877 CDUS41 KALY 240646 CLIALB CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 135 AM EST FRI FEB 24 2012 ................................... ...THE ALBANY NY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2012... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1981 TO 2010 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1874 TO 2012 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 46 217 PM 62 1984 37 9 31 MINIMUM 30 1145 PM -16 1972 19 11 1 AVERAGE 38 28 10 16 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY T 0.90 1935 0.08 -0.08 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 0.18 1.77 -1.59 2.32 SINCE DEC 1 6.20 7.29 -1.09 7.64 SINCE JAN 1 2.44 4.36 -1.92 4.69 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 6.9 0.4 -0.4 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.6 10.3 -9.7 16.4 SINCE DEC 1 8.8 41.6 -32.8 62.5 SINCE JUL 1 14.2 44.4 -30.2 63.8 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 27 37 -10 49 MONTH TO DATE 753 912 -159 965 SINCE DEC 1 2827 3359 -532 3543 SINCE JUL 1 3884 4763 -879 4847 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 25 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (310) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 35 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION W (280) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 9.5 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 LOWEST 49 AVERAGE 66 .......................................................... THE ALBANY NY CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 37 65 1985 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 19 -11 1894 SUNRISE AND SUNSET FEBRUARY 24 2012......SUNRISE 640 AM EST SUNSET 538 PM EST FEBRUARY 25 2012......SUNRISE 638 AM EST SUNSET 539 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$