All-time weather records — Buffalo, MN

Record high
105.1°F
July 31, 1988
Record low
-38.0°F
January 9, 1977
Wettest day
6.35 in
June 25, 2003

Climate change signal in Buffalo

0%

of Buffalo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1940s
·
·
1950s
6
7
1960s
80
119
1970s
60
88
1980s
100
57
1990s
49
67
2000s
47
24
2010s
24
4

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 1959, the latest in 2012. Period of observation: 1940-2013.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 55.9°F — Jan 24, 1981 -38.0°F — Jan 9, 1977 1.12 in — Jan 18, 1996
February 60.1°F — Feb 26, 1998 -36.0°F — Feb 2, 1996 3.00 in — Feb 19, 2005
March 81.0°F — Mar 30, 1968 -36.0°F — Mar 1, 1962 1.40 in — Mar 17, 1965
April 93.9°F — Apr 21, 1980 3.0°F — Apr 4, 1995 2.88 in — Apr 23, 2001
May 95.0°F — May 15, 2001 19.0°F — May 3, 1967 4.77 in — May 24, 2012
June 102.0°F — Jun 24, 1988 34.0°F — Jun 1, 1999 6.35 in — Jun 25, 2003
July 105.1°F — Jul 31, 1988 42.1°F — Jul 1, 1969 5.45 in — Jul 12, 1961
August 102.0°F — Aug 1, 1988 39.0°F — Aug 27, 1986 4.58 in — Aug 22, 1999
September 96.1°F — Sep 7, 1976 25.0°F — Sep 26, 1965 6.31 in — Sep 6, 2002
October 89.1°F — Oct 4, 1997 14.0°F — Oct 19, 1972 3.73 in — Oct 10, 1973
November 77.0°F — Nov 9, 1999 -16.1°F — Nov 26, 1977 3.00 in — Nov 3, 2003
December 64.0°F — Dec 2, 1998 -33.0°F — Dec 19, 1983 1.12 in — Dec 16, 1984

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Buffalo.