Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
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CXUS51 KBUF 031932
CLMBUF
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
941 AM EDT FRI AUG 01 2025
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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2025...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2025
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 98 07/09/2020
LOW 43 07/11/1945
HIGHEST 92 07/12 89 07/05
07/28
07/29
LOWEST 53 07/22 54 07/01
07/02
AVG. MAXIMUM 83.6 80.2 3.4 83.1
AVG. MINIMUM 65.3 63.1 2.2 65.3
MEAN 74.4 71.7 2.7 74.2
DAYS MAX >= 90 5 1.5 3.5 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.93 1992
MINIMUM 0.15 1933
TOTALS 0.77 3.23 -2.46 2.87
DAYS >= .01 8 10
DAYS >= .10 4 6
DAYS >= .50 0 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.19 07/31 TO 07/31 1.56 07/15 TO 07/16
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 0.1 0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 0 7 -7 0
SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM
COOLING TOTAL 298 213 85 293
SINCE 1/1 478 357 121 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION MM MM
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 56/240 DATE 07/17
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 9
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 18
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 4
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 69
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 4 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 3
LIGHT RAIN 12 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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SUMMER`S HEAT AND DRYNESS FOR JULY 2025
VERY WARM TEMPERATURES GRIPPED WESTERN NEW YORK THROUGH THE MONTH,
AND WHILE NO DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES WERE SET, RELIEF FROM
SUMMER`S HEAT WAS BRIEF, WHICH BROUGHT THE MONTH OF JULY TO 10TH
(TIE) WARMEST ON RECORD. THOUGH IT WAS ALSO HUMID THROUGHOUT THE
MONTH, SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALMOST ABSENT FOR JULY WITH
ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH, WHICH IN
ADDITION TO 7 STRAIGHT MONTHS OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION AND A
HIGH SUN ANGLE, ALL CUMULATED TO LEAVE LAWNS AND VEGETATION PARCHED
AND DRY. WHILE THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR SUFFERED, THE MONTH WAS GREAT
FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, INCLUDING THE FOURTH OF JULY
WEEKEND.
THE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY AVERAGED 74.4F WHICH IS TIED FOR 10TH
WARMEST JULY WITH THE YEAR 2018. FOLLOWING COLD FRONTS, THERE WERE
FIVE 1 TO 2 DAY STRETCHES OF DAILY TEMPERATURES AVERAGING BELOW
NORMAL. BUFFALO REACHED THE 90 MARK FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS MONTH,
AND DID SO 5 TIMES WHICH TIES FOR 5TH GREATEST ON JULY RECORD. THERE
WERE TWO RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SET, WITH THESE OCCURRING
ON THE 13TH WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75F (TYING WITH
1936/75F) AND ALSO ON THE 25TH WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73F
(TYING WITH 2005/73F).
PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH TOTALED 0.77 INCHES WHICH IS ALMOST TWO
AND A HALF INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THIS WAS THE FIRST SUB 1.00 INCH
MONTH SINCE JULY OF 2012 (0.90 INCHES) AND THE DRIEST MONTH SINCE
MAY 2005 (0.60 INCHES). JULY 2025 RANKS FOURTH DRIEST ON THE JULY
RECORD. THE WETTEST DAY WAS THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH, IN WHICH THE
0.19 INCHES OF RAIN PLACES SECOND SMALLEST "HIGHEST" DAILY RAINFALL
FOR THE MONTH OF JULY. ONLY JULY OF 1933 HAD A SMALLER "HIGHEST"
RAINFALL OF JUST 0.07 INCHES.
OVERALL THE WEATHER WAS QUIET FOR THE MONTH OF JULY FOR WESTERN NEW
YORK, WITH LITTLE DISRUPTIONS TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. OF THE RAIN
THAT DID FALL, MOST FELL EITHER LATE EVENING OR DURING THE OVERNIGHT
PERIOD. ON THE 13TH AND THE 16TH ISOLATED HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE SOUTHERN TIER PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING IN CATTARAUGUS COUNTY
(13TH) AND ALLEGANY COUNTY (16TH). ISOLATED, STRONG WIND GUSTS ALONG
A COLD FRONT PASSAGE ACROSS THE METRO BUFFALO AREA DOWNED A FEW
TREES IN THE NORTHTOWNS ON THE 17TH.
LAKE ERIE`S WATER TEMPERATURE ROSE FROM 70F AT THE BEGINNING OF THE
MONTH TO 79F BY MONTH`S END. ONLY JULY 2011 RECORDED A WARMER LAKE
ERIE TEMPERATURE IN THE MONTH OF JULY (80F) THAN THIS YEAR. THE
AVERAGE WIND SPEED WAS 8.1 MPH, WHICH IS ABOUT A FULL MILE PER HOUR
BELOW NORMAL. THE STRONGEST GUST OF 56 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST
OCCURRED IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON THE 17TH ALONG A COLD FRONTAL
PASSAGE.
IN ALL A DRY MONTH, BUT GREAT FOR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
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THOMAS
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