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Tracking Late Season Winter Storms; Unusual Early-Season Heat Wave in the Southwest

Heavy snow and high winds continue in the Great Lakes and Northeast. A moderate atmospheric river will continue to bring heavy precipitation to the Pacific Northwest and northern Rockies. A major winter storm will develop across the northern High Plains tonight into Saturday and rapidly strengthen as it moves into the Great Lakes on Sunday. Above-average temperatures expected in the Southwest. Read More >

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Buffalo Monthly Precipitation

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Buffalo Monthly Precipitation

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SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1940 2.47 3.71 2.35 2.31 3.51 4.44 1.48 3.12 3.72 1.15 4.38 3.37 36.01
1941 2.36 2.05 2.01 1.69 1.11 0.82 3.37 1.06 0.87 2.40 3.06 1.36 22.16
1942 3.25 4.26 3.79 2.16 3.75 0.76 2.42 2.45 3.40 3.12 4.26 5.01 38.63
1943 1.98 2.30 2.44 3.72 3.52 2.77 1.73 2.59 3.45 4.01 2.57 0.69 31.77
1944 1.23 2.92 2.91 4.62 2.87 3.95 1.04 6.17 3.63 1.11 1.44 3.83 35.72
1945 3.71 3.04 4.26 3.15 2.84 2.55 3.97 1.18 4.88 5.87 3.95 5.07 44.47
1946 1.03 2.47 1.61 1.27 3.59 2.03 2.75 4.35 3.24 3.72 2.79 2.79 31.64
1947 4.65 1.59 2.05 3.95 4.83 4.01 3.54 1.80 2.11 0.66 4.01 1.96 35.16
1948 1.99 2.94 3.24 2.81 3.12 3.07 2.58 1.10 5.74 4.74 4.01 2.05 37.39
1949 2.71 2.64 2.52 2.42 2.09 1.17 3.15 5.27 3.1 1.67 6.37 3.68 36.79
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1950 5.01 4.26 3.23 2.46 2.16 2.04 3.12 4.12 1.95 2.36 4.83 1.84 37.38
1951 2.63 2.96 4.57 4.03 2.01 4.48 3.50 1.36 2.52 1.87 4.47 3.35 37.75
1952 3.75 2.02 2.51 2.56 3.91 1.13 1.28 3.12 2.72 0.68 2.89 2.57 29.14
1953 2.81 1.46 3.76 2.24 6.39 0.98 3.60 3.21 3.09 0.32 4.94 3.08 35.88
1954 2.94 3.72 5.24 3.95 1.35 2.57 2.08 2.45 2.20 9.13 3.32 5.83 44.78
1955 2.61 2.42 4.60 3.35 1.65 0.11 2.13 4.81 2.97 8.12 4.2 2.82 39.79
1956 2.12 3.33 5.25 3.69 4.61 0.99 3.54 5.89 3.95 0.86 2.88 4.82 41.93
1957 4.92 1.65 2.23 4.86 4.03 2.92 2.97 1.11 3.84 1.12 5.30 3.74 38.69
1958 3.81 4.78 1.36 3.95 1.79 2.91 1.49 3.16 4.59 1.40 3.49 1.66 34.39
1959 6.47 3.45 3.87 3.21 2.10 1.94 1.98 4.78 2.52 4.93 3.58 3.98 42.81
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1960 3.90 5.80 2.35 2.34 4.05 2.48 1.89 3.75 1.20 1.89 2.94 2.57 35.16
1961 1.41 2.63 2.59 5.90 3.01 3.66 3.02 4.03 2.53 2.41 3.30 2.62 37.11
