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CXUS51 KBUF 021004
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CLIMATE REPORT...WITH NARRATIVE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
702 AM EST SAT DEC 1 2012

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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 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              80   11/03/1961
 LOW                2   11/30/1875
HIGHEST            70   11/12                         70  11/08
                        11/11
LOWEST             24   11/08                         28  11/22
AVG. MAXIMUM     46.0              47.6    -1.6     54.3
AVG. MINIMUM     32.6              33.9    -1.3     38.7
MEAN             39.3              40.7    -1.4     46.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               1.6    -1.6        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     18              13.1     4.9        9
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         9.75   1985
 MINIMUM         0.51   1904
TOTALS           1.05              4.01   -2.96     3.10
DAYS >= .01         9                                 10
DAYS >= .10         4                                  8
DAYS >= .50         0                                  3
DAYS >= 1.00        0                                  0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.38   11/12 TO 11/12           11/22 TO 11/23
                                                          11/30 TO 11/30
                                                          11/30 TO 11/30

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           45.6   2000
TOTALS            2.4               7.9    -5.5        T
SINCE 7/1         2.4               8.8    -6.4
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         1               2.1    -1.1        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         1   11/26                          0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      1.6   MM

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     762               728      34      548
 SINCE 7/1       1279              1333     -54     1019
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1        875               544     331      776
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.3
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    36/240
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    47/230    DATE  11/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   41
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         17

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     67

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW                7     SLEET                      1
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      6

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

&&

...A DRY AND COOL NOVEMBER FOR WESTERN NEW YORK...

AFTER A VERY WET AND MILD OCTOBER...A QUIET NOVEMBER PROVIDED
WESTERN NEW YORK WITH MANY DRY DAYS ALONG WITH THE ABSENCE OF ANY
MAJOR STORM SYSTEM. MONTHLY TEMPERATURES AVERAGED BELOW
NORMAL...FOR JUST THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR AND FIRST SINCE APRIL.
THERE WAS MORE SUNSHINE THAN NORMAL.

IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE SANDY A PROLONGED TROUGH REMAINED ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST ALLOWING THE FIRST 9 DAYS OF THE MONTH TO FINISH AN
AVERAGE OF 8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. A MILD SOUTHERLY FLOW PUSHED INTO
THE REGION WITH RECORD WARMTH ON THE 11TH AND 12TH OF THE MONTH.
BOTH DAYS REACHED 70F...AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1990 WE HAD TWO
DAYS REACH 70F OR GREATER IN NOVEMBER. TEMPERATURES THEN DROPPED
BACK BELOW NORMAL MID MONTH BEFORE RISING TO ABOVE NORMAL THE THIRD
WEEK OF NOVEMBER. TO CLOSE THE MONTH 6 OF THE FINAL 7 DAYS FINISHED
BELOW NORMAL. THIS BROUGHT NOVEMBER`S AVERAGE TEMPERATURE TO 39.4F
FINISHING NEAR A DEGREE AND A HALF BELOW NORMAL.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER TOTALED 1.05 INCHES. THIS
MADE NOVEMBER 2012 FOURTH DRIEST AND DRIEST NOVEMBER SINCE OFFICIAL
RECORDS MOVED TO THE AIRPORT IN 1943. SEVERAL MINOR SYSTEMS BROUGHT
PRECIPITATION ON THE 1ST AND 12TH OF THE MONTH. A TOTAL OF 21 DAYS
THIS MONTH DID NOT MEASURE ANY PRECIPITATION INCLUDING A PLEASANT
STRETCH FROM THE 14TH THROUGH THE 22ND.

THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL OF THIS WINTER SEASON FELL IN
NOVEMBER. THE 1.6 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE 26TH WAS THE FIRST 1 INCH
PLUS SNOWFALL EVENT SINCE FEBRUARY 22ND...SPANNING 276 DAYS WHICH IS
THE THIRD GREATEST STRETCH BETWEEN ONE INCH EVENTS. IN TOTAL 2.4
INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED AT THE BUFFALO AIRPORT WHICH IS 5.5
INCHES BELOW NORMAL.

NOVEMBER BEGAN WITH A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH PASSING ACROSS THE AREA
WITH LIGHT RAINFALL. A COOL NORTHWESTERLY FLOW FOLLOWED THROUGH THE
FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH WITH SNOW FLURRIES FLYING SEVERAL DAYS. ON
THE 11TH A WARM FRONT LIFTED INTO THE REGION AND USHERED IN MUCH
WARMER TEMPERATURES...WITH RECORD HIGHS BOTH THE 11TH AND THE 12TH.
THE WARMTH DID NOT LAST LONG AS A STRONG COLD FRONT SWEPT ACROSS THE
AREA WITH A BAND OF RAIN SHOWERS. A VERY QUIET AND BENIGN WEATHER
PATTERED DEVELOPED THE MIDDLE PART OF THE MONTH AND LASTED RIGHT
THROUGH THANKSGIVING DAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE CAMPED OVER THE EASTERN
GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND STATES. WINTER RETURNED ON THE 23RD WITH
A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSING BUFFALO. THIS BROUGHT A RESPONSE FROM
LAKE ERIE WITH A SNOW BAND SETTING UP JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT ON
SUNDAY THE 25TH. WHILE THE AIRPORT IN BUFFALO RECEIVED 1.6 INCHES OF
SNOW AREAS JUST TO THE SOUTH MEASURED AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES OF SNOW.
SEVERAL LIGHT SNOWFALLS OF LESS THAN AN INCH CLOSED THE MONTH.

WINDS AVERAGED 8 MPH FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS 4 MPH BELOW THE NORMAL
MARK. LAKE ERIE REMAINED NEAR NORMAL THROUGH THE MONTH DROPPING FROM
54F TO 43F AT MONTHS CLOSE. A RARE NOVEMBER WITH 11 MOSTLY SUNNY
DAYS IN BUFFALO WHICH PUSHED SUNSHINE 12 PERCENT ABOVE THE
NORMAL VALUE.

IN ALL A QUIET...COOL AND DRY MONTH.


...AUTUMN STATS...

TEMPERATURE...............51.6F   (+0.4)

PRECIPITATION.............12.42"  (+0.99)

SUNSHINE.................   51%   (+6)

&&

THOMAS

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