All-time weather records — Buffalo, SD

Record high
111.0°F
June 26, 2012
Record low
-30.8°F
January 13, 2024
Wettest day
2.58 in
May 28, 2001

Climate change signal in Buffalo

47%

of Buffalo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (172 of 366 records since 2015).

30.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (113 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 #
1990s
19
18
2000s
132
160
2010s
103
114
2020s
112
74

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 1998, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1998-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 69.1°F — Jan 27, 2015 -30.8°F — Jan 13, 2024 0.37 in — Jan 4, 2025
February 72.0°F — Feb 4, 2005 -26.9°F — Feb 11, 2025 0.66 in — Feb 16, 2019
March 82.9°F — Mar 28, 2015 -24.9°F — Mar 2, 2014 0.80 in — Mar 18, 2003
April 90.0°F — Apr 28, 2001 -0.8°F — Apr 3, 2020 1.38 in — Apr 27, 2025
May 93.0°F — May 12, 2025 19.2°F — May 1, 2013 2.58 in — May 28, 2001
June 111.0°F — Jun 26, 2012 33.1°F — Jun 2, 2000 1.29 in — Jun 18, 1998
July 111.0°F — Jul 27, 2021 43.0°F — Jul 12, 2008 1.57 in — Jul 21, 2010
August 106.0°F — Aug 12, 2018 36.0°F — Aug 23, 2015 1.57 in — Aug 23, 2014
September 105.1°F — Sep 4, 2022 24.1°F — Sep 24, 2000 2.29 in — Sep 10, 2003
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2011 -2.7°F — Oct 26, 2020 1.55 in — Oct 4, 1998
November 82.9°F — Nov 7, 1999 -12.8°F — Nov 24, 2010 1.16 in — Nov 1, 2000
December 71.1°F — Dec 1, 2021 -27.8°F — Dec 7, 2013 0.63 in — Dec 1, 2018

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