CDUS41 KBUF 180700 CLIBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 300 AM EDT MON MAY 18 2026 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 17 2026... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2026 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL ................................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 77 MM 87 1949 68 9 70 MINIMUM 60 MM 32 1956 49 11 53 1983 AVERAGE 69 58 11 62 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.54 1953 0.11 -0.11 T MONTH TO DATE 2.09 1.75 0.34 1.54 SINCE MAR 1 14.00 8.01 5.99 6.25 SINCE JAN 1 18.67 13.85 4.82 10.55 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 T 1923 0.0 0.0 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 4.5 16.6 -12.1 1.3 SINCE JUL 1 92.5 95.4 -2.9 77.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 0 8 -8 3 MONTH TO DATE 249 171 78 127 SINCE MAR 1 1511 1713 -202 1400 SINCE JUL 1 6312 6330 -18 5676 COOLING YESTERDAY 4 1 3 0 MONTH TO DATE 4 8 -4 14 SINCE MAR 1 4 10 -6 16 SINCE JAN 1 4 10 -6 16 ................................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION SW (240) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 31 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION SW (210) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 93 1:00 AM LOWEST 60 5:00 PM AVERAGE 77 .......................................................... THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 68 89 1889 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 49 33 1981 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MAY 18 2026...........SUNRISE 5:49 AM EDT SUNSET 8:34 PM EDT MAY 19 2026...........SUNRISE 5:48 AM EDT SUNSET 8:35 PM EDT - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$