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GRLevel3 radar from NWS station KBUF

204 AM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025 SYNOPSIS... High pressure with much cooler and notably less humid air will build across the area today. A wavy cold front will then bring another round of scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms starting late Saturday, with these potentially lingering into a portion of Sunday. Another area of high pressure will then build across our region while bringing dry weather for Monday and Tuesday. Area Forecast Discussion
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METRIC | IMPERIAL
Updated: @ 7:20pm  
Temperatures Current Conditions Forecast
Lake Erie:78F
Lake Ontario:55F
Currently Outside: Colder 1.2°F than last hour.

75.6°F

Comfortable
High Today
78.8°F
3:58 PM
Low Today
57.4°F
6:14 AM
Yest High
80.5°F
10:01 AM
Yest Low
65.7°F
11:56 PM
Sta* High
86.3°F
2020
Sta* Low
54.1°F
2014
* This Station's Records Since 12/2013
Rec* High
108.0°F
1930
Rec* Low
50.0°F
2009
Weather Server uptime 0 Days 16 Hours 21 Minutes 23 Seconds
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Public Info Statement
mostly clear mostly clear

Wind from SE Wind:  SE
3.9

Gusting to:
4.0 mph
Current Rain Rain:
0.00 in
Chandler Burning Index: LOW Current CBI
Fire Danger:
31.4 of 100
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: Sunny
Sunny
Tonight

Tonight: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
Saturday

Saturday: Sunny
Sunny
Hi 78 °F Lo 57 °F Hi 84 °F

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Dew Point Liquid Precipitation Wind Speed Sun/Moon
Current: Increased 0.3°F since last hour. 50.9°F
Last Hour: Increased 0.3°F since last hour. 0.3°F
High 12:00 AM: 57.7°F
Low 2:51 PM: 48.6°F
Record High: 79.9°F on
Jun-19-2024
Record Low: -15.3°F on
Apr-24-2024
Wetbulb: 61.8°F
Leaf Wet:7 0
Rain Today
rain graph

Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.01 in
Last 7 Days: 0.31 in
Jul Rain: 0.60 in
Jul to Date
  Avg:10
0.00 in
Jul to Date
  Diff from Avg:10
Over 0.6 in for the month 0.60 in
Jul Avg: 3.97 in
Diff from Avg: Under 3.37 in for the month 3.37 in
Season:1 16.77 in
YTD
  Avg:11
13.34 in
YTD
  Diff from Avg:11
Over 3.43 in for the year 3.43 in
Last Rain
Time/Date:
Jul-17-2025
at 10:28 AM
76 rain days in 2025
5 days in July
1 day since last rain
Current: SE  3.9 mph
1Hr Average: 3.0 mph
Wind Run: 57.10 miles
Wind Gust
Current: 4.0 mph mph
Today: 12.0 mph 12:32 PM
Month: 27.0 mph Jul-17
Year: 55.0 mph Apr-19
Record Gust: 56.0 mph
Nov-11-2023
Sunlight:
14 hrs 24 min
24 sec
of Sunlight Today
Which is
1 min 19 sec shorter than
yesterday
(Noon) graph (Midnight)
Legend

Waning Crescent
Waning Crescent, 23 days, 12 hours, 53 minutes in cycle
39%
Illuminated
Humidity Barometer
Current: Increased 2% since last hour. 42%
Last Hour: Increased 2% since last hour. 2%
High 6:11 AM: 82%
Low 2:06 PM: 37%
Record High: 98%
Apr-29-2024
Record Low: 18%
May-18-2023
Current: Falling 0.004  inHg/hr 30.108 inHg
Last Hour: Steady
High 10:33 AM: 30.196 in.
Low 12:01 AM: 30.058 in.
Record High: 30.992 inHg
Dec-14-2024
Record Low: 28.948 inHg
Jan-9-2024
Cooling Degree Days Snow3 Heat Index AIR
Today: 0.7
Jul: 190.3
2025 to Date: 375.1
Heating Degree Days
2025 to Date: 3970.3
Today: 0.00 in
Yesterday: 0.00 in
Jul Snow: No Change 0.00 in
Jul Avg: 0.00 in
Diff from Avg: 0.00 in
Season Total:2 0.00 in
Snow Depth: 0.00 in
0 snow days in July
0 snow days this season.2
First Snow of Season:
Jan-11-2025
Average 1st Snow:
29 of Nov
Current: 75.6°F
High 3:58pm: 78.8°F
Yesterday: 84.8°F
Record: 114.6°F
Jun-18-2024
Quality
Index6:

