CXUS51 KBUF 060318 CLMBUF CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 821 PM EST MON DEC 01 2025 ................................... ...THE BUFFALO NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2025... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1871 TO 2025 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR'S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE DATE(S) NORMAL ................................................................ TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 80 11/03/1961 LOW 2 11/30/1875 HIGHEST 57 11/07 77 11/05 11/15 LOWEST 25 11/11 24 11/30 AVG. MAXIMUM 46.3 47.8 -1.5 52.5 AVG. MINIMUM 33.2 34.2 -1.0 38.8 MEAN 39.8 41.0 -1.2 45.7 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 1 1.5 -0.5 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 15 13.1 1.9 7 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 9.75 1985 MINIMUM 0.51 1904 TOTALS 2.63 3.50 -0.87 2.24 DAYS >= .01 15 14 DAYS >= .10 11 8 DAYS >= .50 1 1 DAYS >= 1.00 0 0 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 0.51 11/11 TO 11/12 0.71 11/21 TO 11/22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 45.6 2000 TOTALS 9.5 7.8 1.7 1.2 SINCE 7/1 9.5 8.7 0.8 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0 DAYS >= 1.0 5 2.1 2.9 1 DAYS >= 0.1 7 1 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 3 11/11 0 MM 11/30 24 HR TOTAL MM DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 746 720 26 579 SINCE 7/1 1182 1271 -89 MM COOLING TOTAL 0 0 0 5 SINCE 1/1 716 607 109 MM ................................................................ WIND (MPH) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 11.1 HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 39/240 HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 68/240 DATE 11/26 SKY COVER POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 0 NUMBER OF DAYS PC 13 NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 17 AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 72 WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORM 2 MIXED PRECIP 1 HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 5 LIGHT RAIN 13 FREEZING RAIN 0 LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0 HEAVY SNOW 3 SNOW 6 LIGHT SNOW 11 SLEET 1 FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 3 HAZE 3 - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && A COOL NOVEMBER, WITH SEVERAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW EVENTS NOVEMBER FEATURED A LACK OF EXTREME WARMTH, WITH SEVERAL EARLY WINTER COLD SNAPS RESULTING IN LAKE EFFECT SNOW DOWNWIND OF THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. ONLY 4 NOVEMBERS FEATURED A LOWER MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, AND THESE NOVEMBERS ALL OCCURRED IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY. PRECIPITATION EVENTS TENDED TO BE LIGHT THIS MONTH BUT ENOUGH PRECIPITATION OCCURRED TO LOWER THE DROUGHT STATUS FROM MODERATE DROUGHT TO ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS.    THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 39.8°F THIS MONTH WHICH IS MORE THAN ONE DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. THIS IS THE FIRST NOVEMBER SINCE 2019 TO FEATURE A MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE BELOW 40°F, WHICH ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE LAST MONTH TO FEATURE A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORD. THE 29°F READING ON THE 10TH TIED WITH 2017 FOR COLDEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THE DATE, AND COMPLETED A SPAN OF 2,190 DAYS SINCE THE PAST RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE. LACKING ANY EXTREME WARMTH, THE WARMEST DAY THIS MONTH WAS JUST 57 DEGREES ON THE 7TH AND 15TH OF THE MONTH. THIS IS THE COLDEST MONTHLY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR BUFFALO IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER SINCE 1920. OVERALL, THE 15 DAYS DROPPING TO THE FREEZING MARK AND LOWER IS TWO DAYS GREATER THAN AIRPORT NORMAL.  PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH TOTALED ALMOST AN INCH BELOW NORMAL. THE PRECIPITATION THE FIRST WEEK OF THE MONTH WAS PLAIN RAIN, BUT A NUMBER OF DAYS THE FINAL WEEKS OF THE MONTH FEATURED SNOW. THE 7 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE SNOWFALL ARE THE GREATEST FOR NOVEMBER SINCE 2021 AND IS 2 DAYS GREATER THAN NORMAL. SNOW TOTALED GREATER THAN NORMAL FOR THE MONTH BY ALMOST TWO INCHES. THE WETTEST DAY WAS THE 12TH WITH A PERIOD OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE ADDED UP TO HALF AN INCH AT THE BUFFALO AIRPORT. THIS IS JUST THE 9TH TIME IN AIRPORT RECORDS THAT THE WETTEST NOVEMBER DAY WAS A HALF INCH OR LESS.  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  ANOTHER STRONG COLD FRONT STORMED ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK ON WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 26TH, THE DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING. JUST BEHIND THE FRONT A SOUTHWEST WIND GUST TO 68 MPH WAS RECORDED AS RAIN CHANGED TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW. THIS SOUTHWEST WIND BROUGHT A LAKE SEICHE TO 6.1 FEET ON LAKE ERIE DURING THE EVENING HOURS OF NOVEMBER 26TH. SEVERAL INCHES OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW FELL ACROSS THE NIAGARA FRONTIER THROUGH THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND, WITH LITTLE TRAVEL IMPACT, THOUGH UP TO TWO FEET OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN THE SNOW BELTS OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN EAST OF LAKE ERIE. TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH ANOTHER DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM GOING BY OUR WEST AND NORTH BROUGHT ANOTHER WINDY DAY TO WESTERN NEW YORK. A WARM FRONT BROUGHT A SLUSHY COUPLE OF INCHES OF SNOW DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF NOVEMBER 30TH, WITH LIGHT RAIN FALLING IN THE AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT PASSING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON BROUGHT WINDS GUSTING TO 58 MPH ALONG WITH A START OF MINOR LAKE EFFECT SNOWBAND THE FINAL HOURS OF THE MONTH. THESE GUSTY WINDS BROUGHT A SEICHE ON LAKE ERIE TO 6.3 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.  THE WATER TEMPERATURE ON LAKE ERIE DROPPED FROM 57°F TO 44°F THROUGH THE MONTH. THIS 44°F READING IS EXACTLY NORMAL FOR THE LAST DAY OF THE MONTH. IT WAS A BREEZY MONTH WITH AVERAGE WIND SPEED JUST ABOVE NORMAL. THE STRONGEST GUST WAS THE 68-MPH WIND GUST DURING THE EVENING HOURS OF NOVEMBER 26TH.  IN ALL A CONSISTENTLY COOL AND BREEZY MONTH WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF SNOW.  && THOMAS $$