CXUS51 KBUF 060418 CLMBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1053 AM EDT FRI NOV 01 2024 ................................... ...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 ................................................................ 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 ................................................................ 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 54.7°F WHICH IS 3.0 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 9 DAYS THAT REACHED 70°F 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 32°F. 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 74°F ON THE 30TH TYING WITH 1946, AND A READING OF 78°F BESTING THE FORMER RECORD OF 73°F 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 70°F ON THE 1ST DOWN TO 59°F 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 $$