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CXUS51 KBUF 031434 CCA
CLMBUF
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
1033 AM EDT THU AUG 03 2023
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..THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 2023
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2023
WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S)
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 98 07/09/2020
LOW 43 07/11/1945
HIGHEST 91 07/06 90 07/20
LOWEST 58 07/08 51 07/10
07/30
07/31
AVG. MAXIMUM 81.2 80.2 1.0 81.0
AVG. MINIMUM 64.5 63.1 1.4 63.7
MEAN 72.8 71.7 1.1 72.4
DAYS MAX >= 90 1 1.5 -0.5 1
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.93 1992
MINIMUM 0.15 1933
TOTALS 5.54 3.23 2.31 2.31
DAYS >= .01 13 11
DAYS >= .10 9 8
DAYS >= .50 4 1
DAYS >= 1.00 2 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.41 07/26 TO 07/27 1.38 07/17 TO 07/18
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL MM MM
TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 0.1 0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 0 7 -7 0
SINCE 7/1 0 0 0 MM
COOLING TOTAL 251 213 38 235
SINCE 1/1 386 357 29 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.1
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 29/290
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 46/290 DATE 07/20
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 5
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 18
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 8
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 10 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 8 RAIN 7
LIGHT RAIN 18 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 6
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
..TYPICAL JULY, WITH ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS
SUMMER’S CONVECTION WAS UPON WESTERN NEW YORK THIS JULY, WITH
SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS, OF WHICH SOME PRODUCED LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW SOUTH OF HUDSON BAY
THIS MONTH KEPT UNSETTLED DAYS THROUGHOUT THE GREAT LAKES REGION,
WHILE ALSO SUPPRESSING MUCH OF THE BLAZING SUMMER HEAT TO THE SOUTH.
MOST DAYS WERE NEAR OR JUST ABOVE THEIR DAILY TEMPERATURE NORMALS.
PRECIPITATION WAS MUCH ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE MONTH FINISHING IN THE
TOP 15 WETTEST ON RECORD.
THE TEMPERATURE FOR JULY AVERAGED 72.8F WHICH IS ABOUT A DEGREE
ABOVE NORMAL. WHILE MUCH OF THE MONTH HAD HIGHS IN THE 70S OR 80S,
THERE WAS ONE HOT DAY, WITH THIS BEING THE 6TH AT 91F. THIS DAY WAS
ALSO MET WITH HIGH HUMIDITY THAT BROUGHT APPARENT TEMPERATURES WELL
INTO THE 90S. THE 17 DAYS WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S IS JUST ONE DAY LESS
THAN THE AIRPORT NORMAL FOR JULY.
PRECIPITATION TOTALED 5.54 INCHES WHICH IS MORE THAN TWO INCHES
ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TOTAL ALSO RANKS 11TH WETTEST ON RECORD FOR JULY.
THERE WERE 2 DAYS WITH OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS,
THESE BEING THE 20TH AND 27TH OF THE MONTH. EARLY MONTH
PRECIPITATION DEPARTURES WERE NOT FAR FROM NORMAL, BUT A WET SECOND
HALF TO THE MONTH ESCALATED THE DEPARTURE TO OVER TWO INCHES.
THE MONTH TENDED TO BE CLOUDIER THAN NORMAL, WITH COMPLETE SUNNY
DAYS FEW IN NUMBER. AN ALL DAY RAIN EVENT, WITH VERY LITTLE THUNDER
OCCURRED ON THE 2ND OF THE MONTH. OTHERWISE MUCH OF THE
PRECIPITATION THIS MONTH WAS WITHIN THUNDERSTORMS, WITH THESE STORMS
BEING GARDEN VARIETY NEAR BUFFALO, BUT STRONGER OUTSIDE THE METRO
AREA. NOTABLE DATES FOR STORMS INCLUDE THE 6TH WITH A STORM CROSSING
GRAND ISLAND, THE 20TH WITH WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS SOUTH OF THE
BUFFALO METRO AREA AND THE 26TH WITH A MID EVENING LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS. THOUGH THE RAINS KEPT THE AREA VEGETATION LUSH
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, DEEP SOIL MOISTURE CONTENT CONTINUED TO BE
ABNORMALLY DRY. THOUGH A WET MONTH, 3 OF THE 5 WEEKENDS WERE
RELATIVELY DRY WITH ANY RAIN EITHER VERY EARLY OR VERY LATE IN THE
WEEKEND. THE FINAL WEEKEND FEATURED RAIN AND SOME THUNDER ON
SATURDAY BUT A BEAUTIFUL FINISH ON SUNDAY WITH SUNSHINE AND LOW
HUMIDITY. WILDFIRE SMOKE WAS LESS IMPACTFUL THIS MONTH THAN RECENT
MONTHS, WITH THE 17TH-18TH AND AGAIN THE 26TH REPORTING SMOKE WITH
REDUCED SURFACE VISIBILITY AND HIGHER FINE PARTICULATE MATTER.
THE WATER TEMPERATURE ON LAKE ERIE PEAKED AT 74F THIS MONTH, WHICH
IS A DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH. SEVERAL WATERSPOUTS OCCURRED
ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE MONTH OFF THE SHORELINE OF LAKE ERIE NEAR
HAMBURG. WINDS AVERAGED BELOW NORMAL BY JUST OVER A MILE PER HOUR.
THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS OF 46 MPH OCCURRED DURING A THUNDERSTORM
DURING THE EVENING HOURS OF THE 20TH.
IN ALL CLOUDY, WET JULY WITH TYPICAL SUMMER HEAT.
THOMAS
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