...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2018...
CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2018
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 83 10/09 81 10/07
LOWEST 32 10/30 35 10/31
10/17
AVG. MAXIMUM 57.5 59.0 -1.5 65.4
AVG. MINIMUM 43.4 42.7 0.7 48.5
MEAN 50.5 50.8 -0.3 57.0
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 1 2.3 -1.3 0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 9.13 1954
MINIMUM 0.08 1924
TOTALS 4.23 3.52 0.71 5.01
DAYS >= .01 19 15
DAYS >= .10 9 9
DAYS >= .50 3 3
DAYS >= 1.00 1 1
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.00 10/02 TO 10/02
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 22.6 2006
TOTALS 0.1 0.9 -0.8 0.1
SINCE 7/1 0.1 0.9 -0.8
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL 0.1 10/20 TO 10/20
DEGREE_DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 469 443 26 259
SINCE 7/1 552 605 -53 368
COOLING TOTAL 24 4 20 17
SINCE 1/1 918 544 374 603
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 36/240
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 49/220 DATE 10/20
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 2
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 9
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 20
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 77
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 3 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 4 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 23 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 3
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 2
LIGHT SNOW 2 SLEET 1
FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0
HAZE 2
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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...A TALE OF TWO SEASONS IN OCTOBER WITH FREQUENT DAYS OF LIGHT
RAIN...
OCTOBER FEATURED TWO WEATHER PATTERNS...WITH 10 DAYS OF WARMTH EARLY
IN THE MONTH, FOLLOWED BY PROLONGED COOL AND DAMP WEATHER TO CLOSE
THE MONTH. THE WARM START TO THE MONTH PRECEDED BY A WARM SUMMER
DELAYED AUTUMNS FOLIAGE BY SEVERAL WEEKS. THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW
OF THE SEASON FELL ON THE 20TH, WITH A TENTH OF AN INCH RECORDED.
THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 50.5F DEGREES THIS MONTH, WHICH IS A MERE
0.3 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE MONTH BEGAN WITH 9 OF THE FIRST 11
DAYS ABOVE NORMAL, INCLUDING THE 9TH WHICH FEATURED AN AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE 24 DEGREES ABOVE THE DAILY NORMAL. THERE WERE THREE DAYS
IN THE 80S, WITH TWO OF THESE DAYS RESULTING IN DAILY RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES. THE 82F TEMPERATURE ON THE 8TH TIED WITH 1949...AND
THE 83F TEMPERATURE ON THE 9TH BROKE 1909`S RECORD OF 81 DEGREES.
THERE WERE TWO RECORD WARM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES, WITH THE 70F ON THE
9TH BREAKING THE RECORD OF 65F SET BACK IN 1913, AND THE 67F ON THE
10TH BREAKING THE RECORD ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1879. JUST ONE OF THE
FINAL 20 DAYS OF THE MONTH FINISHED ABOVE NORMAL, THIS WAS THE LAST
DAY OF THE MONTH.
PRECIPITATION WAS ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE MONTH, WITH 4.23 INCHES OF
RAIN RECORDED. ONLY 5 DAYS THIS MONTH REMAINED COMPLETELY
DRY...WHILE THE 19 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAIN TIED FOR 5TH GREATEST
FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. THERE WERE 3 DAYS FEATURING MORE THAN HALF
AN INCH OF RAINFALL, ONE DAY MORE THAN NORMAL. SNOW FOR THE MONTH
WAS A TENTH OF AN INCH, 0.8 INCHES BELOW NORMAL.
A WAVY FRONTAL BOUNDARY BEGAN THE MONTH ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK,
BRINGING A SOAKING RAIN TO THE REGION THROUGH THE FIRST TWO DAYS.
ANOTHER COLD FRONT ON THE 4TH, AND WARM FRONT ON THE 6TH BORE
NOTABLE RAINFALL EVENTS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF
RAIN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH ACROSS WNY. THE SECOND WEEK OF THE
MONTH WAS PLEASANTLY WARM, WITH THREE DAYS REACHING INTO THE 80S
FROM THE 8TH TO THE 10TH. THIS MADE FOR WARM CONDITIONS FOR OUTDOOR
WEATHER ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE END OF THE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND,
THOUGH A DELAY IN FALL FOLIAGE DISMAYED THOSE SEEKING FALL`S VIBRANT
COLORS.
A COLD FRONT SLICED ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY OCTOBER 11TH, AND
THIS USHERED IN A NEW PATTERN REGIME, ONE THAT WOULD LAST THROUGH
THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. UNDER A NEAR PERSISTENT TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE ALOFT, DAYS THROUGH THE END OF THE MONTH AVERAGED BELOW
NORMAL, WITH GRAY CLOUDY SKIES AND LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES.
ON THE 20TH, A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS DROPPED ACROSS LAKE ERIE AND THE
BUFFALO SOUTHTOWNS AND PRODUCED ROUNDS OF GRAUPEL AS WELL AS A BRIEF
EF0 TORNADO THROUGH THE TOWN OF WEST SENECA. FROM THE 21ST THROUGH
THE 30TH OVERNIGHT LOWS DIPPED INTO THE 30S, INCLUDING 4 STRAIGHT
DAYS AT 37F FROM THE 22ND TO THE 25TH. THE FIRST FREEZE OF THE YEAR
OCCURRED ON THE 30TH, ABOUT A WEEK LATER THAN NORMAL.
LAKE ERIE BEGAN THE MONTH AT 67F, AND REMAINED WELL ABOVE NORMAL
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH...INCLUDING TWO RECORD TYING
DAYS ON THE 12TH-13TH. THE COOL END TO THE MONTH DIPPED THE LAKE
TEMPERATURE DOWN BELOW NORMAL TO 52F AT MONTHS CLOSE. WINDS AVERAGED
ABOUT ONE MILE-PER-HOUR ABOVE NORMAL THIS MONTH AT 10.6 MPH. THE
STRONGEST GUST WAS 49 MPH, DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF THE
20TH.
IN ALL, A DAMP MONTH OF OCTOBER.
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