Buffalo climate

Name: Buffalo
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Buffalo is warmest in July, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in February, when nights average -6.8 °C. July is the wettest month (103 mm) and February the driest (61 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Buffalo averages 1,026 mm of rain, 51 days above 25 °C and 107 days below freezing.

United States · 183 m elevation · population 258,071 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 26 °C
Coldest month February -6.8 °C
Driest month February 61 mm
Wettest month July 103 mm
Least cloud August 50 % cloud
Hottest on record July 34 °C
Coldest on record January -25 °C

What to expectBuffalo through the year

Buffalo has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 0.2 °C in February to 26 °C in July, a swing of 26 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 51 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C, 107 nights drop below freezing. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in July.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 61 mm in February to 103 mm in July. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	-0.4 °C	74 mm	80 %
February	0.2 °C	61 mm	72 %
March	4.6 °C	76 mm	66 %
April	11.3 °C	94 mm	63 %
May	18.4 °C	87 mm	60 %
June	23.4 °C	101 mm	56 %
July	25.6 °C	103 mm	50 %
August	24.8 °C	87 mm	50 %
September	21.5 °C	88 mm	53 %
October	14.7 °C	94 mm	61 %
November	8.2 °C	82 mm	70 %
December	2.8 °C	80 mm	78 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C	Days below 0 °C
January	-0.4 °C	-6.4 °C	-3.6 °C	15.9 °C	-24.8 °C	0	0	27
February	0.2 °C	-6.8 °C	-3.6 °C	18.9 °C	-22.1 °C	0	0	25
March	4.6 °C	-3.1 °C	0.3 °C	22.3 °C	-20.4 °C	0	0	22
April	11.3 °C	3.2 °C	6.9 °C	27.8 °C	-7.6 °C	0	0	6
May	18.4 °C	10.5 °C	14.2 °C	31.1 °C	-2.0 °C	2	0	0
June	23.4 °C	16.2 °C	19.6 °C	32.1 °C	6.8 °C	10	1	0
July	25.6 °C	19.0 °C	22.2 °C	34.0 °C	11.7 °C	18	1	0
August	24.8 °C	18.4 °C	21.4 °C	32.1 °C	9.4 °C	15	0	0
September	21.5 °C	14.9 °C	17.9 °C	30.8 °C	3.3 °C	6	0	0
October	14.7 °C	8.9 °C	11.5 °C	27.8 °C	-1.7 °C	0	0	0
November	8.2 °C	2.9 °C	5.2 °C	20.0 °C	-10.9 °C	0	0	7
December	2.8 °C	-2.3 °C	0.0 °C	17.2 °C	-19.1 °C	0	0	20

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	74 mm	12	9.4 h/day	80 %	76 %	26 km/h
February	61 mm	10	11 h/day	72 %	74 %	24 km/h
March	76 mm	11	12 h/day	66 %	72 %	22 km/h
April	94 mm	12	13 h/day	63 %	70 %	22 km/h
May	87 mm	12	15 h/day	60 %	70 %	20 km/h
June	101 mm	12	15 h/day	56 %	72 %	19 km/h
July	103 mm	12	15 h/day	50 %	72 %	18 km/h
August	87 mm	11	14 h/day	50 %	74 %	18 km/h
September	88 mm	9	13 h/day	53 %	73 %	19 km/h
October	94 mm	12	11 h/day	61 %	73 %	23 km/h
November	82 mm	12	9.7 h/day	70 %	73 %	24 km/h
December	80 mm	12	9.0 h/day	78 %	75 %	24 km/h

How Buffalo compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Buffalo	26 °C	-6.8 °C	1,026 mm	51
Hamilton · Canada	26 °C	-7.0 °C	913 mm	58
Mississauga · Canada	26 °C	-8.6 °C	881 mm	57
Toronto · Canada	25 °C	-8.1 °C	806 mm	43
Etobicoke · Canada	26 °C	-7.9 °C	804 mm	52
Rochester · United States	26 °C	-6.7 °C	1,045 mm	58
Oshawa · Canada	25 °C	-8.1 °C	892 mm	40

Where Buffalo ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The coolest places in North America in April	22ndof 50	11 °C
The coolest places in North America in March	22ndof 50	4.6 °C
The coolest places in North America year-round	25thof 50	13 °C
The coolest places in North America in February	27thof 50	0.2 °C
The coolest places in North America in May	28thof 50	18 °C
The coolest places in North America in January	29thof 50	-0.4 °C

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QuestionsCommon questions about Buffalo’s climate

When is the best time to visit Buffalo?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, September sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Buffalo get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average -6.8 °C in February, the coldest month. A normal year has 107 nights below freezing.

Which month is wettest in Buffalo?

July, averaging 103 mm over 12 days with rain. The driest month is February with 61 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,026 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Buffalo rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.