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Snow Across the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast; Unsettled Weather in the West

Light to moderate snow will continue into Saturday over the Great Lakes, Central Appalachians, and Northeast. This weekend into next week, a series of atmospheric rivers will bring gusty winds, periods of heavy rain, and mountain snow to northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Colder temperatures are in store for the weekend from the Great Lakes to East Coast. Read More >

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Buffalo Monthly Precipitation

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Buffalo Monthly Precipitation

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SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1940 2.47 3.71 2.35 2.31 3.51 4.44 1.48 3.12 3.72 1.15 4.38 3.37 36.01
1941 2.36 2.05 2.01 1.69 1.11 0.82 3.37 1.06 0.87 2.40 3.06 1.36 22.16
1942 3.25 4.26 3.79 2.16 3.75 0.76 2.42 2.45 3.40 3.12 4.26 5.01 38.63
1943 1.98 2.30 2.44 3.72 3.52 2.77 1.73 2.59 3.45 4.01 2.57 0.69 31.77
1944 1.23 2.92 2.91 4.62 2.87 3.95 1.04 6.17 3.63 1.11 1.44 3.83 35.72
1945 3.71 3.04 4.26 3.15 2.84 2.55 3.97 1.18 4.88 5.87 3.95 5.07 44.47
1946 1.03 2.47 1.61 1.27 3.59 2.03 2.75 4.35 3.24 3.72 2.79 2.79 31.64
1947 4.65 1.59 2.05 3.95 4.83 4.01 3.54 1.80 2.11 0.66 4.01 1.96 35.16
1948 1.99 2.94 3.24 2.81 3.12 3.07 2.58 1.10 5.74 4.74 4.01 2.05 37.39
1949 2.71 2.64 2.52 2.42 2.09 1.17 3.15 5.27 3.1 1.67 6.37 3.68 36.79
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1950 5.01 4.26 3.23 2.46 2.16 2.04 3.12 4.12 1.95 2.36 4.83 1.84 37.38
1951 2.63 2.96 4.57 4.03 2.01 4.48 3.50 1.36 2.52 1.87 4.47 3.35 37.75
1952 3.75 2.02 2.51 2.56 3.91 1.13 1.28 3.12 2.72 0.68 2.89 2.57 29.14
1953 2.81 1.46 3.76 2.24 6.39 0.98 3.60 3.21 3.09 0.32 4.94 3.08 35.88
1954 2.94 3.72 5.24 3.95 1.35 2.57 2.08 2.45 2.20 9.13 3.32 5.83 44.78
1955 2.61 2.42 4.60 3.35 1.65 0.11 2.13 4.81 2.97 8.12 4.2 2.82 39.79
1956 2.12 3.33 5.25 3.69 4.61 0.99 3.54 5.89 3.95 0.86 2.88 4.82 41.93
1957 4.92 1.65 2.23 4.86 4.03 2.92 2.97 1.11 3.84 1.12 5.30 3.74 38.69
1958 3.81 4.78 1.36 3.95 1.79 2.91 1.49 3.16 4.59 1.40 3.49 1.66 34.39
1959 6.47 3.45 3.87 3.21 2.10 1.94 1.98 4.78 2.52 4.93 3.58 3.98 42.81
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1960 3.90 5.80 2.35 2.34 4.05 2.48 1.89 3.75 1.20 1.89 2.94 2.57 35.16
