Buffalo, WY

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BUFFALO, WY US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Buffalo has an annual average temperature of 43.4°F with about 13.8 inches of precipitation per year and 42.7 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 82.8°F), and the coldest is January (average low 10.7°F). May is typically the wettest month (2.80 in) and December the driest (0.43 in). Snow typically falls from September through May.

Annual swing
44.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
7,908
Cooling need
129

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

26 of 366 (7.1%) 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.

1890s
0
1900s
40
1910s
16
1920s
21
1930s
25
1940s
0
1950s
23
1960s
50
1970s
35
1980s
67
1990s
27
2000s
24
2010s
28
2020s
10

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 36.0°F 10.7°F 23.4°F 0.44 in 6.6 in 5
February 36.5°F 11.9°F 24.2°F 0.53 in 7.4 in 7
March 46.5°F 19.9°F 33.2°F 0.72 in 6.5 in 6
April 53.4°F 27.6°F 40.5°F 1.49 in 4.2 in 8
May 62.4°F 37.0°F 49.7°F 2.80 in 0.9 in 12
June 73.0°F 45.9°F 59.5°F 2.16 in 10
July 82.8°F 53.1°F 68.0°F 1.39 in 8
August 81.8°F 50.8°F 66.3°F 0.75 in 6
September 71.8°F 41.7°F 56.7°F 1.28 in 0.7 in 6
October 57.2°F 29.6°F 43.4°F 1.25 in 3.5 in 7
November 44.9°F 19.4°F 32.1°F 0.51 in 5.9 in 5
December 36.3°F 11.0°F 23.7°F 0.43 in 7.0 in 5

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