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Buffalo, New York |
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Buffalo, New York |
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ELECTION DAY
SINCE 1845, BY ACT OF CONGRESS, THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER IS THE DATE FOR CHOOSING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS. STATE ELECTIONS ARE ALSO GENERALLY HELD ON THIS DAY. WOMEN WERE FIRST ALLOWED TO VOTE IN 1920.
THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED IN BUFFALO ON ELECTION DAY WAS ON NOVEMBER 6, 1956 WHEN SUNNY SKIES WERE ACCOMPANIED BY A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 73 DEGREES. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED WAS ON ELECTION DAY OF 1951 WHEN ON THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 6TH THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 12 DEGREES.
NORMALLY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AVERAGES NEAR 52 DEGREES WHILE THE LOW AVERAGES AROUND 38 DEGREES.
THERE IS ROUGHLY A 70 PERCENT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION OF A TRACE OR MORE.
IN 1985, REMNANTS OF HURRICANE JUAN REACHED THE BUFFALO AREA AND RAIN BEGAN ON THE 2ND CONTINUING THROUGH THE 5TH..RESULTING IN THE WETTEST ELECTION DAY EVER__1.77 INCHES WAS RECORDED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 1985. THE HEAVY RAINS CAUSED WIDESPREAD POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING, SMALL STREAM AND BASEMENT FLOODING, AND PUSHED MOST WATERWAYS TO NEAR BANKFUL.
STEADY RAINS FELL THROUGHOUT ELECTION DAY IN 1999. THE RAINS BECAME HEAVY ACROSS EXTREME WESTERN NEW YORK DURING THE EVENING HOURS RESULTING IN URBAN FLOODING ACROSS THE TONAWANDAS, NORTH BUFFALO, AND WESTERN NIAGARA COUNTY. THE SITUATION WAS EXACERBATED BY STORM SEWERS CLOGGED WITH FALL LEAVES.
IT HAS SNOWED ON 23 OF THE PAST ELECTION DAYS IN BUFFALO WITH THE MOST BEING 2.5 INCHES ON NOVEMBER 6, 2007.
ELECTION DAY : PERIOD OF RECORD 119 YEARS : 1890-2008
| TEMPERATURE DATA | |
| HIGHEST | 73 DEGREES ON NOV 6 1956 |
| LOWEST | 12 DEGREES ON NOV 6 1951 |
| LOWEST MAXIMUM | 33 DEGREES ON NOV 7 1967; NOV 8 1921; & NOV 8 1927 |
| HIGHEST MINIMUM | 58 DEGREES ON NOV 3 1987 |
| AVERAGE HIGH TEMPERATURE | 52.0 DEGREES |
| AVERAGE LOW TEMPERATURE | 38.4 DEGREES |
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HIGH TEMPERATURE BY 10 DEGREE RANGES |
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| 30S | 40S | 50S | 60S | 70S | ||
| 10 | 34 | 52 | 21 | 2 | NUMBER OF OCCURRENCES | |
| 9% | 28% | 43% | 17% | 1% | ||
| PRECIPITATION DATA | |
| MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION | 1.77 INCHES ON NOV 5 1985 |
| MAXIMUM SNOW | 2.5 INCHES ON NOV 6 2007 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION | 63 OCCURRENCES OR 52% |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH TRACE OR MORE PRECIPITATION | 82 OCCURRENCES OR 68% |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH NO PRECIPITATION | 37 OCCURRENCES OR 31% |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SNOW TRACE OR MORE | 23 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SNOW OVER A TRACE | 8 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SNOW 1.0 INCH OR MORE | 3 |
| NUMBER OF TIMES WITH SNOW 5.0 INCHES OR MORE | 0 |
WEATHER FOR THE PAST TEN ELECTION DAYS
| DATE | HIGH | LOW | PRECIP | SNOW | REMARKS |
| NOV 2 1999 | 65 | 38 | 1.65 | CLOUDY, RAIN ALL DAY--HEAVY IN THE EVENING | |
| NOV 7 2000 | 64 | 34 | 0.00 | PARTLY SUNNY | |
| NOV 6 2001 | 50 | 32 | 0.00 | SUNNY | |
| NOV 5 2002 | 46 | 33 | 0.20 | CLOUDY, EVENING RAIN | |
| NOV 4 2003 | 51 | 43 | TRACE | CLOUDY, LIGHT SHOWERS BEFORE DAYBREAK | |
| NOV 2 2004 | 60 | 45 | 0.74 | CLOUDY AND RAINY | |
| NOV 8 2005 | 54 | 42 | 0.00 | MOSTLY CLOUDY | |
| NOV 7 2006 | 57 | 46 | 0.07 | MOSTLY CLOUDY, RAIN | |
| NOV 6 2007 | 44 | 34 | 1.01 | 2.5 | THUNDER, HAIL, SNOW |
| NOV 4 2008 | 68 | 49 | 0.0 | SUNNY |