000 CXUS51 KBUF 020242 CLMBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 1042 PM EDT MON SEP 1 2008 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 99 08/27/1948 LOW 38 08/29/1982 08/30/1965 HIGHEST 88 08/22 93 08/01 LOWEST 51 08/26 53 08/18 08/20 AVG. MAXIMUM 77.3 77.8 -0.5 81.4 AVG. MINIMUM 59.6 60.5 -0.9 63.3 MEAN 68.5 69.1 -0.6 72.3 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.6 -0.6 2 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 10.67 1967 MINIMUM 0.05 1876 TOTALS 5.33 3.87 1.46 1.13 DAYS >= .01 16 9 DAYS >= .10 11 2 DAYS >= .50 4 1 DAYS >= 1.00 1 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.36 08/24 TO 08/24 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 MM 0 MM 24 HR TOTAL 0.0 08/31 TO 08/31 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 16 21 -5 6 SINCE 7/1 17 29 -12 12 COOLING TOTAL 131 158 -27 242 SINCE 1/1 476 494 -18 624 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/250 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 37/230 DATE 08/18 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 64 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 12 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 16 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 3 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 68 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 12 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 5 RAIN 9 LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 16 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 9 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...SEASONABLY COOL AND UNSETTLED AUGUST... AUGUST 2008 WILL GO IN THE RECORD BOOKS AS COOLER AND WETTER THAN AVERAGE. TOTAL RAINFALL FOR THE MONTH WAS ALMOST AN INCH AND A HALF ABOVE AVERAGE AT THE AIRPORT...AND THERE WERE 16 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL COMPARED TO THE NORMAL OF ABOUT 10 DAYS. ALMOST ALL OF THE RAINFALL CAME WITH THUNDERSTORMS...AND SOME AREAS OF THE BUFFALO METRO AREA PICKED UP CONSIDERABLY HEAVIER RAINFALL THAN THE AIRPORT. IN FACT...SEVERAL SPOTTERS IN THE SOUTHTOWNS REPORTED CLOSE TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN FOR THE MONTH. A GOOD PORTION OF THIS RAIN CAME ON AUGUST 10TH WHEN FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN AREAS FROM LANCASTER AND DEPEW SOUTH INTO WEST SENECA. THERE WERE SEVERAL MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL IN THE BUFFALO METRO AREA DURING THE MONTH...CAPPING OFF A SUMMER WITH THE MOST HAIL IN RECENT MEMORY. THE COOLEST AND MOST UNSETTLED PERIOD CAME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MONTH WITH 10 DAYS IN A ROW OF BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURES FROM THE 7TH THROUGH THE 16TH. DURING THIS SAME TIME PERIOD FROM THE 7TH THROUGH THE 15TH THERE WAS MEASURABLE RAIN ON ALL BUT ONE DAY. A VERY PERSISTENT AND UNSEASONABLY DEEP TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER THE GREAT LAKES AND NEW ENGLAND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNUSUALLY COOL AND WET WEATHER. THERE WERE TWO NEW RECORDS SET FOR THE MONTH. A RECORD COOL HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE 10TH WITH A HIGH OF ONLY 64 DEGREES. ON THE 22ND A NEW RECORD HIGH WAS ESTABLISHED WHEN THE MERCURY ROSE TO 88 DEGREES. THE TEMPERATURE NEVER REACHED 90 DEGREES DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST...AND NEVER REACHED 90 DEGREES THE ENTIRE SUMMER SEASON. ON AVERAGE...THE BUFFALO AIRPORT HAS 3 DAYS OF 90 OR WARMER EACH SUMMER. DESPITE THE UNSETTLED WEATHER AT TIMES...SUNSHINE WAS EXACTLY AVERAGE WITH 64 PERCENT OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE RECORDED AT THE AIRPORT. $$ HITCHCOCK