Abstract
In 1943, the National Weather Service moved the weather station at Buffalo, New York from its downtown waterfront location to an inland location. Recently discovered air temperature data from the log books of the Colonel Ward Pumping Station (1943 to 1987) allow for a comparison of monthly temperatures with those of Buffalo’s current inland weather station. Our objective is to determine if the lake effect was lost in the climatic record with the inland move of the weather station. Differences in average monthly temperatures between the waterfront and inland locations support the loss of the lake effect. If the weather station were still in the old location, winter months would have averaged about 1o F warmer than the current Buffalo temperature record, and spring and early summer temperatures would have averaged about 1o F cooler than the current Buffalo temperature record. Differences in the annual mean temperature record appear minimal (-0.04o F), although this difference is dependent on the decade studied.
Recommended Citation
Vermette, Stephen and Orengo, Emmanuel
(2006)
"A Re-examination of the Lost Lake Effect in Buffalo, New York,"
The Geographical Bulletin: Vol. 48:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/thegeographicalbulletin/vol48/iss2/4