAKE
LATE IN THE EVENING. A NICE STRETCH OF WEATHER OCCURRED FROM THE
10TH TO THE 16TH, WHERE A FULL WEEK OF DAYS WITHOUT PRECIPITATION
OCCURRED ALONG WITH A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE FOR NOVEMBER STANDARDS.
ON THE 17TH A COLD FRONT SLOWLY PASSED ACROSS THE REGION, WITH A
LENGTHY PERIOD OF RAIN ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. THE NEXT ALL-DAY
RAIN EVENT WAS NOT FAR BEHIND WITH THE 21ST FEATURING OVER AN INCH
OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. THE RAIN BECAME LIGHTER ON
THE 22ND AS IT ENDED LEAVING THANKSGIVING THE 23RD DRY WITH A MIX OF
CLOUDS AND SOME SUNSHINE. THE FIRST MAJOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENT OF
THE SEASON OCCURRED THE 27TH THROUGH THE 29TH. LAKE EFFECT SNOW,
INITIALLY JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT AND STRETCHING OUT TOWARDS
BATAVIA AND ROCHESTER QUICKLY DROPPED SOUTHWARD TO THE SOUTHTOWNS
MONDAY NIGHT AND SOUTHERN TIER TUESDAY. A FOOT TO A FOOT AND A HALF
OF SNOW FELL. THIS BAND LIFTED NORTHWARD ACROSS THE BUFFALO METRO
AREA WEDNESDAY MORNING, SNARLING THE MORNING RUSH HOUR DESPITE ONLY
PRODUCING A FEW INCHES OF SNOW. THE FINAL DAY OF THE MONTH FINISHED
DRY, WITH PARTLY SUNNY SKIES.

LAKE ERIE`S WATER TEMPERATURE FELL FROM 57° AT THE START OF THE
MONTH TO 47° AT THE END OF THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. THIS 47° READING
IS 3° WARMER THAN NORMAL. THE WINDS AVERAGED 10.4 MPH WHICH IS ABOUT
A HALF A MILE PER HOUR BELOW NORMAL. NOT MANY STRONG WIND GUSTS THIS
MONTH WITH JUST THE 3RD FEATURING VERY STRONG WINDS WITH A SOUTHWEST
GUST OF 57 MPH IN THE EVENING. 

IN ALL A QUIET MONTH, WITH LAKE SNOWS STARTING BY MONTH`S END. 

&&

THOMAS

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