Buffalo, NY
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BUFFALO, NY US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Buffalo has an annual average temperature of 48.8°F with about 40.7 inches of precipitation per year and 95.4 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 80.2°F), and the coldest is January (average low 19.0°F). September is typically the wettest month (4.10 in) and February the driest (2.49 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.
Best time to visit Buffalo
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All-time records →54 of 366 (14.8%) of Buffalo's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1930s | 7 | |
| 1940s | 67 | |
| 1950s | 62 | |
| 1960s | 32 | |
| 1970s | 23 | |
| 1980s | 37 | |
| 1990s | 34 | |
| 2000s | 31 | |
| 2010s | 45 | |
| 2020s | 28 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°F | 19.0°F | 25.5°F | 3.35 in | 26.7 in | 19 |
| February | 33.3°F | 19.5°F | 26.4°F | 2.49 in | 18.1 in | 16 |
| March | 41.8°F | 26.4°F | 34.1°F | 2.89 in | 14.1 in | 15 |
| April | 54.7°F | 36.5°F | 45.6°F | 3.37 in | 2.5 in | 13 |
| May | 67.4°F | 48.3°F | 57.9°F | 3.37 in | — | 13 |
| June | 75.6°F | 58.1°F | 66.9°F | 3.37 in | — | 12 |
| July | 80.2°F | 63.1°F | 71.7°F | 3.23 in | — | 11 |
| August | 79.0°F | 61.7°F | 70.4°F | 3.23 in | — | 10 |
| September | 72.3°F | 54.5°F | 63.4°F | 4.10 in | — | 11 |
| October | 59.6°F | 43.9°F | 51.7°F | 4.03 in | 0.9 in | 14 |
| November | 47.8°F | 34.2°F | 41.0°F | 3.50 in | 7.8 in | 14 |
| December | 37.2°F | 25.6°F | 31.4°F | 3.75 in | 25.3 in | 18 |
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