Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
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CXUS51 KBUF 051544
CLMROC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
851 AM EDT WED NOV 01 2023
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...THE ROCHESTER NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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 91 10/05/1951
LOW 19 10/25/1879
HIGHEST 87 10/04 76 10/25
LOWEST 32 10/31 30 10/28
10/30
AVG. MAXIMUM 63.7 61.2 2.5 61.9
AVG. MINIMUM 47.3 43.3 4.0 39.3
MEAN 55.5 52.2 3.3 50.6
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 2.9 -1.9 4
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.67 1873
MINIMUM 0.08 1924
TOTALS 1.83 3.22 -1.39 1.25
DAYS >= .01 17 8
DAYS >= .10 8 4
DAYS >= .50 0 1
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.51 10/15 TO 10/16 0.60 10/13 TO 10/13
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 5.0 1906
TOTALS 0.2 0.1 0.1 T
SINCE 7/1 0.2 0.1 0.1 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 0.1 1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL 0.2 10/31 TO 10/31 MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 324 404 -80 440
SINCE 7/1 416 535 -119 MM
COOLING TOTAL 38 8 30 0
SINCE 1/1 573 676 -103 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.8
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/250
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 44/250 DATE 10/08
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.72
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 19
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 21 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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FABULOUS START, THEN WET AND MURKY OCTOBER
GLORIOUS WEATHER OF SEPTEMBER CONTINUED INTO THE EARLY DAYS OF
OCTOBER WITH PLEASANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. COLDER AIR IMPINGED UPON
WESTERN NEW YORK BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK, WITH SHOWERS AND
EVENTUALLY LAKE EFFECT RAIN BANDS. THIS 12-DAY COLD SPELL WAS
OUTWEIGHED BY A MILD START AND END TO THE MONTH TO ALLOW FOR THE
AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER TO BE SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL
AND RANKED 13TH WARMEST ON RECORD. MANY DAYS HAD LIGHT
PRECIPITATION, WITH THE RAINFALL SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MONTH.
THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 55.5°F THIS MONTH, RANKING 13TH WARMEST ON
RECORD. OF THE 14 DAYS AVERAGING ABOVE THE DAILY NORMAL, 8 DAYS WERE
BY AT LEAST 10 DEGREES. WHILE THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 2.5
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 4.0 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. DAYS REMAINING 40°F OR GREATER TOTALED 26, TIED FOR 7TH
GREATEST ON RECORD. RECORD IS 28 DAYS SET IN 1938. THERE WAS ALSO
ONE RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED. THE 61F MINIMUM ON
THE 27TH BROKE THE FORMER RECORD OF 56F ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1920.
PRECIPITATION TOTALED 1.83 INCHES WHICH IS MORE THAN AN INCH AND A
THIRD BELOW NORMAL. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN
TOTALED 17, TIED FOR 9TH GREATEST FOR OCTOBER. THE YEAR 1988 HAD THE
GREATEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL, THIS AT 21 DAYS.
THE DRIEST PERIOD WAS THE FIRST 5 DAYS OF THE MONTH WHICH FEATURED
NO RAINFALL. LATE ON THE 31ST THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW FELL AT THE
AIRPORT, WITH 0.2 INCHES MEASURED.
ON THE HEELS OF A GLORIOUS SEPTEMBER, THE FIRST 5 DAYS OF OCTOBER
DID NOT DISAPPOINT WITH AUTUMN`S FINEST WEATHER ON DISPLAY. NOT
UNTIL EARLY ON THE 6TH DID RAIN SHOWERS ENTER THE GENESEE VALLEY. A
MUCH COLDER AIRMASS MAINTAINED SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH
LAKE EFFECT RAIN ON THE 9TH AND 10TH OCCASIONALLY WETTING THE GROUND
AT THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT. COOL AIR CONTINUED THROUGH MID-MONTH.
CLEARING SKIES ON THE MORNING OF THE 13TH ALLOWED FOR PATCHES OF
FROST AROUND THE ROCHESTER METRO AREA. ANOTHER SURGE OF MUCH WARMER
AIR ENTERED INTO WESTERN NEW YORK FOR THE 24TH THROUGH THE 28TH.
DAYS IN THE 70S WERE COUPLED WITH A FEW RAIN SHOWERS THAT GENERALLY
FELL LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A COLD FRONT SWEPT THROUGH
ROCHESTER ON THE 29TH WITH COLD AIR AGAIN RETURNING TO THE REGION.
RAIN SHOWERS, AND EVENTUALLY LAKE EFFECT RAIN FELL THE FINAL DAYS OF
THE MONTH. THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON OCCURRED LATE ON
THE 31ST, THIS AFTER A DISMAL EARLY EVENING OF TRICK-OR-TREATING.
WINDS WERE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL, BY ABOUT A HALF A MILE PER HOUR.
THERE WERE SEVERAL DAYS THAT HAD WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH, THESE ON
THE 8TH AND 9TH OF THE MONTH.
IN ALL, A CLOUDY AND WET MONTH.
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THOMAS
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