379 CDUS41 KBUF 081029 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 526 AM EST THU JAN 8 2009 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 7 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 35 102 PM 63 2008 31 4 63 1930 MINIMUM 28 1014 PM -5 1942 19 9 52 AVERAGE 32 25 7 58 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.48 1.24 1998 0.11 0.37 0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.61 0.77 -0.16 0.42 SINCE DEC 1 7.40 4.57 2.83 4.70 SINCE JAN 1 0.61 0.77 -0.16 0.42 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.9 7.3 1963 0.9 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 1.2 6.3 -5.1 2.8 SINCE DEC 1 50.4 31.8 18.6 34.1 SINCE JUL 1 56.7 43.1 13.6 37.5 SNOW DEPTH 2 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 33 40 -7 7 MONTH TO DATE 291 276 15 234 SINCE DEC 1 1385 1357 28 1331 SINCE JUL 1 2706 2714 -8 2404 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 31 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (230) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 40 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (240) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 14.1 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE 1 PERCENT AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. LIGHT RAIN LT FREEZING RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG BLOWING SNOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 100 400 AM LOWEST 85 800 PM AVERAGE 93 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 66 2008 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 18 -6 1968 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 8 2009.......SUNRISE 746 AM EST SUNSET 458 PM EST JANUARY 9 2009.......SUNRISE 745 AM EST SUNSET 459 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$