National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Prolonged, Intense Heat Wave; Excessive Rainfall in the Southern Rockies; Severe Weather in the Central US

Extremely dangerous heat will persist from the Midwest to the East Coast into late this week. Monsoonal moisture may produce excessive rain and considerable flash flooding and debris flows, especially near recent burn scar areas in New Mexico and west Texas. Severe storms are possible this evening from the southern/central Plains into the Great Lakes, and the northern/central Plains Tuesday. Read More >

FIRST WINTER SNOWFALL:    

BUFFALO

AVERAGE First Flake Oct 24
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Nov 8
First Inch Nov 18
 

EARLIEST EVER

First Flake Sep 20, 1956
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Oct 6, 1991
First Inch Oct 10, 1906
 
LATEST EVER First Flake Nov 28, 2024
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Dec 18, 2015
First Inch Jan 2, 1932

ROCHESTER

AVERAGE First Flake Oct 23
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Nov 8
First Inch Nov 20
 

EARLIEST EVER

First Flake Sep 20, 1956
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Oct 9, 1925
First Inch Oct 11, 1906
 
LATEST EVER First Flake Dec 1, 2024
First Measurable (0.1" or more) Dec 10, 1948
First Inch Dec 28, 2015

 

 

Period of Record:

    Buffalo 1884 - present

    Rochester  1884 - present