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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1019 AM EST SAT MAR 01 2025

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...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2025

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR`S
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE DATE(S)
                                          NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH             71   02/24/2017
                       02/26/2000
 LOW             -20   02/02/1961
                       02/09/1934
HIGHEST           50   02/24                          68  02/27
LOWEST             7   02/01                          16  02/19
                       02/02
                       02/18
                                                          02/24
AVG. MAXIMUM    31.6               33.3    -1.7     42.3
AVG. MINIMUM    19.7               19.5     0.2     27.3
MEAN            25.7               26.4    -0.7     34.8
DAYS MAX >= 90     0                0.0     0.0        0
DAYS MAX <= 32    17               13.8     3.2        7
DAYS MIN <= 32    25               25.3    -0.3       20
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                1.2    -1.2        0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM        5.90   1990
 MINIMUM        0.46   1877
TOTALS          2.32               2.49   -0.17     1.03
DAYS >= .01       19                                  10
DAYS >= .10       11                                   4
DAYS >= .50        0                                   0
DAYS >= 1.00       0                                   0
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   0.47   02/13 TO 02/13               0.34  02/28 TO 02/28
                       02/12 TO 02/13

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
 TOTAL          54.2   1958
TOTALS          23.6               18.1     5.5      6.0
SINCE 7/1       76.0               78.8    -2.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG.     4                                   0
DAYS >= 1.0        7                5.5     1.5        1
DAYS >= 0.1       19                                   7
GREATEST
 SNOW DEPTH       13   02/21                           3  02/18
                                                          02/19
 24 HR TOTAL     6.8   02/16 TO 02/17

DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL   1094               1081      13      867
 SINCE 7/1      4276               4616    -340       MM
COOLING TOTAL      0                  0       0        0
 SINCE 1/1         0                  0       0       MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              11.7
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION    37/240
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    55/250    DATE  02/06

SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT)   MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR            1
NUMBER OF DAYS PC              6
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY         21

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     72

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM              0     MIXED PRECIP               0
HEAVY RAIN                1     RAIN                       1
LIGHT RAIN                9     FREEZING RAIN              1
LT FREEZING RAIN          7     HAIL                       0
HEAVY SNOW                4     SNOW                      11
LIGHT SNOW               23     SLEET                      3
FOG                      19     FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE      2
HAZE                      3

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

&&

... PERSISTENT SNOWS AND MARGINALLY COLD ...

COLD, NORTHWEST FLOW THAT BEGAN THE NEW YEAR CONTINUED THROUGH THE
MONTH OF FEBRUARY. THIS BROUGHT DAY TO DAY SNOW ALONG WITH FREEZING
RAIN EVENTS THROUGH THE FIRST THREE WEEKS, WITH THE LAST WEEK WET
WITH RAIN AS TEMPERATURES BEGAN TO INCREASE PAST THE FREEZING MARK.
LAKE EFFECT SNOWS BECAME FEWER THIS MONTH WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE
SYNOPTIC SYSTEMS INFLUENCING WESTERN NEW YORK EVERY SEVERAL DAYS.IN
ALL 26 DAYS CONTAINED PRECIPITATION, WITH JUST THE 11TH AND 24TH
PRECIPITATION FREE.

THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 25.7F THIS MONTH WHICH IS 0.7 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTH FEATURING A
MONTHLY TEMPERATURE AVERAGING BELOW NORMAL, THIS AFTER 13 STRAIGHT
MONTHS WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. THERE WERE 13 DAYS AVERAGING
BELOW THEIR DAILY NORMAL WHILE JUST 12 DAYS AVERAGED ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURE, OF WHICH 6 OF THESE DAYS CLOSED OUT THE MONTH. THE
MILDEST DAY WAS THE 24TH WHEN THE THERMOMETER BRIEFLY TOUCHED 50F
DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. THIS FIRST 50F DEGREE READING OF THE NEW
YEAR WAS ABOUT A MONTH LATER THAN NORMAL, AND SIGNIFIED ONE OF THE
LATER WINTER THAWS ON RECORD.

