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CXUS51 KBUF 030101
CLMROC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
349 PM EST FRI MAR 01 2024
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..THE ROCHESTER NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 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 73 02/21/1997
LOW -22 02/09/1934
HIGHEST 73R 02/27 67 02/15
LOWEST 14 02/19 -8 02/04
02/20
AVG. MAXIMUM 43.4 35.2 8.2 40.7
AVG. MINIMUM 25.9 19.6 6.3 22.8
MEAN 34.7 27.4 7.3 31.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 6 12.8 -6.8 6
DAYS MIN <= 32 22 25.3 -3.3 26
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 1.3 -1.3 2
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 6.04 1876
MINIMUM 0.35 1888
TOTALS 0.68 2.13 -1.45 2.58
DAYS >= .01 11 14
DAYS >= .10 3 6
DAYS >= .50 0 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 0.16 02/17 TO 02/18 0.90 02/09 TO 02/09
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 64.8 1958
TOTALS 8.1 23.1 -15.0 12.0
SINCE 7/1 42.5 81.0 -38.5 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 1
DAYS >= 1.0 3 7.0 -4.0 7
DAYS >= 0.1 9 10
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 3 02/18 4 02/26
02/19
02/28
24 HR TOTAL 2.2 02/15 TO 02/15 2.4 02/27 TO 02/27
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 871 1053 -182 925
SINCE 7/1 3866 4588 -722 MM
COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 0
SINCE 1/1 0 0 0 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/260
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 54/270 DATE 02/28
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.68
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 4
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 14
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 65
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 0 RAIN 0
LIGHT RAIN 8 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 1 SNOW 4
LIGHT SNOW 13 SLEET 0
FOG 10 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 4
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
.. THE 2ND WARMEST FEBRUARY TO CLOSE OUT METEOROLOGICAL WINTER
MILD AIR FLOWED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY,
WITH THIS MONTH THE 2ND WARMEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD, TRAILING JUST
FEBRUARY OF 2017 FOR WARMEST. THERE WERE JUST 5 DAYS THAT AVERAGED
BELOW THEIR DAILY NORMAL. AN AMAZING 11 DAYS FEATURED WARMTH MORE
THAN 10 DEGREES ABOVE THEIR DAILY NORMAL. THIS MILD FLOW ALSO
CONTRIBUTED TO VERY LITTLE SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH, WITH JUST 8.1
INCHES OF SNOW RECORDED THE ENTIRE MONTH. THIS WARM FEBRUARY ALSO
BROUGHT METEOROLOGICAL WINTER, DEFINED AS DECEMBER, JANUARY, AND
FEBRUARY TO WARMEST ON RECORD, BESTING THE WARM WINTER OF 1931-32 BY
FOUR TENTHS OF A DEGREE.
THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 34.7°F THIS MONTH, 7.3 DEGREES ABOVE
NORMAL. THE PEAK OF THE WARMTH THIS MONTH CAME ON THE 27TH WHEN THE
THERMOMETER ROSE ALL THE WAY TO 73F BRIEFLY BEFORE CLOUDS INCREASED
IN THE AFTERNOON. THIS 73F READING TIES WITH FEBRUARY 21, 1997 FOR
WARMEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN FEBRUARY. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE RECORDED FOR FEBRUARY WAS JUST 14F DEGREES, AND THIS
VALUE IS THE SECOND WARMEST MONTHLY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE ON RECORD
FOR FEBRUARY, TRAILING ONLY 1927 WHICH HAD A MINIMUM OF ONLY 16F. IN
ALL THERE WERE 25 DAYS THAT REACHED TO OR ABOVE FREEZING, TIED WITH
FEBRUARY 2012 FOR GREATEST ON RECORD. THERE WERE FOUR RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES SET, THESE ON THE 9TH, 10TH, 27TH AND 28TH.
IT WAS ALSO A DRY MONTH, WITH JUST 0.68 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
MEASURED. THIS VALUE IS TIED WITH 1906 FOR 4TH DRIEST FOR FEBRUARY.
THE DRIEST FEBRUARY WAS 1888 WITH JUST 0.35 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
RECORDED. THIS WAS THE DRIEST MONTH SINCE MAY 2007, WHEN JUST 0.24
INCHES OF PRECIPITATION WAS RECORDED. THE WETTEST PERIOD WAS MID-
MONTH FROM THE 13TH TO THE 19TH WHEN 0.46 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION
OCCURRED. IN ALL, 18 DAYS FAILED TO MEASURE ANY PRECIPITATION, 6
DAYS MORE THAN NORMAL. SNOW WAS ALSO LACKING, WITH JUST 8.1 INCHES
MEASURED. THIS IS THE 10TH LEAST SNOWIEST FEBRUARY MONTH ON RECORD.
THE SNOWIEST DAY WAS THE 15TH WITH A MEAGER 2.2 INCHES OF SNOW
RECORDED.
IT WAS A VERY DRY START TO THE MONTH, WITH JUST 0.08 INCHES OF
PRECIPITATION MEASURED THROUGH THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF FEBRUARY.
THERE WAS DENSE FOG ON THE 4TH AND 5TH WITH A SATURATED LOWER
ATMOSPHERE. BY THE 8TH MILDER AIR BEGAN SHIFTING NORTHWARD, WITH 50S
RECORDED ON THE 8TH, AND THEN TWO DAYS WITH TEMPERATURE RECORD
BREAKING READINGS ON THE 9TH/62 AND 10TH/58. THE ONE COOL PERIOD
THIS MONTH OCCURRED ON THE 17TH THROUGH THE 19TH WITH LIGHT LAKE
EFFECT SNOW AROUND. THIS COLD PERIOD WAS BRIEF, AND BY THE 20TH
TEMPERATURES AGAIN WENT ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE JUST TWO MORE DAYS
WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE READINGS THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH,
WITH BOTH OF THESE FOLLOWING STRONG COLD FRONTS LATE IN THE MONTH.
THE FINAL COLD FRONT ON THE 28TH USHERED IN STRONG WINDS WITH
ISOLATED TREE DAMAGE WEST OF THE GENESEE RIVER, WITH MORE WIDESPREAD
TREE DAMAGE EAST OF THE GENESEE RIVER.
WINDS WERE A BIT BELOW NORMAL, WITH THE 9.5 MPH AVERAGE FOR THE
MONTH ABOUT ONE MILE PER HOUR BELOW NORMAL. THE STRONGEST GUST
OCCURRED DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON THE 28TH WITH 54 MPH GUST
MEASURED AT THE AIRPORT.
IN ALL AN AMAZINGLY WARM, DRY MONTH OF FEBRUARY.
THOMAS
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