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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1053 AM EDT FRI NOV 01 2024

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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2024...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2024

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             92   10/02/1927
 LOW              20   10/29/1965
HIGHEST           81   10/06                          84  10/04
LOWEST            32   10/27                          32  10/31
AVG. MAXIMUM    63.9               59.6     4.3     61.2
AVG. MINIMUM    45.5               43.9     1.6     48.6
MEAN            54.7               51.7     3.0     54.9
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MIN <= 32     1                2.0    -1.0        1
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        9.13   1954
 MINIMUM        0.08   1924
TOTALS          1.94               4.03   -2.09     3.74
DAYS >= .01       12                                  21
DAYS >= .10        5                                  10
DAYS >= .50        1                                   1
DAYS >= 1.00       0                                   1
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.81   10/13 TO 10/14               1.23  10/10 TO 10/11

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          22.6   2006
TOTALS           0.0                0.9    -0.9      0.4
SINCE 7/1        0.0                0.9    -0.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        0                0.1    -0.1       MM
DAYS >= 0.1        0                                  MM
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH        0                                   0  MM
 24 HR TOTAL      MM

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    321                417     -96      338
 SINCE 7/1       355                551    -196       MM
COOLING TOTAL     11                  6       5       33
 SINCE 1/1       878                607     271       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              8.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    32/250
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    49/240    DATE  10/23

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            6
NUMBER OF DAYS PC             19
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY          6

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     65

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              2     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       6
LIGHT RAIN               12     FREEZING RAIN              0
LT FREEZING RAIN          0     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                0     SNOW                       0
LIGHT SNOW                0     SLEET                      0
FOG                       6     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      0
HAZE                      0

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.

&&

... DRY AND WARM OCTOBER ...

THERE WAS LITTLE WEATHER OF NOTE FOR OCTOBER WITH THE MONTH
FINISHING WITH WELL BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THIS, COMBINED WITH
A DRY JULY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER MADE THIS 4 MONTH PERIOD DRIEST
SINCE 1989. IT WAS ALSO A WARM MONTH, WITH THE MONTH`S AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE AGAIN ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE 11TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH. THE
HIGHLIGHT OF THE WARMTH THIS OCTOBER WAS THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF THE
MONTH WHEN RECORD HIGHS WERE ESTABLISHED.

THIS MONTH AVERAGED 54.7F WHICH IS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE
WERE 9 DAYS THAT REACHED 70F OR GREATER, AND THIS IS 3 DAYS GREATER
THAN NORMAL. THERE WAS ONE DAY THAT REACHED INTO THE 80S, AND THIS
WAS THE 6TH. THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE WINTER SEASON OCCURRED ON THE
27TH WHEN THE THERMOMETER DROPPED TO A READING OF 32F. WHILE THIS
FIRST FREEZE IS 3 DAYS LATER THAN AIRPORT NORMAL, IT WAS THE
EARLIEST FIRST FREEZE SINCE 2015 WHEN THE FIRST FREEZE OCCURRED ON
THE 19TH. THERE WERE TWO RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES, OCCURRING THE
FINAL TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH WITH READINGS OF 74F ON THE 30TH TYING
WITH 1946, AND A READING OF 78F BESTING THE FORMER RECORD OF 73F
SET BACK IN 1971.

PRECIPITATION FOR OCTOBER TOTALED 1.94 INCHES FOR THE MONTH, WHICH
IS LESS THAN HALF OF NORMAL. THE MAIN PRECIPITATION EVENT FOR THE
MONTH OCCURRED THE 12TH THROUGH THE 16TH WHEN A COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW
SPIRALED ACROSS THE REGION WITH SHOWERS, ENDING WITH A FEW LAKE
EFFECT RAIN SHOWERS. IN TOTAL 1.28 INCHES OF RAIN FELL WITH THIS
EVENT. OTHERWISE RAIN EVENTS WERE EITHER LIGHT (LESS THAN A TENTH OF
AN INCH) OR WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME SUCH AS THE LINE OF
SHOWERS THAT BROUGHT A QUARTER TO A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN TO THE
BUFFALO METROPOLITAN AREA WITHIN A SEVERAL HOUR TIME PERIOD ON THE
29TH.

THERE WAS ONE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EVENT THIS MONTH, OCCURRING IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF SUNDAY THE 6TH. THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT
ISOLATED DAMAGE TO TREES AND POLES FROM THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER
INTO THE MID GENESEE VALLEY. THE 10TH OF OCTOBER FEATURED CLEAR
SKIES WHICH ALLOWED FOR THE VIEWING OF THE AURORA BOREALIS. COLORFUL
STREAKS OF RED, GREEN AND PURPLE WERE SEEN BY THE NAKED EYE THROUGH
THE NIGHT ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. CLEAR SKIES ALSO ALLOWED FOR
SEVERAL FROSTY STARTS TO THE DAY, PRIMARILY THE 17TH THROUGH THE
19TH, 25TH AND 27TH THROUGH THE 28TH. THE MONTH ENDED BALMY AND
BREEZY WITH SOUTHWESTERLY GUSTS AIDING IN PUSHING THE MERCURY LEVEL
TO RECORD LEVELS THE FINAL TWO DAYS.

THE TEMPERATURE ON LAKE ERIE DROPPED FROM A RECORD START OF 70F ON
THE 1ST DOWN TO 59F AT MONTH`S END. WINDS FOR THE MONTH AVERAGED
ABOUT A MILE PER HOUR BELOW NORMAL. THE STRONGEST WIND GUST OCCURRED
DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON OF THE 23RD, WHEN SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTED
TO 49 MPH AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT.

IN ALL, THE WARMTH PERSISTS...WITH A DRY, QUIET MONTH.

&&

THOMAS

$$