The Stable Lake Effect
Season
The Great Lakes have an
effect on our local weather throughout the year, not just in the winter.
You are probably familiar with many of it's effects and don't even know
it. The lake water is generally cooler than daytime air and land
temperatures during the Spring and early Summer. As a result, areas
just "downwind" of the lake are a bit cooler than they would be without
the lake nearby. Lakes Erie and Ontario act as natural air conditioners,
keeping our summertime temperatures much more bearable than places like
the hot and humid South. The cooler lake waters also act to inhibit
the growth of clouds, therefore we get lots of sunny days in Buffalo during
the Spring and early Summer. The following link will give you an
example of our "Other Lake Effect Season"!
April
20, 1999 - The "Oasis" Effect or "anti-Lake Effect"
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