New York · THREADEX · 1873–2026
Buffalo, NY
42.940°N, 78.736°W · station BUFthr · 154 years of record
65°F
COLDEST JUL 17 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Buffalo.
This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks
#91 / 152
coldest Jul 17 in 152 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 17 ever
50°F
set in 1884
Mildest Jul 17 ever
77°F
set in 2013
Coldest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 17 at Buffalo. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
| Forecast low · Jul 17 | 65°F |
| Coldest this date since | 2025 |
| This-date record | 50°F |
| This-date rank | #91 of 152 |
| Coldest at any time since | 2026 |
| All-time record | -20°F (1934) |
| Odds to tie/break | 0.0% (daily) |
| Period of record | 1873–2026 |
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.
| Month | Record High | Record Low |
|---|
| Jan | 72°F1950 | -16°F1982 |
| Feb | 71°F2000 | -20°F1934 |
| Mar | 82°F2012 | -7°F1984 |
| Apr | 94°F1990 | 5°F1923 |
| May | 94°F1911 | 25°F1926 |
| Jun | 97°F1933 | 35°F1945 |
| Jul | 98°F2020 | 43°F1945 |
| Aug | 99°F1948 | 38°F1965 |
| Sep | 98°F1953 | 32°F1947 |
| Oct | 92°F1927 | 20°F1965 |
| Nov | 80°F1961 | 2°F1875 |
| Dec | 74°F1982 | -10°F1980 |
| All-time | 99°F1948 | -20°F1934 |
Records set or tied at Buffalo so far this year — through Jul 11.
No daily records set or tied yet at Buffalo in 2026.
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
Normal low & low by month, from Buffalo's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 64°F · forecast is +2° vs normal.
Sun & Daylight Today
| Sunrise | 4:48 AM |
| Sunset | 7:53 PM |
| Solar noon | 12:20 PM |
| Daylight | 15h 06m · losing 8 min/wk |
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location
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.
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.
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.
How many days a year hit a given low at Buffalo — counted through Jul 17 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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