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Buffalo, NY

42.940°N, 78.736°W · station BUFthr · 154 years of record
57°F
forecast low · Sep 8

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Buffalo.
69°WED9/270°THU9/363°FRI9/460°SAT9/558°SUN9/658°MON9/757°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Buffalo — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#82 / 153
coldest Sep 8 in 153 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 8 ever

39°F
set in 1986

Mildest Sep 8 ever

73°F
set in 2001
Forecast low 57°F — 82nd coldest Sep 8 of 153 years · record 39°F (1986) · coldest since 2025.
1873: 50°F1874: 67°F1875: 59°F1876: 55°F1877: 54°F1878: 67°F1879: 53°F1880: 55°F1881: 64°F1882: 54°F1883: 44°F1884: 72°F1885: 52°F1886: 69°F1887: 51°F1888: 46°F1889: 55°F1890: 56°F1891: 50°F1892: 48°F1893: 54°F1894: 66°F1895: 55°F1896: 54°F1897: 63°F1898: 58°F1899: 59°F1900: 53°F1901: 55°F1902: 62°F1903: 54°F1904: 50°F1905: 58°F1906: 68°F1907: 58°F1908: 52°F1909: 51°F1910: 62°F1911: 54°F1912: 68°F1913: 60°F1914: 47°F1915: 69°F1916: 68°F1917: 48°F1918: 57°F1919: 70°F1920: 61°F1921: 61°F1922: 70°F1923: 59°F1924: 52°F1925: 54°F1926: 56°F1927: 56°F1928: 55°F1929: 64°F1930: 55°F1931: 59°F1932: 51°F1933: 63°F1934: 57°F1935: 57°F1936: 67°F1937: 57°F1938: 49°F1939: 64°F1940: 58°F1941: 52°F1942: 61°F1943: 57°F1944: 52°F1945: 69°F1946: 56°F1947: 66°F1948: 66°F1949: 47°F1950: 58°F1951: 42°F1952: 47°F1953: 51°F1954: 57°F1955: 43°F1956: 51°F1957: 46°F1958: 53°F1959: 72°F1960: 59°F1961: 55°F1962: 47°F1963: 57°F1964: 56°F1965: 56°F1966: 49°F1967: 61°F1968: 54°F1969: 55°F1970: 59°F1971: 68°F1972: 60°F1973: 51°F1974: 60°F1975: 54°F1976: 53°F1977: 54°F1978: 50°F1979: 46°F1980: 53°F1981: 55°F1982: 45°F1983: 54°F1984: 42°F1985: 69°F1986: 39°F1987: 66°F1988: 46°F1989: 66°F1990: 48°F1991: 63°F1992: 65°F1993: 51°F1994: 62°F1995: 50°F1996: 67°F1997: 53°F1998: 52°F1999: 63°F2000: 49°F2001: 73°F2002: 62°F2003: 55°F2004: 63°F2005: 60°F2006: 57°F2007: 69°F2008: 53°F2009: 62°F2010: 56°F2011: 63°F2012: 64°F2013: 51°F2014: 53°F2015: 72°F2016: 71°F2017: 51°F2018: 51°F2019: 55°F2020: 66°F2021: 64°F2022: 59°F2023: 63°F2024: 49°F2025: 46°F57° forecast354045505560657075188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 857°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record39°F
This-date rank#82 of 153
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-20°F (1934)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1873–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Buffalo in each calendar month, and for the whole 1873–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan72°FJan 25, 1950-16°FJan 17, 1982
Feb71°FFeb 26, 2000-20°FFeb 9, 1934
Mar82°FMar 21, 2012-7°FMar 8, 1984
Apr94°FApr 28, 19905°FApr 1, 1923
May94°FMay 22, 191125°FMay 4, 1926
Jun97°FJun 29, 193335°FJun 1, 1945
Jul98°FJul 9, 202043°FJul 11, 1945
Aug99°FAug 27, 194838°FAug 30, 1965
Sep98°FSep 3, 195332°FSep 23, 1947
Oct92°FOct 2, 192720°FOct 29, 1965
Nov80°FNov 3, 19612°FNov 30, 1875
Dec74°FDec 3, 1982-10°FDec 25, 1980
All-time99°FAug 27, 1948-20°FFeb 9, 1934

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Buffalo so far this year — through Aug 30.
No daily records set or tied yet at Buffalo in 2026.

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

79°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 1, 2006

Coldest high ever

-3°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 11, 1885
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan57°FJan 21, 1906-2°FJan 17, 1982
Feb51°FFeb 15, 1954-3°FFeb 11, 1885
Mar60°FMar 29, 19054°FMar 17, 1885
Apr66°FApr 29, 199021°FApr 4, 1879
May71°FMay 31, 200636°FMay 4, 1926
Jun77°FJun 4, 191946°FJun 3, 1926
Jul78°FJul 4, 189758°FJul 2, 1885
Aug79°FAug 1, 200657°FAug 30, 1935
Sep78°FSep 6, 188144°FSep 30, 1924
Oct73°FOct 3, 189832°FOct 31, 1906
Nov63°FNov 8, 19458°FNov 30, 1875
Dec60°FDec 3, 19820°FDec 29, 1917
All-time79°FAug 1, 2006-3°FFeb 11, 1885

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

105 days
record run, ended Mar 19 1959

So far in 2026

84 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Buffalo's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 58°F · forecast is -1° vs normal.
Jan: 32°FJan: 19°FFeb: 34°FFeb: 20°FMar: 42°FMar: 26°FApr: 55°FApr: 36°FMay: 68°FMay: 48°FJun: 76°FJun: 58°FJul: 80°FJul: 63°FAug: 79°FAug: 62°FSep: 72°FSep: 54°FOct: 60°FOct: 44°FNov: 48°FNov: 34°FDec: 37°FDec: 26°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:39 AM
Sunset6:50 PM
Solar noon12:15 PM
Daylight13h 11m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

42.94°N, 78.74°W

Nearby Stations

Rochester, NY54 mi EErie, PA94 mi SWSyracuse, NY133 mi EBinghamton, NY149 mi EWilliamsport, PA149 mi SEYoungstown, OH153 mi SW

The Last 6 Weeks

Buffalo's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Buffalo, NY — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Buffalo's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Buffalo, NY — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1873

Each cell is one day's low at Buffalo, coloured by temperature — 154 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Buffalo, NY daily low heat map 1873–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Buffalo — counted through Sep 8 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
84 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 101st most in 154 years. Normal for this point: 88. Record: 113 in 1926.

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