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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
449 PM EST FRI FEB 1 2013

...CORRECTED JAN RECORD HIGH AND LOW...

...................................

...THE ROCHESTER NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2013...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2013

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART  LAST YEAR`S
                 VALUE   DATE(S)  VALUE   FROM    VALUE  DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
................................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH              74   01/25/1950
 LOW              -17   01/16/1994
HIGHEST            69   01/13                         54  01/31
LOWEST              2   01/26                          2  01/16
                                                          01/15
AVG. MAXIMUM     38.0              31.7     6.3     37.6
AVG. MINIMUM     22.3              17.6     4.7     22.7
MEAN             30.1              24.7     5.4     30.2
DAYS MAX >= 90      0               0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     10              15.9    -5.9       10
DAYS MIN <= 32     26              27.5    -1.5       25
DAYS MIN <= 0       0               2.6    -2.6        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM         8.05   1878
 MINIMUM         0.52   1921
TOTALS           1.47              2.41   -0.94     3.32
DAYS >= .01        15                                 21
DAYS >= .10         5                                  8
DAYS >= .50         0                                  2
DAYS >= 1.00        0                                  0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL    0.50   01/28 TO 01/29           01/11 TO 01/12
                                                          01/13 TO 01/13
                                                          01/13 TO 01/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL           61.3   2004
TOTALS           11.7              28.2   -16.5     19.9
SINCE 7/1        35.1              57.4   -22.3     25.1
SNOWDEPTH AVG.      2                 4      -2        1
DAYS >= 1.0         3               8.8    -5.8        7
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH         9   01/03                          6  01/15
                        01/01                             01/14
 24 HR TOTAL      2.6   MM                       01/13 TO 01/13
                                                          01/13 TO 01/13
                                                          01/13 TO 01/13

DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    1069              1251    -182     1071
 SINCE 7/1       3245              3704    -459     3056
COOLING TOTAL       0                 0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1          0                 0       0        0
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              10.4
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    45/270
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    59/240    DATE  01/31

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            0
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         22

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                0     RAIN                       2
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          1     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                3     SNOW                       5
LIGHT SNOW               19     SLEET                      1
FOG                      18     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      4
HAZE                      7

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

&&

...A ROLLERCOASTER RIDE...

JANUARY 2013 WEATHER IN ROCHESTER RESEMBLED ROLLERCOASTER RIDE IN
TERMS OF TEMPERATURES.  THE YEAR STARTED OFF SEASONABLE WITH SOME
LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION.  THEN...TEMPERATURES WARMED
DRAMATICALLY...WITH HIGHS PEAKING AT 69 ON JAN 13.  THIS WAS FOLLOWED
BY AN ABRUPT DROP IN TEMPERATURES WITH LOWS DROPPING TO AS LOW AS 2
BY JAN 26.  THE MONTH ENDED WITH ANOTHER STRONG WARM UP...WITH
SPRING-LIKE DAYS AGAIN ON JAN 29-30.

THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 30.1 WAS 5.4 ABOVE NORMAL.  THIS MAKES
JANUARY 2013 THE 25TH WARMEST IN OUR 143 YEAR RECORD.  THERE WERE 21
DAYS ABOVE 32...6 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 50 AND 2 DAYS AT OR ABOVE 60 DEGREES.
THREE NEW RECORD HIGHS WERE SET THIS MONTH.  THE FIRST WAS A TEMPERATURE
OF 58, ON JAN 12.  ANOTHER RECORD HIGH WAS SET THE NEXT DAY...WITH A
HIGH OF 69.  A THIRD RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 64 WAS SET ON JAN 30.
THERE WERE AND 7 DAYS BELOW 10.  WE HAD 4 DAYS (IN A ROW) WHERE THE MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE REMAINED BELOW 20 DEGREES.  ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
COIN, WE HAD 4 DAYS WHERE THE LOW TEMPERATURE REMAINED ABOVE
FREEZING. THERE WAS A RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 43 SET ON
JANUARY 12...AND ANOTHER RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 52 WAS SET ON
JAN 30.

RAINFALL AND MELTED SNOW TOTALED 1.47 INCHES WHICH IS 0.94
INCHES BELOW NORMAL...MAKING IT THE 25TH DRIEST ON RECORD.  SNOW
WAS HARD TO COME BY.  WE ENDED UP WITH 11.7 INCHES FOR THE MONTH...OR
16.5 INCHES BELOW NORMAL...MAKING IT THE 22ND LEAST SNOWY JANUARY ON
RECORD.  FOR THE SEASON SO FAR...WE ENDED THE MONTH AT 22.3 BELOW
NORMAL.  THERE WERE NO RECORDS FOR PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY 2013.

WIND SPEEDS AVERAGED NEAR NORMAL AT 10.4 MPH...WITH A PEAK GUST OF 59
MPH ON JANUARY 20 AND JANUARY 31. THERE SEVERAL WIND EVENTS...WITH
FOUR DAYS SPORTING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.  LAKE ONTARIO
REMAINED OPEN...WITH SOME SHORE ICE ALONG PROTECTED AREAS BY THE END
OF THE MONTH.  THE LAKE TEMPERATURE REMAINED IN THE UPPER 30S
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH...WITH A LOW TEMPERATURE OF 36 ON JAN 23.

THE MONTH WILL BE REMEMBERED AS A WILD RIDE IN TERMS OF
TEMPERATURES...WITH TWO NOTABLE WARM SPELLS IN THE ROCHESTER AREA.

&&

ZAFF

$$