Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
518 CXUS51 KBUF 051541 CLMBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 851 AM EDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO 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 ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 92 10/02/1927 LOW 20 10/29/1965 HIGHEST 84 10/04 76 10/23 10/25 LOWEST 32 10/31 33 10/28 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.2 59.6 1.6 61.8 AVG. MINIMUM 48.6 43.9 4.7 42.9 MEAN 54.9 51.7 3.2 52.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 2.0 -1.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.13 1954 MINIMUM 0.08 1924 TOTALS 3.74 4.03 -0.29 3.73 DAYS >= .01 21 11 DAYS >= .10 10 6 DAYS >= .50 1 2 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.23 10/10 TO 10/11 1.39 10/13 TO 10/13 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 22.6 2006 TOTALS 0.4 0.9 -0.5 T SINCE 7/1 0.4 0.9 -0.5 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 DAYS >= 0.1 1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.4 10/31 TO 10/31 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 338 417 -79 385 SINCE 7/1 399 551 -152 MM COOLING TOTAL 33 6 27 0 SINCE 1/1 627 607 20 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.8 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 31/250 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 43/250 DATE 10/08 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 11 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 18 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 75 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 7 LIGHT RAIN 23 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 1 SLEET 0 FOG 17 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 2 HAZE 1 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && 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 10-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 TIED FOR 18TH WARMEST ON RECORD. MANY DAYS HAD LIGHT PRECIPITATION, WITH THE RAINFALL SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. THE WETTEST DAY THE 10TH FEATURED BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT RAIN. THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 54.9F THIS MONTH, RANKING T-18TH WARMEST ON RECORD. OF THE 14 DAYS AVERAGING ABOVE THE DAILY NORMAL, 9 DAYS WERE BY AT LEAST 10 DEGREES. WHILE THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS JUST 1.6F DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL, THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS 4.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. DAYS REMAINING 40F OR GREATER TOTALED 27, TIED FOR 9TH GREATEST ON RECORD. THERE WAS ALSO ONE RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED. THE 63F MINIMUM ON THE 27TH BROKE THE FORMER RECORD OF 58F ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1984. PRECIPITATION TOTALED 3.74 INCHES WHICH IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. HOWEVER, THE NUMBER OF DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN TOTALED 21, TIED WITH 2012 FOR SECOND GREATEST ON RECORD. ONLY THE YEAR 1890 HAD MORE, AND THIS WAS 25 DAYS. THE DRIEST PERIOD WAS THE FIRST 4 DAYS OF THE MONTH WHICH FEATURED NO RAINFALL. LATE ON THE 31ST THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW FELL AT THE AIRPORT, WITH LARGE FLAKES ADDING UP TO 0.4 INCHES. 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 VERY LATE ON THE 5TH AND INTO THE 6TH DID RAIN SHOWERS ENTER WESTERN NEW YORK. A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS MAINTAINED SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH LAKE EFFECT RAIN ON THE 9TH AND 10TH SOAKING METRO BUFFALO WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAINFALL. COOL AIR CONTINUED THROUGH MID-MONTH. CLEARING SKIES ON THE MORNING OF THE 13TH ALLOWED FOR PATCHES OF FROST AROUND THE METRO AREA. ANOTHER SURGE OF MUCH WARMER AIR SURGED 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 BUFFALO 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 OCCURRED LATE ON THE 31ST, THIS AFTER A DISMAL EARLY EVENING OF TRICK-OR-TREATING. LAKE ERIE STARTED THE MONTH WITH RECORD WARM WATERS, REACHING 71F FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OCTOBER ON THE 4TH THROUGH THE 6TH. COOLER AIR MID-MONTH ALLOWED FOR THE WATER TEMPERATURE TO COOL QUICKLY BACK DOWN INTO THE LOWER 60S, FINISHING THE MONTH AT 57F ON THE 31ST. 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. && THOMAS $$