42.940°N, 78.736°W · station BUFthr · 1873–2026 · 154 years of record
The Almanac Ribbon
Every day of the year at Buffalo: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
Record highRecord lowNormal high–low band (1991–2020)hottest ever 99°F · coldest ever -20°F
Records by Month
Month
Record high
Record low
Jan
72°Jan 25, 1950
-16°Jan 17, 1982
Feb
71°Feb 26, 2000
-20°Feb 9, 1934
Mar
82°Mar 21, 2012
-7°Mar 8, 1984
Apr
94°Apr 28, 1990
5°Apr 1, 1923
May
94°May 22, 1911
25°May 4, 1926
Jun
97°Jun 29, 1933
35°Jun 1, 1945
Jul
98°Jul 9, 2020
43°Jul 11, 1945
Aug
99°Aug 27, 1948
38°Aug 30, 1965
Sep
98°Sep 3, 1953
32°Sep 23, 1947
Oct
92°Oct 2, 1927
20°Oct 29, 1965
Nov
80°Nov 3, 1961
2°Nov 30, 1875
Dec
74°Dec 3, 1982
-10°Dec 25, 1980
All-time
99°Aug 27, 1948
-20°Feb 9, 1934
Longest-Standing Records
The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power Buffalo on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.
Oldest-standing record highs
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Jan 4
66°
1874
152yrs
Dec 30
62°
1875
151yrs
Jan 2
60°
1876
150yrs
Aug 21
87°
1877
149yrs
Oct 6
82°
1879
147yrs
Feb 16
64°
1883
143yrs
Feb 17
61°
1883
143yrs
Apr 13
83°
1883
143yrs
Sep 10
88°
1884
142yrs
May 1
84°
1887
139yrs
May 17
89°
1889
137yrs
Feb 5
60°
1890
136yrs
Oldest-standing record lows
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Apr 3
14°
1874
152yrs
Apr 11
20°
1874
152yrs
Apr 28
29°
1874
152yrs
Apr 29
28°
1874
152yrs
Aug 3
48°
1874
152yrs
Apr 15
20°
1875
151yrs
Apr 16
15°
1875
151yrs
Apr 17
14°
1875
151yrs
Apr 18
21°
1875
151yrs
Jun 12
41°
1875
151yrs
Nov 2
22°
1875
151yrs
Nov 28
4°
1875
151yrs
All-Time Extremes
Hottest ever
99°F
1948-08-27
Coldest ever
-20°F
1934-02-09
Longest heat streak
8 days
≥ 90°F · ended 2020-07-10
The Warming Trend
Buffalo's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
Days Above / Below the Mark
1 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 3 · record 20 in 1955
84 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 128 · record 161 in 1962
The Full Record
Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.