1961 1.41 2.63 2.59 5.90 3.01 3.66 3.02 4.03 2.53 2.41 3.30 2.62 37.11
1962 2.78 2.65 1.23 2.25 2.36 2.80 1.89 3.00 3.14 1.90 1.78 2.77 28.55
1963 1.51 1.03 2.19 2.77 2.22 0.61 6.43 8.04 1.20 0.30 5.07 1.83 33.20
1964 2.12 1.09 3.72 3.36 2.91 1.55 2.57 5.02 0.77 1.89 2.09 2.58 29.67
1965 3.27 2.99 1.97 1.99 1.21 1.50 3.69 4.12 2.37 5.07 4.69 2.60 35.47
1966 3.74 2.11 2.78 2.06 1.36 1.97 4.92 3.60 2.65 0.93 4.50 2.25 32.87
1967 1.18 1.39 1.20 2.60 3.69 2.50 1.57 4.04 6.36 4.78 3.13 2.16 34.60
1968 2.18 0.81 2.67 1.78 3.30 4.45 1.19 5.33 5.63 3.03 4.47 3.42 38.26
1969 3.85 0.97 1.62 4.16 3.75 3.51 3.83 2.48 2.04 2.77 4.09 3.09 36.16
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1970 2.06 1.74 1.72 2.54 2.87 2.55 4.02 2.01 4.55 4.20 3.20 3.25 34.71
1971 1.46 3.03 2.07 1.48 1.56 4.25 4.50 4.43 1.88 1.57 3.07 3.61 32.91
1972 2.17 3.44 3.99 2.99 3.64 6.06 0.99 4.19 3.06 2.96 4.28 3.86 41.63
1973 2.03 1.98 3.27 3.56 2.99 1.68 3.68 2.98 1.44 4.27 4.07 4.89 36.84
1974 2.44 2.19 3.19 3.15 3.36 3.86 1.80 3.64 2.42 1.75 5.38 3.13 36.31
1975 2.11 2.93 2.92 1.86 3.31 3.65 2.34 8.49 2.44 1.13 2.77 4.58 38.53
1976 3.19 3.43 5.59 4.01 4.70 3.36 5.65 1.65 5.39 3.61 2.11 3.83 46.52
1977 3.38 1.59 2.42 3.60 1.39 2.79 3.64 10.67 8.99 2.61 4.45 8.02 53.55
1978 6.29 1.36 1.72 1.84 3.95 2.42 1.48 3.51 4.40 3.72 1.55 3.50 35.74
1979 5.43 2.03 2.48 3.16 1.63 2.18 3.51 6.26 5.61 3.88 4.14 3.43 43.74
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1980 1.97 1.08 4.05 2.43 1.60 5.82 3.55 3.58 4.53 4.69 2.36 2.65 38.31
1981 1.11 3.50 1.70 3.09 2.56 3.68 5.05 3.13 4.24 3.31 2.22 2.87 36.46
1982 6.88 1.28 2.64 2.33 3.66 3.14 1.50 4.62 3.37 2.06 6.31 3.32 41.11
1983 1.44 1.30 3.2 2.55 3.28 2.99 2.01 3.51 2.11 4.62 5.19 7.30 39.50
1984 1.54 3.59 1.77 2.53 4.67 6.86 1.37 4.16 3.73 0.87 2.66 3.67 37.42
1985 4.27 3.34 4.42 1.33 3.46 3.21 1.81 4.63 1.20 3.73 9.75 4.85 46.00
1986 2.31 2.60 1.95 3.33 4.42 4.15 2.82 2.73 3.88 4.34 3.11 4.02 39.66
1987 2.90 0.85 3.66 3.40 1.35 8.36 3.09 3.38 5.32 2.62 4.44 2.78 42.15
1988 1.58 4.07 2.99 2.96 2.74 1.56 6.35 2.69 2.07 6.08 3.37 2.15 38.61
1989 1.77 2.54 3.15 1.88 7.22 7.83 0.93 1.84 3.85 2.98 4.83 2.34 41.16
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1990 2.69 5.90 1.50 5.22 6.08 3.55 3.14 3.25 3.65 4.59 2.61 8.71 50.89
1991 2.07 2.06 5.97 5.83 3.10 0.86 3.34 2.84 3.19 3.11 4.02 3.81 40.20
1992 2.01 2.45 2.93 4.68 3.48 2.21 8.93 3.79 5.56 2.80 4.92 3.80 47.56
