000 CXUS51 KBUF 011717 CLMROC CLIMATE REPORT...WITH NARRATIVE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 115 PM EDT SAT NOV 1 2008 ................................... ...THE ROCHESTER NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1830 TO 2008 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 91 10/05/1951 LOW 19 10/25/1879 HIGHEST 81 10/13 85 10/05 LOWEST 30 10/30 30 10/29 10/19 AVG. MAXIMUM 59.4 59.7 -0.3 67.4 AVG. MINIMUM 39.9 41.1 -1.2 48.5 MEAN 49.7 50.4 -0.7 58.0 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 3 4.3 -1.3 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 8.67 1873 MINIMUM 0.08 1924 TOTALS 3.38 2.60 0.78 3.05 DAYS >= .01 12 13 DAYS >= .10 6 6 DAYS >= .50 4 3 DAYS >= 1.00 1 1 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.04 10/16 TO 10/16 10/23 TO 10/23 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 5.0 1906 TOTALS 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 MM MM 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH T 10/29 0 24 HR TOTAL 0.1 10/29 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 471 447 24 242 SINCE 7/1 608 643 -35 349 COOLING TOTAL 2 4 -2 33 SINCE 1/1 601 576 25 750 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.0 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 30/300 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 40/290 DATE 10/28 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 12 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 67 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 3 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 16 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 1 LIGHT SNOW 3 SLEET 0 FOG 12 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1 HAZE 2 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...A TYPICAL AUTUMN MONTH... OCTOBER BROUGHT WITH IT SOME FINE FALL WEATHER ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK. MOST OF THE MONTH WAS MILD AND BRIGHT...BUT THERE WAS A BRIEF WINTER PREVIEW DURING THE FINAL WEEK. OVERALL WE SAW NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL WITH A BIT MORE SUNSHINE THAN USUAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 49.7 WAS A DEGREE COOLER THAN NORMAL. THE MONTH BEGAN WITH A COOL WEEK...THEN TURNED QUITE WARM THROUGH MID MONTH...BUT THEN TURNED CHILLY FOR THE FINAL TWO WEEKS. IN FACT...ONLY 3 OF THE FINAL 15 DAYS WERE WARMER THAN NORMAL. NO RECORDS WERE SET. THE SEASON'S FIRST FREEZE...AT 32...OCCURRED ON THE 19TH...EXACTLY NORMAL. MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALLED UP JUST ABOVE NORMAL...THE 3.38 INCHES A BIT SHY OF ONE INCH ABOVE THE NORMAL 2.60. A GOOD PORTION OF THIS FELL ON THE 16TH AND 25TH. THE SEASON'S FIRST FLAKES WERE OBSERVED ON THE 28ST...AND FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW...A MEAGER 0.1 INCH...ON THE 29TH...BOTH WITHIN A WEEK OF THE NORMAL "FIRST" DATES. OCTOBER ALSO SAW A DECENT AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE WITH 53 PERCENT OF THE POSSIBLE OVERALL...SOME THREE POINTS ABOVE NORMAL. THIS TOTAL WAS BROUGHT DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY BY FOUR OVERCAST DAYS DURING THE FINAL WEEK. FOR THE MONTH...12 DAYS WERE CONSIDERED MOSTLY SUNNY WHILE 9 WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY. THE MONTH BEGAN WITH A WEEK OF FINE BUT RELATIVELY COOL WEATHER. IT WARMED SIGNIFICANTLY DURING THE SECOND WEEK...CAPPED OFF BY A BEAUTIFUL THREE DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND FROM 11-13TH WITH EACH DAY SUNNY AND WARM. IN FACT...TWO OF THE DAYS REACHED THE 80S AND THE MONTH'S MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 81 FELL ON THE 13TH. A SOAKING RAIN FELL OVERNIGHT ON 15-16TH AND THE PATTERN THEN TURNED COOLER BUT DRY FOR ANOTHER FINE WEEKEND ON 18-19TH. IT STAYED FAIRLY DRY UNTIL ANOTHER SOAKER ON THE 25TH WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A VERY COLD AIRMASS. A DEEP COASTAL STORM BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO EASTERN AND CENTRAL NEW YORK ON 28-29TH...AND BROUGHT SOME LIMITED LAKE EFFECT TO THE WESTERN SOUTHERN TIER...BUT THE ROCHESTER AREA RECEIVED LITTLE OR NONE. THERE WAS SOME MINOR ACCUMULATION SOUTH OF THE CITY EARLY ON 29TH. THE MONTH THEN ENDED WITH A WARM SUNNY AND BREEZY HALLOWEEN WITH VERY COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS FOR EVENING REVELERS. FOLIAGE WAS SPECTACULAR THIS SEASON AND THE TWO NEAR PERFECT WEEKENDS OF 11-13TH AND 18-19TH ALLOWED FOR FINE VIEWING CONDITIONS. WINDS WERE RELATIVELY LIGHT FOR MOST OF THE MONTH...BUT TURNED WINDY AT TIMES DURING THE FINAL WEEK. OVERALL...A PLEASANT FALL MONTH FOR THE REGION. $$ MCLAUGHLIN