All-time weather records — Buffalo, KS

Record high
116.1°F
July 18, 1936
Record low
-23.1°F
January 30, 1949
Wettest day
8.92 in
April 8, 1927

Climate change signal in Buffalo

12.3%

of Buffalo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (45 of 366 records since 2015).

4.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (15 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
5
8
1900s
23
17
1910s
62
48
1920s
26
31
1930s
76
32
1940s
10
36
1950s
38
39
1960s
27
23
1970s
6
30
1980s
11
26
1990s
9
19
2000s
19
29
2010s
20
16
2020s
34
12

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1897, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1894-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 75.0°F — Jan 24, 1950 -23.1°F — Jan 30, 1949 2.04 in — Jan 30, 1975
February 84.0°F — Feb 27, 2024 -21.8°F — Feb 16, 2021 3.47 in — Feb 18, 1911
March 95.0°F — Mar 21, 1916 -4.0°F — Mar 11, 1948 4.10 in — Mar 13, 1922
April 96.1°F — Apr 14, 1936 14.0°F — Apr 3, 1936 8.92 in — Apr 8, 1927
May 99.0°F — May 31, 1934 28.0°F — May 1, 1909 7.87 in — May 26, 1990
June 108.0°F — Jun 20, 1918 37.9°F — Jun 20, 1926 5.87 in — Jun 25, 2021
July 116.1°F — Jul 18, 1936 48.0°F — Jul 3, 1924 6.97 in — Jul 29, 2013
August 113.0°F — Aug 9, 1936 35.1°F — Aug 9, 1918 5.30 in — Aug 4, 1911
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 2000 30.0°F — Sep 30, 1984 6.06 in — Sep 12, 1898
October 98.1°F — Oct 7, 1963 17.1°F — Oct 31, 1993 6.66 in — Oct 3, 1986
November 89.1°F — Nov 6, 1915 1.0°F — Nov 16, 1932 4.07 in — Nov 20, 1979
December 80.1°F — Dec 24, 2021 -17.0°F — Dec 22, 1989 2.21 in — Dec 19, 1933

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