April finished up as a rather wet month, with 4.57 inches of rain, 1.20 inches above average for Buffalo. Only a trace (immeasurable) of snow fell during the month, during which we average 2.5 inches. The monthly mean temperature ran 3.9 degrees on the high side. Those three 80-plus degree days in the middle of the month helped, especially that record of 86 degrees on April 16. The Buffalo Lake Erie temperature is up to 47 degrees, 7 degrees ahead of statistical schedule.
After a sporadically wet, but seasonable, weekend, we have slipped back into an unseasonably chilly pattern, with a raw wind just in time for May day. Under the influence of a slow-moving low pressure system and upper level disturbances, showers will be on the increase into the evening. With the cold air aloft, there may be graupel pellets and small hail in the showers, generating a little lightning, in spots.
“Pollen allergies are nothing new, but what is new is the mounting evidence that our warming climate is making things tougher for allergy sufferers,” writes Don Paul.
Overnight, wind speeds will lessen, but cold air will deepen. At high elevations, the rain showers will mix with and turn into snow, and an inch or two may accumulate on hilltops.
It won’t be as windy on Tuesday, but the…
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