1993 4.35 1.92 3.02 2.55 1.79 4.99 1.78 3.86 5.53 3.69 3.58 3.60 40.66
1994 2.90 1.40 2.61 4.02 3.54 4.27 2.08 4.09 3.19 1.87 4.08 2.67 36.72
1995 4.89 2.62 1.33 1.41 2.40 1.33 3.53 2.07 1.32 6.07 4.14 2.88 33.99
1996 3.40 2.09 2.37 5.63 4.08 5.20 5.15 2.14 7.51 4.22 2.99 3.42 48.20
1997 4.25 2.97 4.47 1.65 3.61 3.06 1.85 4.67 5.06 2.29 4.32 2.88 41.08
1998 5.61 2.28 3.86 2.54 3.73 2.87 4.39 1.74 2.43 2.10 1.61 1.54 34.70
1999 5.78 1.10 2.43 2.21 2.82 1.93 1.00 4.38 3.95 2.95 3.33 2.20 34.08
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2000 2.65 1.75 2.12 4.07 4.38 6.51 2.90 3.21 3.92 1.11 5.82 3.76 42.20
2001 2.15 2.33 3.31 1.27 4.28 1.36 0.73 2.13 3.45 4.34 3.35 6.48 35.18
2002 3.54 3.15 3.28 4.38 5.23 1.47 3.24 1.77 2.54 3.21 3.57 4.36 39.74
2003 2.30 2.69 2.81 0.90 5.43 1.79 3.69 2.47 3.91 3.43 4.10 3.64 37.16
2004 2.95 1.15 3.10 3.94 5.72 2.02 6.04 1.86 4.07 2.98 2.91 4.99 41.73
2005 3.57 2.42 1.38 4.50 0.60 3.27 1.82 5.92 4.57 2.64 5.70 2.36 39.07
2006 3.67 2.45 2.14 1.98 1.90 3.38 4.60 3.28 6.95 8.75 2.15 3.16 44.41
2007 4.77 1.71 2.61 2.96 0.87 1.82 3.31 1.13 3.55 2.73 5.38 4.28 35.12
2008 2.33 4.83 4.22 2.05 2.54 4.91 2.80 5.33 3.96 4.13 3.34 6.79 47.31
2009 2.27 2.65 3.25 3.15 1.89 2.92 4.37 5.32 5.65 4.77 2.94 5.13 44.31
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2010 3.19 1.60 1.70 2.07 2.84 8.13 3.17 1.84 2.85 3.06 3.55 2.72 36.72
2011 1.89 3.13 4.63 5.69 8.09 3.47 2.72 3.94 4.07 5.21 3.10 3.62 49.56
2012 4.43 1.72 1.86 3.04 0.90 2.68 0.87 1.24 4.39 6.98 1.05 3.64 32.80
2013 2.50 3.04 1.06 3.92 3.57 7.16 2.86 3.51 3.53 7.00 2.93 4.93 46.02
2014 3.16 3.62 2.55 5.08 3.12 3.80 5.45 3.16 3.13 4.61 2.58 2.15 42.40
2015 2.59 2.40 1.44 2.70 3.50 5.03 2.42 4.39 4.29 3.81 1.32 2.90 36.79
2016 1.81 3.47 2.85 1.90 1.21 1.31 1.80 4.17 3.53 4.41 3.35 4.06 33.87
2017 2.92 2.26 4.36 6.38 6.35 2.21 4.65 3.15 3.17 5.01 5.09 2.93 48.48
2018 3.73 3.61 2.93 3.99 2.72 2.82 2.15 3.62 3.58 4.23 4.90 3.36 41.64
2019 5.71 3.28 2.73 3.07 3.53 4.60 1.83 3.62 6.28 5.83 1.97 5.37 47.82
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2020 2.72 2.50 3.20 3.54 3.87 3.55 3.42 2.10 3.40 3.60 2.81 4.96 39.67
2021 1.85 2.06 1.92 2.77 1.63 1.77 7.49 3.68 5.28 6.14 3.28 2.46 40.33
2022 3.59 4.57 2.21 2.79 3.02 2.87 2.31 2.81 4.30 3.73 6.52 6.57 45.29
2023 3.89 2.80 4.05 4.57 1.15 2.42 5.54 3.12 2.67 3.74 2.70 3.87 40.52
2024 5.67 1.03 2.11 4.58 2.61                
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