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New 30 Year Climate Normals (1991 - 2020)
The 30-year normals are updated once every 10 years by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Some of the popular variables calculated include: temperature, precipitation and snowfall that are listed here for our primary climate stations of Buffalo, Rochester and Watertown. The data displayed here is from NCEI which is the official source of climate normals. Further information on the new climate normals, including additional locations across the country can be found from NCEI at this weblink.
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Warmer | Increase | Old = 1981 - 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Cooler | Decrease | New = 1991 - 2020 | ||||||||||||||
No Change | No Change | |||||||||||||||
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BUFFALO | ||||||||||||||||
Max Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 31.2 | 33.3 | 42.0 | 55.0 | 66.5 | 75.3 | 79.9 | 78.4 | 71.1 | 59.0 | 47.6 | 36.1 | 56.4 | ||
New | 32.1 | 33.3 | 41.8 | 54.7 | 67.4 | 75.6 | 80.2 | 79.0 | 72.3 | 59.6 | 47.8 | 37.2 | 56.8 | |||
0.9 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 0.4 | ||||
Min Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 18.5 | 19.2 | 26.0 | 36.8 | 47.4 | 57.3 | 62.3 | 60.8 | 53.4 | 42.7 | 33.9 | 24.1 | 40.3 | ||
New | 19.0 | 19.5 | 26.4 | 36.5 | 48.3 | 58.1 | 63.1 | 61.7 | 54.5 | 43.9 | 34.2 | 25.6 | 40.9 | |||
0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.6 | ||||
Mean Temp | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 24.9 | 26.3 | 34.0 | 45.9 | 56.9 | 66.3 | 71.1 | 69.6 | 62.2 | 50.8 | 40.7 | 30.1 | 48.3 | ||
New | 25.5 | 26.4 | 34.1 | 45.6 | 57.9 | 66.9 | 71.7 | 70.4 | 63.4 | 51.7 | 41.0 | 31.4 | 48.8 | |||
0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | ||||
Precipitation | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
(inches) | Old | 3.18 | 2.49 | 2.87 | 3.01 | 3.46 | 3.66 | 3.23 | 3.26 | 3.90 | 3.52 | 4.01 | 3.89 | 40.48 | ||
New | 3.35 | 2.49 | 2.89 | 3.37 | 3.37 | 3.37 | 3.23 | 3.23 | 4.10 | 4.03 | 3.50 | 3.75 | 40.68 | |||
0.17 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.36 | -0.09 | -0.29 | 0.00 | -0.03 | 0.20 | 0.51 | -0.51 | -0.14 | 0.20 | ||||
Snow | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
(inches) | Old | 25.3 | 17.3 | 12.9 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 7.9 | 27.4 | 94.7 | ||
New | 26.7 | 18.1 | 14.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 25.3 | 95.4 | |||
1.4 | 0.8 | 1.2 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -2.1 | 0.7 | ||||
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Rochester | ||||||||||||||||
Max Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 31.7 | 34.1 | 42.8 | 56.0 | 67.6 | 76.6 | 81.0 | 79.1 | 71.6 | 59.6 | 48.0 | 36.5 | 57.2 | ||
New | 33.4 | 35.2 | 43.6 | 56.6 | 69.4 | 77.9 | 82.5 | 80.5 | 73.6 | 61.2 | 49.1 | 38.5 | 58.4 | |||
1.7 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.2 | ||||
Min Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 17.6 | 18.6 | 25.8 | 36.6 | 46.3 | 55.9 | 60.7 | 59.5 | 52.0 | 41.5 | 33.0 | 23.5 | 39.3 | ||
New | 19.0 | 19.6 | 26.8 | 37.1 | 48.2 | 57.4 | 62.2 | 61.0 | 53.6 | 43.3 | 34.0 | 25.4 | 40.6 | |||
1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 1.3 | ||||
Mean Temp | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 24.7 | 26.4 | 34.3 | 46.3 | 57.0 | 66.2 | 70.8 | 69.3 | 61.8 | 50.6 | 40.5 | 30.0 | 48.2 | ||
New | 26.2 | 27.4 | 35.2 | 46.8 | 58.8 | 67.6 | 72.3 | 70.7 | 63.6 | 52.2 | 41.5 | 32.0 | 49.5 | |||
1.5 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.3 | ||||
Precipitation | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
(inches) | Old | 2.41 | 1.95 | 2.50 | 2.73 | 2.87 | 3.34 | 3.33 | 3.47 | 3.38 | 2.72 | 2.94 | 2.63 | 34.27 | ||
New | 2.55 | 2.13 | 2.49 | 2.99 | 2.86 | 3.37 | 3.56 | 3.31 | 3.18 | 3.22 | 2.76 | 2.67 | 35.09 | |||
0.14 | 0.18 | -0.01 | 0.26 | -0.01 | 0.03 | 0.23 | -0.16 | -0.20 | 0.50 | -0.18 | 0.04 | 0.82 | ||||
Snow | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
(inches) | Old | 28.2 | 21.5 | 16.3 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 21.8 | 99.5 | ||
New | 27.4 | 23.1 | 17.9 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 22.3 | 102.0 | |||
-0.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | -0.9 | -0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 2.5 | ||||
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Watertown | ||||||||||||||||
Max Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 29.3 | 31.7 | 40.7 | 54.5 | 65.8 | 74.4 | 79.2 | 78.0 | 70.4 | 58.2 | 46.8 | 35.0 | 55.3 | ||
New | 29.8 | 31.4 | 40.0 | 53.7 | 66.2 | 74.5 | 79.2 | 78.2 | 71.2 | 58.4 | 46.6 | 35.5 | 55.4 | |||
0.5 | -0.3 | -0.7 | -0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.5 | 0.1 | ||||
Min Temperature | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 9.4 | 10.4 | 20.5 | 33.2 | 43.4 | 52.6 | 58.1 | 56.3 | 48.5 | 38.3 | 29.7 | 17.8 | 34.9 | ||
New | 10.0 | 10.7 | 20.7 | 32.5 | 43.7 | 53.1 | 58.8 | 56.7 | 48.8 | 39.2 | 29.5 | 19.0 | 35.2 | |||
0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -0.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.9 | -0.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | ||||
Mean Temp | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
°F | Old | 19.4 | 21.1 | 30.6 | 43.9 | 54.6 | 63.5 | 68.6 | 67.1 | 59.5 | 48.3 | 38.3 | 26.4 | 45.1 | ||
New | 19.9 | 21.1 | 30.4 | 43.1 | 55.0 | 63.8 | 69.0 | 67.5 | 60.0 | 48.8 | 38.0 | 27.3 | 45.3 | |||
0.5 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.8 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | -0.3 | 0.9 | 0.2 | ||||
Precipitation | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annual | |||
(inches) | Old | 2.67 | 2.22 | 2.30 | 2.90 | 3.07 | 2.85 | 2.65 | 3.15 | 3.72 | 3.65 | 3.76 | 3.15 | 36.09 | ||
New | 2.86 | 2.18 | 2.37 | 3.07 | 2.97 | 3.09 | 3.01 | 3.20 | 3.56 | 4.22 | 3.40 | 3.14 | 37.07 | |||
0.19 | -0.04 | 0.07 | 0.17 | -0.10 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.05 | -0.16 | 0.57 | -0.36 | -0.01 | 0.98 | ||||
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Warmer | Increase | Old = 1981 - 2010 | ||||||||||||||
Cooler | Decrease | New = 1991 - 2020 | ||||||||||||||
No Change | No Change |