1962 2.78 2.65 1.23 2.25 2.36 2.80 1.89 3.00 3.14 1.90 1.78 2.77 28.55
1963 1.51 1.03 2.19 2.77 2.22 0.61 6.43 8.04 1.20 0.30 5.07 1.83 33.20
1964 2.12 1.09 3.72 3.36 2.91 1.55 2.57 5.02 0.77 1.89 2.09 2.58 29.67
1965 3.27 2.99 1.97 1.99 1.21 1.50 3.69 4.12 2.37 5.07 4.69 2.60 35.47
1966 3.74 2.11 2.78 2.06 1.36 1.97 4.92 3.60 2.65 0.93 4.50 2.25 32.87
1967 1.18 1.39 1.20 2.60 3.69 2.50 1.57 4.04 6.36 4.78 3.13 2.16 34.60
1968 2.18 0.81 2.67 1.78 3.30 4.45 1.19 5.33 5.63 3.03 4.47 3.42 38.26
1969 3.85 0.97 1.62 4.16 3.75 3.51 3.83 2.48 2.04 2.77 4.09 3.09 36.16
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1970 2.06 1.74 1.72 2.54 2.87 2.55 4.02 2.01 4.55 4.20 3.20 3.25 34.71
1971 1.46 3.03 2.07 1.48 1.56 4.25 4.50 4.43 1.88 1.57 3.07 3.61 32.91
1972 2.17 3.44 3.99 2.99 3.64 6.06 0.99 4.19 3.06 2.96 4.28 3.86 41.63
1973 2.03 1.98 3.27 3.56 2.99 1.68 3.68 2.98 1.44 4.27 4.07 4.89 36.84
1974 2.44 2.19 3.19 3.15 3.36 3.86 1.80 3.64 2.42 1.75 5.38 3.13 36.31
1975 2.11 2.93 2.92 1.86 3.31 3.65 2.34 8.49 2.44 1.13 2.77 4.58 38.53
1976 3.19 3.43 5.59 4.01 4.70 3.36 5.65 1.65 5.39 3.61 2.11 3.83 46.52
1977 3.38 1.59 2.42 3.60 1.39 2.79 3.64 10.67 8.99 2.61 4.45 8.02 53.55
1978 6.29 1.36 1.72 1.84 3.95 2.42 1.48 3.51 4.40 3.72 1.55 3.50 35.74
1979 5.43 2.03 2.48 3.16 1.63 2.18 3.51 6.26 5.61 3.88 4.14 3.43 43.74
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1980 1.97 1.08 4.05 2.43 1.60 5.82 3.55 3.58 4.53 4.69 2.36 2.65 38.31
1981 1.11 3.50 1.70 3.09 2.56 3.68 5.05 3.13 4.24 3.31 2.22 2.87 36.46
1982 6.88 1.28 2.64 2.33 3.66 3.14 1.50 4.62 3.37 2.06 6.31 3.32 41.11
1983 1.44 1.30 3.2 2.55 3.28 2.99 2.01 3.51 2.11 4.62 5.19 7.30 39.50
1984 1.54 3.59 1.77 2.53 4.67 6.86 1.37 4.16 3.73 0.87 2.66 3.67 37.42
1985 4.27 3.34 4.42 1.33 3.46 3.21 1.81 4.63 1.20 3.73 9.75 4.85 46.00
1986 2.31 2.60 1.95 3.33 4.42 4.15 2.82 2.73 3.88 4.34 3.11 4.02 39.66
1987 2.90 0.85 3.66 3.40 1.35 8.36 3.09 3.38 5.32 2.62 4.44 2.78 42.15
1988 1.58 4.07 2.99 2.96 2.74 1.56 6.35 2.69 2.07 6.08 3.37 2.15 38.61
1989 1.77 2.54 3.15 1.88 7.22 7.83 0.93 1.84 3.85 2.98 4.83 2.34 41.16
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1990 2.69 5.90 1.50 5.22 6.08 3.55 3.14 3.25 3.65 4.59 2.61 8.71 50.89
1991 2.07 2.06 5.97 5.83 3.10 0.86 3.34 2.84 3.19 3.11 4.02 3.81 40.20
1992 2.01 2.45 2.93 4.68 3.48 2.21 8.93 3.79 5.56 2.80 4.92 3.80 47.56
1993 4.35 1.92 3.02 2.55 1.79 4.99 1.78 3.86 5.53 3.69 3.58 3.60 40.66
1994 2.90 1.40 2.61 4.02 3.54 4.27 2.08 4.09 3.19 1.87 4.08 2.67 36.72