PRECIPITATION TOTALED 2.32 INCHES FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS ABOUT TWO-
TENTHS OF AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE FIRST
THREE WEEKS WAS GENERALLY SNOW OR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING
RAIN, BUT BY THE LAST WEEK MILDER AIRMASSES BEGAN TO REINTRODUCE
PLAIN RAIN TO WESTERN NEW YORK. THROUGH THE FIRST 15 DAYS OF THE
MONTH 7 RECORDED FREEZING RAIN. STORM SYSTEMS THIS MONTH GENERALLY
WERE LIGHT TO MODERATE IN STRENGTH WITH NO LARGE SCALE PRECIPITATION
EVENTS. THE WETTEST DAY WAS THE 16TH WHEN 6.3 INCHES OF SNOW YIELDED
JUST UNDER A HALF INCH OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT.

THE FIRST HALF OF FEBRUARY STARTED WITH LIGHT SYNOPTIC AND LAKE
EFFECT SNOW, WITH DAY-TO-DAY SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH THE 10TH.
MILDER AIR ON THE 3RD SENT THE TEMPERATURE PAST THE 40 DEGREE MARK
AND AS THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE SATURATED DENSE FOG FORMED ACROSS THE
BUFFALO REGION FOR THE EVENING RUSH HOUR. A WINTRY MIX ACROSS
WESTERN NEW YORK ON THE 5TH BECAME ALL SNOW LATE ON THE 5TH AND 6TH
AS A STRONG COLD FRONT WITH GUSTS IN THE 50 MPH RANGE SWEPT ACROSS
THE STATE. THE SURFACE FLOW BACKED TO SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF A TROUGH ON
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, BUT LACKING COLD AIR, DRY WEATHER ENSUED.
THIS WAS THE FIRST DAY WITHOUT AT LEAST A TRACE OF SNOW SINCE
DECEMBER 31ST 2024. FEBRUARY 15TH AND 16TH BROUGHT A WINTRY MIX TO
WESTERN NEW YORK WITH SNOW CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN AND PLAIN RAIN.
A TENTH OR TWO OF AN INCH OF ICE DEVELOPED ON SUNDAY THE 16TH ACROSS
METRO BUFFALO. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM A BITTER COLD AIRMASS DROPPED
ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION, SENDING TEMPERATURES DOWN
INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS WHICH ALONG WITH BRISK WINDS SENT WIND CHILLS
BELOW MINUS 10 FOR WESTERN NEW YORK ON THE 18TH. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ALSO FELL WITHIN THIS ARCTIC AIRMASS FROM THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH
WITH DAY TO DAY SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATING ALONG THE
WESTERN-SOUTHERN LAKE ONTARIO SHORELINE. EAST OF ROCHESTER AND
TOWARDS OSWEGO COUNTY, DAY-TO-DAY SNOW TOTALED OVER 6 FEET FROM THE
14TH THROUGH THE 19TH.

COLD AIR THE 17TH THROUGH THE 23RD MAINTAIN LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION FOR BUFFALO
THIS STRETCH OCCURRING ON THE 20TH WITH ALMOST 5 INCHES OF VERY
FLUFFY SNOW. THE FINAL WEEK FEATURED A WARMING TREND WHICH ERODED
THE DEEP SNOWPACK THAT WAS BUILDING THROUGH THE MONTH. A PEAK OF 13-
INCH SNOW DEPTH ON THE EVENING OF THE 21ST BECAME A DEPTH OF JUST 2
INCHES BY THE MORNING OF THE 25TH. WARM GUSTY WINDS ON THE 24TH DID
MUCH OF THE SNOWPACK ABLATION. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THE FINAL 4 DAYS
OF THE MONTH RIPENED THE SNOWPACK ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. MINOR ICE
JAMS OCCURRED THE FINAL TWO DAYS OF THE MONTH, BUT WITH LITTLE
IMPACT AS CREEKS AND RIVERS REMAINED WITH LOW FLOW.

LAKE ERIE REMAINED ICE COVERED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. THE WINDS
AVERAGED NORMAL THIS MONTH, AND WHILE THREE DAYS GUSTED INTO THE 50
MPH RANGE, THE STRONGEST GUST OCCURRED ON THE 6TH WITH A SPEED OF 55
MPH BEHIND A COLD FRONT PASSAGE.

IN ALL A MONTH OF NUMEROUS LIGHT TO MODERATE PRECIPITATION EVENTS.

&&

THOMAS

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