109 CXUS51 KBUF 012346 CLMBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 740 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 2008 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE 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 97 06/29/1933 LOW 35 06/01/1945 HIGHEST 89 06/09 91 06/26 LOWEST 49 06/19 45 06/06 06/05 AVG. MAXIMUM 75.7 74.8 0.9 80.4 AVG. MINIMUM 60.1 56.9 3.2 58.4 MEAN 67.9 65.8 2.1 69.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.4 -0.4 1 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 9.67 1928 MINIMUM 0.11 1955 TOTALS 4.91 3.82 1.09 1.82 DAYS >= .01 17 6 DAYS >= .10 13 6 DAYS >= .50 3 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.95 05/31 TO 06/01 06/04 TO 06/05 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 0.0 TOTALS 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE 7/1 103.8 97.0 6.8 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 06/30 TO 06/30 DEGREE_DAYS HEATING TOTAL 37 65 -28 31 SINCE 7/1 6251 6692 -441 6347 COOLING TOTAL 131 101 30 173 SINCE 1/1 140 133 7 222 ................................................................. WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 10.4 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 37/200 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 48/190 DATE 06/13 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) 61 NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 6 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 19 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 5 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 73 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 11 MIXED PRECIP 0 HEAVY RAIN 9 RAIN 12 LIGHT RAIN 19 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 1 HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0 LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0 FOG 20 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 0 HAZE 10 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && ...A MILD BUT UNSETTLED JUNE... JUNE WAS A TALE OF TWO MONTHS WEATHERWISE ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK THIS YEAR. ITS FIRST HALF WAS WARM SUNNY AND RELATIVELY DRY...BUT A MAJOR PATTERN CHANGE BROUGHT AN UPPER LOW OVER THE NORTHEAST AND GREAT LAKES REGION FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH AND RESULTED IN VERY UNSETTLED CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION. OVERALL...JUNE STILL AVERAGED ON THE WARM SIDE BUT WAS QUITE WET AND A BIT CLOUDIER THAN USUAL. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 67.9 WAS OVER TWO DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL...AND WAS THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE WARM JUNE. THIS WAS A BIT DECEIVING THOUGH AS THE MONTH'S FIRST HALF AVERAGED 7 DEGREES WARM...WHILE ITS LAST TWO WEEKS WERE ABOUT 2 DEGREES TOO COOL. SOUTHWEST WINDS OFF THE LAKE KEPT READINGS FROM REACHING 90...BUT SEVERAL DAYS REACHED THE UPPER 80S AND RECORD HIGH MINIMUMS OF 71 WERE ESTABLISHED ON BOTH THE 6TH AND 7TH. ON THE OTHER HAND...THE MERCURY FAILED TO REACH 80 AFTER THE 15TH. RAINFALL WAS HEAVY AT 4.91 INCHES...THE WETTEST JUNE IN 8 YEARS AND THE WETTEST MONTH HERE SINCE NOVEMBER 2007. THE BULK OF THIS FELL DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS OF THE MONTH DURING THE UNSETTLED PERIOD AND WAS HIGHLY VARIABLE ACROSS THE REGION. MEASURABLE RAIN FELL ON 17 DAYS IN JUNE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS ON 11 OF THEM...BOTH ABOUT DOUBLE THE NORM AND THE MOST IN MANY YEARS. SUNSHINE TOTALLED 61 PERCENT FOR THE MONTH...A BIT BELOW THE USUAL FOR JUNE. 12 DAYS WERE MOSTLY SUNNY WHILE 4 WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY. THE REST HAD A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUD. AS FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS...THE MAIN STORIES WERE THE RARE HAILSTORMS WHICH RAKED THE METRO BUFFALO REGION ON THE 16TH. ONE SERIES OF STORMS SWEPT ACROSS THE NORTH TOWNS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH STONES OVER AN INCH DIAMETER...WHILE AN EVEN MORE SEVERE CLUSTER DROPPED SOUTHEAST ACROSS AMHERST AND CHEEKTOWAGA DURING THE EARLY EVENING WITH STONES AS LARGE AS GOLFBALLS. MANY HUNDREDS OF CARS WERE DAMAGED ESPECIALLY IN THE SNYDER AND EGGERTSVILLE SECTIONS OF AMHERST. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOST WIDESPREAD OCCURRENCE OF LARGE HAIL IN THE BUFFALO AREA IN HISTORY. THERE WERE ALSO A NUMBER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ACROSS THE METRO AREA ON 28TH AND 29TH. WINDS WERE RELATIVELY LIGHT DURING JUNE AND LAKE ERIE ROSE GRADUALLY TO 69 AT MONTH'S END...TWO DEGREES ABOVE THE NORM FOR THE DATE. $$ MCLAUGHLIN