All-time weather records — Buffalo, WV

Record high
102.9°F
August 17, 2007
Record low
-18.0°F
January 20, 1994
Wettest day
4.05 in
April 16, 1939

Climate change signal in Buffalo

15.3%

of Buffalo's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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
3
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1940s
58
52
1950s
57
49
1960s
20
98
1970s
17
47
1980s
40
52
1990s
33
20
2000s
61
8
2010s
49
25
2020s
28
15

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 1939, the latest in 2025. Period of observation: 1938-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 80.1°F — Jan 9, 1946 -18.0°F — Jan 20, 1994 2.30 in — Jan 11, 1974
February 81.0°F — Feb 21, 2018 -9.0°F — Feb 20, 2015 2.36 in — Feb 17, 2023
March 89.1°F — Mar 24, 1982 0.0°F — Mar 5, 2015 2.35 in — Mar 6, 1967
April 93.0°F — Apr 17, 2002 18.0°F — Apr 1, 1964 4.05 in — Apr 16, 1939
May 96.1°F — May 18, 1982 27.0°F — May 10, 2020 2.65 in — May 7, 1967
June 102.0°F — Jun 11, 1999 36.0°F — Jun 11, 2004 2.90 in — Jun 10, 1982
July 102.0°F — Jul 17, 2024 48.0°F — Jul 1, 1988 3.05 in — Jul 2, 1986
August 102.9°F — Aug 17, 2007 43.0°F — Aug 30, 1986 3.92 in — Aug 27, 2005
September 102.0°F — Sep 3, 1953 34.0°F — Sep 21, 1962 3.55 in — Sep 22, 1950
October 96.1°F — Oct 7, 2007 21.0°F — Oct 21, 1952 3.34 in — Oct 21, 1983
November 87.1°F — Nov 3, 2003 7.0°F — Nov 25, 1950 4.00 in — Nov 13, 2003
December 80.1°F — Dec 6, 2001 -9.9°F — Dec 23, 1989 2.43 in — Dec 9, 1972

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