000 CDUS41 KBUF 042156 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 454 PM EST THU DEC 4 2008 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 4 2008... VALID TODAY AS OF 0400 PM LOCAL TIME. CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) TODAY MAXIMUM 45 143 AM 70 1941 40 5 28 MINIMUM 31 448 PM -2 1966 27 4 23 AVERAGE 38 33 5 26 PRECIPITATION (IN) TODAY 0.07 0.95 1891 0.13 -0.06 T MONTH TO DATE 0.42 0.52 -0.10 1.16 SINCE DEC 1 0.42 0.52 -0.10 1.16 SINCE JAN 1 40.94 37.26 3.68 32.00 SNOWFALL (IN) TODAY 0.0 5.4 2006 0.7 MONTH TO DATE 1.7 2.7 SINCE DEC 1 1.7 2.7 SINCE JUL 1 8.0 14.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING TODAY 27 31 -4 39 MONTH TO DATE 118 123 -5 147 SINCE DEC 1 118 123 -5 147 SINCE JUL 1 1439 1480 -41 1220 COOLING TODAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 544 548 -4 770 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 24 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (260) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 17.4 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE MM AVERAGE SKY COVER 1.0 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED TODAY. LIGHT RAIN LIGHT SNOW FOG RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 86 600 AM LOWEST 58 200 PM AVERAGE 72 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TOMORROW NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 67 1982 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 27 -3 1886 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 4 2008......SUNRISE 730 AM EST SUNSET 441 PM EST DECEMBER 5 2008......SUNRISE 731 AM EST SUNSET 441 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$