Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
Issued by NWS Buffalo, NY
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CXUS51 KBUF 040908
CLMROC
CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
228 PM EDT SAT NOV 01 2025
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...THE ROCHESTER NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 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
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 91 10/05/1951
LOW 19 10/25/1879
HIGHEST 86 10/05 80 10/22
LOWEST 28 10/28 31 10/27
AVG. MAXIMUM 62.1 61.2 0.9 64.5
AVG. MINIMUM 42.6 43.3 -0.7 43.0
MEAN 52.4 52.2 0.2 53.8
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS MIN <= 32 5 2.9 2.1 1
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0
PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 8.67 1873
MINIMUM 0.08 1924
TOTALS 2.64 3.22 -0.58 2.62
DAYS >= .01 13 12
DAYS >= .10 6 5
DAYS >= .50 1 2
DAYS >= 1.00 0 0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.00 10/30 TO 10/31 1.08 10/13 TO 10/14
SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 5.0 1906
TOTALS 0.0 0.1 -0.1 0.0
SINCE 7/1 0.0 0.1 -0.1 MM
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 0
DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0
DAYS >= 0.1 0 0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL MM MM
DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL 401 404 -3 348
SINCE 7/1 509 535 -26 MM
COOLING TOTAL 16 8 8 10
SINCE 1/1 687 676 11 MM
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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.6
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 32/300
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 51/310 DATE 10/31
SKY COVER
POSSIBLE SUNSHINE (PERCENT) MM
AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.56
NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 8
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 12
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11
AVERAGE RH (PERCENT) 71
WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORM 0 MIXED PRECIP 0
HEAVY RAIN 2 RAIN 6
LIGHT RAIN 15 FREEZING RAIN 0
LT FREEZING RAIN 0 HAIL 0
HEAVY SNOW 0 SNOW 0
LIGHT SNOW 0 SLEET 0
FOG 14 FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE 1
HAZE 0
- INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.
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SPLENDID OUTDOOR AUTUMN WEATHER CONTINUED FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH THE
FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER WITH TEMPERATURES AVERAGING ABOVE NORMAL AND
MANY DAYS WITH A DEEP BLUE SKY. HOWEVER, DROUGHT CONDITIONS WORSENED
TO START THE MONTH WITH PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK FALLING INTO
SEVERE DROUGHT. A PATTERN CHANGE BEGAN MID-MONTH, WITH AN UPPER
LEVEL TROUGH THAT BROUGHT BENEFICIAL LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THAT
TRANSITIONED TO PROLONGED LAKE EFFECT RAIN AS COLD AIR STEEPENED.
THEN BY THE END OF THE MONTH ANOTHER DEEP STORM SYSTEM BROUGHT A
MULTI-DAY RAIN EVENT TO WESTERN NEW YORK.
THE TEMPERATURE AVERAGED 52.4F THIS MONTH WHICH IS JUST TWO TENTHS
OF A DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH AVERAGED 10
DEGREES WARMER THAN THE SECOND HALF. THERE WERE 18 DAYS THAT
AVERAGED BELOW THEIR DAILY NORMAL, WHILE JUST 12 DAYS AVERAGED ABOVE
THEIR DAILY NORMAL, WITH ALL 12 OF THESE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURE
DAYS OCCURRING WITHIN THE FIRST 3 WEEKS OF OCTOBER. THE FIRST
FREEZING TEMPERATURE OCCURRED ON THE 10TH, WITH A VALUE OF 32. THIS
DATE IS 6 DAYS EARLIER THAN NORMAL FOR THE ROCHESTER AIRPORT. THE
THREE DAYS REACHING INTO THE 80S IS TWO DAYS GREATER THAN NORMAL.
THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS OR EXTREMES THIS MONTH.
PRECIPITATION TOTALED 2.64 INCHES FOR THE MONTH WHICH IS ABOUT A
HALF INCH BELOW NORMAL. THOUGH THE 13 DAYS OF PRECIPITATION IS
EXACTLY NORMAL, MOST OF THE EVENTS WERE ON THE LIGHTER SIDE, EXCEPT
FOR THE 30TH WHICH FEATURED NEARLY AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS
THE ROCHESTER AREA.
THE FIRST HALF OF OCTOBER WAS QUIET WEATHER WISE, WITH MANY
CONSECUTIVE BLUE SKY DAYS. A MOISTURE LADEN COLD FRONT CROSSED
WESTERN NEW YORK ON THE 7TH AND 8TH WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL.
HOWEVER, THE DRY GROUND SOAKED UP MUCH OF THIS RAINFALL, LEAVING THE
DEEP GROUND DRY AND CONTINUING THE SEVERE DROUGHT ACROSS THE REGION.
ANOTHER STALLING COLD FRONT ON THE 11TH ALLOWED FOR LIGHTER
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ACROSS WESTERN NEW YORK. ALSO, ON THE 11TH THE
ROCHESTER METRO AREA WOKE UP TO A BRIGHT RAINBOW IN THE MORNING
HOURS, WHILE A RAINBOW GRACED THE SKY OF THE BUFFALO METRO AREA
DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A PAIR OF STORM SYSTEMS BROUGHT A MULTI-
DAY PRECIPITATION EVENT TO WESTERN NEW YORK THE 18TH THROUGH THE
24TH. A WARM FRONT WITH THE INITIAL SYSTEM BROUGHT LIGHT RAIN TO THE
ROCHESTER AREA ON THE 18TH, WHILE A SURFACE WAVE ALONG A COLD FRONT
BROUGHT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THE 19TH AND 20TH. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK
IN THE PRECIPITATION ON THE 21ST A COOLER AIRMASS BROUGHT LAKE
EFFECT RAIN ON THE 22ND THROUGH THE 23RD DOWNWIND OF LAKE ERIE.
WHILE HEAVIER BANDS OF RAIN REMAINED NEAR BUFFALO, THE OUTER
PERIPHERY OF THE LAKE BANDS BROUGHT OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN TO THE
ROCHESTER AREA. COOL AIR REIGNED SUPREME THE FINAL 10 DAYS OF THE
MONTH WITH SEVERAL DAYS OF NORTHEAST FLOW AND FROSTY MORNINGS. ONE
FINAL STORM SYSTEM ON THE 30TH AND 31ST OF THE MONTH BROUGHT
ADDITIONAL RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS.
LAKE ONTARIO`S WATER TEMPERATURE PEAKED AT 67 ON THE 1ST OF THE
MONTH, COOLING TO THE UPPER 50S BY MONTH`S END. WINDS AVERAGED BELOW
NORMAL BY ALMOST A MILE PER HOUR. THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH
FEATURED MUCH LIGHTER WINDS THAN THE SECOND HALF OF THE MONTH. THE
STRONGEST GUST THIS MONTH OCCURRED ON HALLOWEEN WITH A 51 MPH
NORTHWEST GUST IN THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.
IN ALL WELCOMED RAINFALL WITH PLENTY OF STILL FINE OUTDOOR WEATHER
CONDITIONS.
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THOMAS
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