All-time weather records — Buffalo, MO

Record high
109.0°F
July 18, 1980
Record low
-29.9°F
February 16, 2021
Wettest day
6.05 in
August 13, 1946

Climate change signal in Buffalo

20.8%

of Buffalo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (76 of 366 records since 2015).

14.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (53 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 #
1930s
20
8
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
64
54
1970s
45
59
1980s
72
100
1990s
25
37
2000s
29
29
2010s
65
49
2020s
46
30

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 1931, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1931-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 73.9°F — Jan 7, 1965 -18.9°F — Jan 11, 1977 3.96 in — Jan 5, 2005
February 82.0°F — Feb 28, 2024 -29.9°F — Feb 16, 2021 3.22 in — Feb 23, 1985
March 84.9°F — Mar 21, 2017 -4.0°F — Mar 4, 1978 4.10 in — Mar 10, 1974
April 91.0°F — Apr 20, 1987 14.0°F — Apr 8, 2007 5.06 in — Apr 30, 2017
May 93.0°F — May 13, 2022 27.0°F — May 2, 2005 5.06 in — May 5, 2022
June 102.0°F — Jun 30, 2023 36.0°F — Jun 10, 1988 5.03 in — Jun 18, 1942
July 109.0°F — Jul 18, 1980 44.1°F — Jul 21, 1970 4.85 in — Jul 6, 1949
August 107.1°F — Aug 3, 2011 39.0°F — Aug 29, 1988 6.05 in — Aug 13, 1946
September 100.0°F — Sep 1, 2011 24.1°F — Sep 24, 1989 5.40 in — Sep 14, 2008
October 95.0°F — Oct 7, 1963 14.0°F — Oct 19, 2022 4.85 in — Oct 5, 1941
November 82.9°F — Nov 2, 2016 1.0°F — Nov 18, 2014 4.35 in — Nov 7, 1996
December 78.1°F — Dec 26, 2025 -27.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 5.22 in — Dec 27, 2015

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