54


Moderate
Density:
1.19 kg/m3
Current UV Index Current Solar Energy9
0.0
Sunburn in
720 Minutes
Highest:
12:49 PM
6.0
25 W/m2
7%
W/m2 SI
High Today:
1:08 PM
870  W/m2
Record:
1308 W/m2
Soil Depth/Temp8 Irrigation Index5 Station All Time Records Cloud Level
0.6 in: 69°F °F
1.2 in: 69°F
1.8 in: 69°F

Growing conditions
at the depth of:  0.6 in:


Soil moisture range is from
0-Wet to 200-Dry/Frozen
Updated at Midnight
Current ET: 0.21 in
7-Days Rain: 0.31 in
7-Days ET: 1.05 in
7-Day:  0.741 in water in deficit of what evaporated in last 7 days. 0.741 in
July:  1.92 in water in deficit of what evaporated this month. 1.92 in
HIGHS: LOWS:
95.5°F
Jun-18-2024
-14.1°F
Apr-24-2024
Daytime Records
  93.2°F
Jun-18-2024
  6.6°F
Jan-22-2025
Nitetime Records
  81.3°F
Jun-23-2024
  2.1°F
Jan-22-2025
ICN:5 | S3C2:1 | Ajax 3.xx
ISS:Ok | CON:4.7 | RCP:63%
1 Rain season: Jan 1st to Dec 31st.   2 Snow season July 1st to June 30th.   3 Snow manually measured usually around 7AM and 7PM.   5 Estimated amount of water needed to replace the water used by plants and evaporation from the past week. (Negative numbers mean amount of water needed, positive numbers mean excess water is present).   6 Air Quality Index is provided by Minnesota Polution Control Agency and is updated hourly between the hours of 6AM and Midnight.   7 Leaf Wetness is surface moisture on foliage. 0 being totally dry and 15 being totally saturated.   8 Soil moisture and temperatures are from sensors burried in the ground at the levels specified.   9 Solar Index represents either an absolute scale of solar energy (W/m²) using the station’s recorded maximum or a percentage of computed theoretical solar maximum using the station’s location and time of day. These indices differ most when the sun is low on the horizon. The current scale is shown, and will toggle if it or the icon is clicked.   10 Historical average only to day 18 of just the month of July for this station since 2013.   11 Historical average rain this season to day 18 of July for this station since 2013.
 NWS Weather Forecast  -   Outlook This Afternoon & Tonight
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: Sunny
Sunny

Hi 78 °F
NWS forecast: Sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind around 3 mph.
Local station forecast: Increasing clouds with little temp change, precipitation possible within 24 to 48 hrs.
Tonight

Tonight: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear

Lo 57 °F
NWS forecast: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. East wind 1 to 6 mph.
 NWS Short Term Weather Forecast
Saturday

Saturday: Sunny
Sunny
Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Showers And Thunderstorms
Showers And T-Storms
Sunday

Sunday: Showers And Thunderstorms then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Showers And T-Storms then Slight Chance Showers And T-Storms
Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
Monday

Monday: Sunny
Sunny
Monday
Night
Monday Night: Mostly Clear
Mostly Clear
Tuesday

Tuesday: Sunny
Sunny
Hi 84 °F Lo 69 °F Hi 80 °F Lo 60 °F Hi 77 °F Lo 58 °F Hi 82 °F

Countdown to Fall
 Autumn Equinox begins September 22nd at 2:19pm   EDT  
 
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