Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
000 CXUS51 KBUF 030354 CLMBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1021 AM EDT SAT JUL 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 97 06/29/1933 LOW 35 06/01/1945 HIGHEST 91 06/02 91 06/15 06/25 LOWEST 49 06/05 48 06/05 06/07 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.8 75.6 0.2 75.8 AVG. MINIMUM 57.9 58.1 -0.2 57.6 MEAN 66.8 66.9 -0.1 66.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 2 0.7 1.3 2 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.67 1928 MINIMUM 0.11 1955 TOTALS 2.42 3.37 -0.95 2.87 DAYS >= .01 11 8 DAYS >= .10 6 7 DAYS >= .50 1 2 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.95 06/23 TO 06/24 1.23 06/08 TO 06/09 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL MM MM TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 133.6 95.4 38.2 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS >= 0.1 0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 44 54 -10 47 SINCE 7/1 5763 6467 -704 MM COOLING TOTAL 104 110 -6 102 SINCE 1/1 135 144 -9 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.2 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/220 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/210 DATE 06/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 4 LIGHT RAIN 14 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 15 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 14 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...DRY JUNE WITH BOUTS OF SMOKE... THERE WERE TWO DISTINCT STRETCHES OF UNSETTLED WEATHER IN AN OTHERWISE DRY MONTH OF JUNE. AFTER RECORD HEAT TO START THE MONTH, MOST OF THE DAYS WERE COMFORTABLE AND NOT UNTIL THE LAST WEEK DID HUMIDITY LEVELS BECOME UNCOMFORTABLE. BOTH THE BEGINNING AND END OF THE MONTH FEATURED THICK WILDFIRE SMOKE WITH UNHEALTHY AIR QUALITY AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. LAWNS WITH A TINT OF BROWN TO START THE MONTH RETURNED TO GREEN LUSHNESS BY MONTH`S END WITH AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS AND WET WEATHER. THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED NORMAL FOR THE MONTH, AT 66.9 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE FIRST TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH REACHED THE 90 DEGREE MARK, WITH THE 91 DEGREE READING ON THE 2ND THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH, AND ALSO SETTING A NEW DAILY RECORD. THE FORMER RECORD WAS 87F SET BACK IN 1919. AFTER THE FIRST TWO DAYS IN JUNE, THE 3RD THROUGH THE 18TH FEATURED JUST ONE DAY AVERAGING ABOVE NORMAL. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 2.42 INCHES AND WAS NEARLY AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE TWO DISTINCT PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER, BOTH WITH SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THAT BROUGHT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF CLOUDS AS WELL AS SOAKING RAINFALLS. THE 11TH THROUGH THE 14TH FEATURED TWO-THIRDS OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION, AND THE 23RD THROUGH THE 27TH FEATURED AN INCH AND TWO-THIRDS OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION. OTHERWISE ALL BUT TWO DAYS FEATURED NO MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION.  JUNE STARTED HOT AND DRY WITH A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD. DRY LAWNS FROM MAY SHOWED SIGNS OF BECOMING PARCHED IN THIS EARLY JUNE HEAT. A WEAK COLD FRONT DROPPED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK EARLY ON THE 3RD, AND BROUGHT RELIEF FROM THE HEAT THOUGH NO RELIEF IN THE PRECIPITATION CATEGORY. COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS ON THE 3RD AND 4TH WERE DIMMED BY THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER PLUME OF WILDFIRE SMOKE. A SPECTACULAR RED SUNSET ON THE 5TH WITH WILDFIRE SMOKE AROUND. BY THE 9TH WINDS BEGAN TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST, DRIVING THE SMOKE OUT OF THE REGION. THE 10TH REMAINED DRY, AND FOR THE PERIOD OF MAY 8TH TO JUNE 10TH ONLY 0.43 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED, DRIEST ON RECORD OVER THIS SELECTED PERIOD. THE PARCHED GROUNDS FINALLY RECEIVED RELIEF ON THE 11TH AS A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVED OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS SYSTEM BROUGHT THE FIRST OF TWO EXTENDED PERIODS OF CLOUDY AND WET WEATHER, WITH A SOAKING RAIN ON SUNDAY THE 12TH WELL RECEIVED BY AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS. LAWNS QUICKLY RETURNED BACK TO GREEN. THE 15TH THROUGH THE 22ND WAS MARKED BY AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS, AND DAY TO DAY WARMING TEMPERATURES. ONLY THE 16TH FEATURED LIGHT RAIN. ANOTHER CLOSED LOW FROM THE SOUTHEAST BROUGHT BACK A PERIOD OF UNSETTLED CONDITIONS AS WELL AS THE FIRST PROLONGED PERIOD OF UNCOMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS. DOWNPOURS ON THE 23RD WERE THE FIRST OF 5 DAYS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THOUGH VEGETATION BECAME GREEN, DEEP MOISTURE WAS STILL LACKING IN THE GROUND AND MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH. OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S COMBINED WITH THE HIGHER LEVEL OF HUMIDITY LEFT THE NIGHTS MUGGY. THE 26TH BECAME ACTIVE WITH SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING SEVERE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. MUCH OF THE DAMAGE WAS NEAR THE SHORELINES OF LAKE ERIE, AND ONTARIO AS WELL AS NEAR GENEVA NY. THICK SMOKE AGAIN RETURNED TO WESTERN NEW YORK ON THE 28TH AND 29TH. THE FINAL DAY FEATURED WARM CONDITIONS WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. THE WATER TEMPERATURE ON LAKE ERIE INCREASED FROM THE UPPER 50S TO THE MID 60S THROUGH THE MONTH WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO NORMAL. THE WINDS WERE A BIT BELOW NORMAL, WITH AN AVERAGE SPEED OF 8.4 ABOUT A MILE PER HOUR LOWER THAN THE JUNE NORMAL OF 9.3 MILES PER HOUR. THE STRONGEST WIND GUST OCCURRED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON AS A THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW BOUNDARY SWEPT ACROSS BUFFALO WITH A SPEED OF 43 MPH RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. IN ALL A DRY, SMOKEY MONTH WITH TWO DISTINCT PERIODS OF UNSETTLED WEATHER. && THOMAS $$