Heavy Rain and Flash Flooding in the West; Heat Expands in the Central U.S.

Monsoonal moisture will produce showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain over parts of the Southwest, Great Basin, and Central Rockies through Monday. Flash flooding is possible, especially in and around burn scars and in areas of steep terrain. Heat will persist across the Central U.S. early this week, spreading into the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic later this week. Read More >

Buffalo Snow Depth Climatology

One measure of "winter harshness" is the number of days that snow remains on the ground. The graphs below show the number of days during each snow season that certain snow depths were measured. These depths are for the early morning hours (0700 EST). The year on the bottom axis is the later snow season year.

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The average number of days for the past 78 winter seasons are:

1 inch - 70.8 days 6 inches - 24.2 days 12 inches 8.4 days

ChartObject Number of days - 1 inch or more