Dangerous heat will continue to impact portions of the interior Northwest and Northeast U.S. Some relief is expected by Wednesday for the Northeast. Monsoon showers and thunderstorms may result in flash flooding and debris flows from the Four Corners region into the Great Basin this week. Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce excessive rainfall from the Ohio Valley to the Central Appalachians. Read More >
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 |