Climatological Report (Monthly) Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
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CXUS51 KBUF 030057
CLMBUF
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
349 PM EST FRI MAR 01 2024
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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 71 02/24/2017
02/26/2000
LOW -20 02/02/1961
02/09/1934
HIGHEST 68 02/27 61 02/15
LOWEST 16 02/19 0 02/04
02/24
AVG. MAXIMUM 42.3 33.3 9.0 39.7
AVG. MINIMUM 27.3 19.5 7.8 24.4
MEAN 34.8 26.4 8.4 32.1
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 7 13.8 -6.8 6
DAYS MIN <= 32 20 25.3 -5.3 26
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.2 -1.2 1
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 5.90 1990
MINIMUM 0.46 1877
TOTALS 1.03 2.49 -1.46 2.80
DAYS >= .01 10 11
DAYS >= .10 4 5
DAYS >= .50 0 3
DAYS >= 1.00 0 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.34 02/28 TO 02/28 1.00 02/09 TO 02/09
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 54.2 1958
TOTALS 6.0 18.1 -12.1 7.3
SINCE 7/1 59.6 78.8 -19.2
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1
DAYS >= 1.0 1 5.5 -4.5 2
DAYS >= 0.1 7 6
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 3 02/18 3 02/01
02/19
02/28
24 HR TOTAL 3.8 02/18 TO 02/18
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 867 1081 -214 914
SINCE 7/1 3880 4688 -808 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 38/240
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 53/230 DATE 02/18
53/220 02/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 3
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 1 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 1 RAIN 1
LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 2 SNOW 4
LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 0
FOG 13 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 4
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
&&
... WARMEST FEBRUARY TO CLOSE OUT METEOROLOGICAL WINTER ...
MILD AIR FLOWED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY,
WITH THIS MONTH TYING FEBRUARY OF 2017 FOR WARMEST ON RECORD. THERE
WERE JUST 5 DAYS THAT AVERAGED BELOW THEIR DAILY NORMAL. AN AMAZING
12 DAYS FEATURED WARMTH MORE THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE THEIR DAILY
NORMAL. THIS MILD FLOW ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO VERY LITTLE SNOWFALL FOR
THE MONTH, WITH JUST 6 INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED THE ENTIRE MONTH.
THIS MILD FEBRUARY ALSO BROUGHT METEOROLOGICAL WINTER, DEFINED AS
DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND FEBRUARY TO 2ND WARMEST ON RECORD, TRAILING
THE WARM WINTER OF 1931-32 BY JUST A TENTH OF A DEGREE.
THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 34.8°F THIS MONTH, 8.4 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE PEAK OF THE WARMTH THIS MONTH CAME ON THE 27TH AND 28TH
WITH CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN THE 60S. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED
FOR FEBRUARY WAS JUST 16F DEGREES, AND THIS VALUE IS THE WARMEST
MONTHLY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON RECORD FOR FEBRUARY, BREAKING THE
FORMER RECORD SET JUST LAST YEAR AT 14F DEGREES. IN ALL THERE WERE
16 DAYS THAT REACHED INTO THE 40S OR WARMER THIS MONTH, TIED FOR
GREATEST ON RECORD. THERE WERE TWO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES SET,
THESE ON THE 27TH AND 28TH, WHILE THERE WERE ALSO TWO RECORD WARM
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SET, THESE ON THE 9TH AND 27TH. THE 68F READING
ON THE 27TH IS TIED FOR 4TH WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED DURING
THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THE RECORD IS 71F SET LAST IN 2017.
IT WAS ALSO A DRY MONTH, WITH JUST 1.03 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
MEASURED. THIS VALUE IS TIED WITH 1963 FOR 5TH DRIEST FOR FEBRUARY.
THE DRIEST FEBRUARY WAS 1877 WITH JUST 0.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
RECORDED. THE WETTEST PERIOD WAS THE 27TH AND OVERNIGHT INTO THE
28TH WHEN RAIN SHOWERS ALONG A PAIR OF COLD FRONTS PASSED ACROSS THE
REGION. IN ALL 19 DAYS FAILED TO MEASURE ANY PRECIPITATION, 7 DAYS
MORE THAN NORMAL. SNOW WAS ALSO LACKING, WITH JUST 6.0 INCHES
MEASURED. THIS IS THE 10TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY MONTH ON RECORD.
ONLY 1 DAY MEASURED MORE THAN AN INCH OF SNOW, THIS ON THE 18TH (3.8
INCHES). THERE ARE 6 OCCURRENCES OF ONLY 1 DAY MEASURING AN INCH OR
MORE OF SNOW THROUGH THE ENTIRE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WITH THE LAST
OCCURRENCE IN 1998.
IT WAS A VERY DRY START TO THE MONTH, WITH JUST A TENTH OF AN INCH
OF PRECIPITATION MEASURED THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF FEBRUARY. THERE
WAS DENSE FOG ON THE 4TH AND 5TH WITH A SATURATED LOWER ATMOSPHERE.
BY THE 8TH MILDER AIR BEGAN SHIFTING NORTHWARD, WITH A RECORD WARM
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ESTABLISHED ON THE 9TH. THE ONE COOL PERIOD THIS
MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH. LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ON THE 17TH BECAME HEAVIER ON THE 18TH WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW BROAD
LAKE EFFECT SNOW BAND. THIS COLD PERIOD WAS BRIEF, AND BY THE 20TH
TEMPERATURES AGAIN WENT ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE JUST TWO MORE DAYS
WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE READINGS THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH,
WITH BOTH OF THESE FOLLOWING STRONG COLD FRONTS LATE IN THE MONTH.
THE FINAL COLD FRONT ON THE 28TH USHERED IN STRONG WINDS WITH
ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE WEST OF THE GENESEE RIVER, WITH MORE WIDESPREAD
TREE DAMAGE EAST OF THE GENESEE RIVER.
THE WATER TEMPERATURE FOR LAKE ERIE FLUCTUATED BETWEEN 35F AND 37F
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. ALL BUT THE FIRST THREE DAYS TIED OR
ESTABLISHED NEW WATER TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE MONTH. WINDS WERE
A BIT BELOW NORMAL, WITH 10.1 MPH AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH ABOUT ONE
AND A HALF MILES PER HOUR BELOW NORMAL. THE STRONGEST GUST OCCURRED
DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON THE 28TH WITH 53 MPH GUST MEASURED AT
THE AIRPORT.
IN ALL, AN AMAZINGLY WARM, DRY MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
&&
THOMAS
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