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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
855 AM EDT FRI NOV 2 2012

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...THE ROCHESTER NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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              91   10/05/1951
 LOW               19   10/25/1879
HIGHEST            81   10/25                         81  10/09
LOWEST             28   10/13                         28  10/30
                                                          10/28
AVG. MAXIMUM     61.4              59.6     1.8     59.8
AVG. MINIMUM     44.2              41.5     2.7     43.2
MEAN             52.8              50.6     2.2     51.5
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32      2               3.3    -1.3        4
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         8.67   1873
 MINIMUM         0.08   1924
TOTALS           4.93              2.72    2.21     5.20
DAYS >= .01        18                                 16
DAYS >= .10         9                                 14
DAYS >= .50         3                                  3
DAYS >= 1.00        1                                  0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    1.54   10/29 TO 10/30           10/19 TO 10/20
                                                          10/27 TO 10/27
                                                          10/27 TO 10/27

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL            5.0   1906
TOTALS            0.0               0.1    -0.1        T
SINCE 7/1         0.0               0.1    -0.1        T
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      0                MM      MM        0
DAYS >= 1.0         0               0.0     0.0        0
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         0   MM                             0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      0.0   10/31 TO 10/31           10/27 TO 10/27
                                                          10/27 TO 10/27
                                                          10/27 TO 10/27

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL     374               452     -78      411
 SINCE 7/1        526               633    -107      506
COOLING TOTAL       5                 5       0        1
 SINCE 1/1        802               539     263      695
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    41/020
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    55/020    DATE  10/29

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             13
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         15

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     75

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                4     RAIN                       7
LIGHT RAIN               21     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                      17     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      1

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

&&

...AN EXCEPTIONALLY WET OCTOBER PUSHES ROCHESTER BACK ABOVE NORMAL
FOR THE YEAR...

A SERIES OF STORM SYSTEMS TRACKING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES BROUGHT
PLENTIFUL RAIN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK...CULMINATING IN
THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE SANDY THAT SET A DAILY RECORD RAINFALL OF
1.44 INCHES ON OCTOBER 29TH. THIS PUSHED THE MONTHLY TOTAL RAINFALL
UP TO 4.93 INCHES FOR THE MONTH...SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THE AVERAGE
OF 2.21 INCHES. IN FACT MUCH OF THE MONTH WAS WET WITH A TRACE OR
GREATER OF PRECIPITATION BEING RECORDED ON 20 OF 31 DAYS.

OCTOBER WAS CHARACTERIZED BY ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AT ROCHESTER
WITH A MEAN OF 52.8 DEGREES FOR THE MONTH...2.2 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THIS CONTINUES A STREAK OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES DATING
BACK TO MAY 2012. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A COOL STREAK IN THE SECOND
WEEK OF THE MONTH...TEMPERATURES RAN ABOVE NORMAL FOR MUCH OF THE
REST OF THE MONTH. OVERNIGHT LOWS WERE NOTABLY WARMER...2.7 DEGREES
ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 41.5 DEGREES AND HIGHS MANAGED TO RUN 1.8
DEGREES ABOVE THE NORMAL OF 59.6 DEGREES AS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF
WARM DAYS COURTESY OF BALMY SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE SERIES OF
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS THAT IMPACTED THE
REGION.

$$

WOOD