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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 ROCHESTER 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
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              80   11/02/1933
 LOW                1   11/30/1875
HIGHEST            73   11/11                         69  11/09
LOWEST             26   11/30                         24  11/22
                        11/29
                        11/21
AVG. MAXIMUM     46.7              48.0    -1.3     54.8
AVG. MINIMUM     32.0              33.0    -1.0     36.9
MEAN             39.3              40.5    -1.2     45.8
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               1.4    -1.4        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     20              14.8     5.2       10
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         7.72   1927
 MINIMUM         0.33   1904
TOTALS           0.71              2.94   -2.23     2.46
DAYS >= .01        10                                 10
DAYS >= .10         2                                  5
DAYS >= .50         0                                  2
DAYS >= 1.00        0                                  0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.25   11/12 TO 11/13           11/22 TO 11/23
                                                          11/23 TO 11/23
                                                          11/23 TO 11/23

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           24.9   1996
TOTALS            0.8               7.3    -6.5      0.3
SINCE 7/1         0.8               7.4    -6.6      0.3
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               2.3    -2.3        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         T   11/26                          0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      0.5   11/30 TO 11/30           11/23 TO 11/23
                                                          11/23 TO 11/23
                                                          11/23 TO 11/23

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     763               735      28      565
 SINCE 7/1       1289              1368     -79     1071
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1        802               539     263      695
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              7.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    30/260
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    40/270    DATE  11/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              8
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         18

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     69

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       3
LIGHT RAIN                7     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW               10     SLEET                      0
FOG                      15     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      1
HAZE                      9

-  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 CENTRAL NEW YORK...

AFTER A VERY WET AND MILD OCTOBER...A QUIET NOVEMBER PROVIDED
CENTRAL NEW YORK WITH MANY DRY DAYS ALONG WITH THE ABSENCE OF ANY
MAJOR STORM SYSTEMS. 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
CENTRAL NEW YORK WITH RECORD WARMTH ON THE 11TH AND THIS RECORD 73F
READING WAS THE WARMEST DAY OF THE MONTH. 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 39.3F
FINISHING JUST OVER A DEGREE BELOW NORMAL.

PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER TOTALED 0.71 INCHES. THIS
MADE NOVEMBER 2012 FIFTH DRIEST IN RECORDED HISTORY. SEVERAL
MINOR SYSTEMS BROUGHT PRECIPITATION ON THE 1ST AND 12TH OF THE
MONTH...AND NO DAY THIS MONTH RECEIVED MORE THAN A QUARTER OF AN
INCH OF PRECIPITATION. A TOTAL OF 20 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 THREE DAYS
BEFORE THE AVERAGE FIRST DATE OF MEASURABLE SNOWFALL...WHEN 0.2 FELL ON THE
5TH. IN TOTAL 0.8 INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED AT THE ROCHESTER
AIRPORT WHICH IS 6.5 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 RECORD
WARMTH. 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 ROCHESTER. SEVERAL LIGHT
SNOWFALLS OF LESS THAN AN INCH CLOSED THE MONTH.

WINDS AVERAGED 8 MPH FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS 3 MPH BELOW THE NORMAL
MARK. A RARE NOVEMBER WITH 11 MOSTLY SUNNY DAYS IN ROCHESTER WHICH
PUSHED SUNSHINE 12 PERCENT ABOVE THE NORMAL VALUE.

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

...AUTUMN STATS...

TEMPERATURE...............51.4F   (+0.4)

PRECIPITATION.............10.09"  (+1.05)

&&

THOMAS

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