A Note from NWS, Buffalo

RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
500AM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006

..SNOWIEST DAYS ON RECORD FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER

THE UNPRECEDENTED LAKE EFFECT SNOW STORM THAT CONTINUED ACROSS THE
NIAGARA FRONTIER THROUGH THE WEE MORNING HOURS PRODUCED SOME
IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL TOTALS.

RECORDS HAVE BEEN SET ON TWO CONSECUTIVE DAYS FOR SNOWFALL AT
BUFFALO.

ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, THE BUFFALO AIRPORT RECORDED 8.3 INCHES OF
SNOW, BREAKING THE ALL TIME RECORD FOR DAILY SNOWFALL IN OCTOBER,
WHICH WAS 6 INCHES LAST SET ON OCTOBER 31, 1917.

THURSDAY'S RECORD DID NOT LAST LONG HOWEVER. THROUGH 5AM FOR FRIDAY,
OCTOBER 13, BUFFALO RECORDED 10.9 INCHES OF SNOW, SETTING A NEW MARK
FOR THE SNOWIEST DAY IN OCTOBER SINCE RECORDS BEGAN BACK IN 1870.

THE CULPRIT FOR THIS RECORD SNOW IS THE EARLIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW
STORM ON RECORD TO HIT THE CITY OF BUFFALO.
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A Few Extra Notes:

* Official weather records for Buffalo go way back to 1870--136 years!

* The pressure in the center of this intense low pressure area was as low as 28.80 inches, lower than in some tropical storms.

* Gusts over 50 and 13 to 17 foot waves on Lake Superior.

* Could be that some Buffalo residents think global cooling is underway.