1995 4.89 2.62 1.33 1.41 2.40 1.33 3.53 2.07 1.32 6.07 4.14 2.88 33.99
1996 3.40 2.09 2.37 5.63 4.08 5.20 5.15 2.14 7.51 4.22 2.99 3.42 48.20
1997 4.25 2.97 4.47 1.65 3.61 3.06 1.85 4.67 5.06 2.29 4.32 2.88 41.08
1998 5.61 2.28 3.86 2.54 3.73 2.87 4.39 1.74 2.43 2.10 1.61 1.54 34.70
1999 5.78 1.10 2.43 2.21 2.82 1.93 1.00 4.38 3.95 2.95 3.33 2.20 34.08
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2000 2.65 1.75 2.12 4.07 4.38 6.51 2.90 3.21 3.92 1.11 5.82 3.76 42.20
2001 2.15 2.33 3.31 1.27 4.28 1.36 0.73 2.13 3.45 4.34 3.35 6.48 35.18
2002 3.54 3.15 3.28 4.38 5.23 1.47 3.24 1.77 2.54 3.21 3.57 4.36 39.74
2003 2.30 2.69 2.81 0.90 5.43 1.79 3.69 2.47 3.91 3.43 4.10 3.64 37.16
2004 2.95 1.15 3.10 3.94 5.72 2.02 6.04 1.86 4.07 2.98 2.91 4.99 41.73
2005 3.57 2.42 1.38 4.50 0.60 3.27 1.82 5.92 4.57 2.64 5.70 2.36 39.07
2006 3.67 2.45 2.14 1.98 1.90 3.38 4.60 3.28 6.95 8.75 2.15 3.16 44.41
2007 4.77 1.71 2.61 2.96 0.87 1.82 3.31 1.13 3.55 2.73 5.38 4.28 35.12
2008 2.33 4.83 4.22 2.05 2.54 4.91 2.80 5.33 3.96 4.13 3.34 6.79 47.31
2009 2.27 2.65 3.25 3.15 1.89 2.92 4.37 5.32 5.65 4.77 2.94 5.13 44.31
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2010 3.19 1.60 1.70 2.07 2.84 8.13 3.17 1.84 2.85 3.06 3.55 2.72 36.72
2011 1.89 3.13 4.63 5.69 8.09 3.47 2.72 3.94 4.07 5.21 3.10 3.62 49.56
2012 4.43 1.72 1.86 3.04 0.90 2.68 0.87 1.24 4.39 6.98 1.05 3.64 32.80
2013 2.50 3.04 1.06 3.92 3.57 7.16 2.86 3.51 3.53 7.00 2.93 4.93 46.02
2014 3.16 3.62 2.55 5.08 3.12 3.80 5.45 3.16 3.13 4.61 2.58 2.15 42.40
2015 2.59 2.40 1.44 2.70 3.50 5.03 2.42 4.39 4.29 3.81 1.32 2.90 36.79
2016 1.81 3.47 2.85 1.90 1.21 1.31 1.80 4.17 3.53 4.41 3.35 4.06 33.87
2017 2.92 2.26 4.36 6.38 6.35 2.21 4.65 3.15 3.17 5.01 5.09 2.93 48.48
2018 3.73 3.61 2.93 3.99 2.72 2.82 2.15 3.62 3.58 4.23 4.90 3.36 41.64
2019 5.71 3.28 2.73 3.07 3.53 4.60 1.83 3.62 6.28 5.83 1.97 5.37 47.82
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2020 2.72 2.50 3.20 3.54 3.87 3.55 3.42 2.10 3.40 3.60 2.81 4.96 39.67
2021 1.85 2.06 1.92 2.77 1.63 1.77 7.49 3.68 5.28 6.14 3.28 2.46 40.33
2022 3.59 4.57 2.21 2.79 3.02 2.87 2.31 2.81 4.30 3.73 6.52 6.57 45.29
2023 3.89 2.80 4.05 4.57 1.15 2.42 5.54 3.12 2.67 3.74 2.70 3.87 40.52
2024 5.67 1.03 2.11 4.58 2.61 4.78 2.87 2.38 2.99 1.94 2.24 3.85 37.05
2025 1.98 2.32 1.85 2.86 3.06 3.35 0.77 2.35 1.33 5.38 2.63 3.86 31.74
2026 3.24                        
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