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Buffalo Threshold Days by Year

4 fixed thresholds counted per year at Buffalo (ASN00085183): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Buffalo Thresholds

  • Buffalo: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 42 years, most in 1970 with 45.
  • Buffalo: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 41 years, most in 2012 with 12.
  • Buffalo: days with 50 mm (1.97 in) or more of precipitation in 14 years, most in 1970 with 3.
  • Buffalo: days with 100 mm (3.94 in) or more of precipitation in 1 years, most in 2005 with 1.
  • 4 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Buffalo.
42 years with a qualifying day
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Buffalo Days per year at Buffalo with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 45 in 1970. 02040601970: 451971: 321972: 181973: 361974: 331975: 331976: 241977: 311978: 411979: 281980: 331981: 331982: 221983: 331984: 361985: 331986: 371987: 271988: 321989: 371990: 321991: 391992: 311993: 401994: 271995: 331996: 311997: 231998: 281999: 252000: 262001: 352002: 212003: 302004: 322005: 242006: 252007: 352008: 242009: 312011: 372012: 34197019751980198519901995200020052011
Days per year at Buffalo with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation, with the decade average as a line. The most was 45 in 1970.
Days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation per year at Buffalo
YearDaysDecade average
19704532.1
19713232.1
19721832.1
19733632.1
19743332.1
19753332.1
19762432.1
19773132.1
19784132.1
19792832.1
19803332.3
19813332.3
19822232.3
19833332.3
19843632.3
19853332.3
19863732.3
19872732.3
19883232.3
19893732.3
19903230.9
19913930.9
19923130.9
19934030.9
19942730.9
19953330.9
19963130.9
19972330.9
19982830.9
19992530.9
20002628.3
20013528.3
20022128.3
20033028.3
20043228.3
20052428.3
20062528.3
20073528.3
20082428.3
20093128.3
20113735.5
20123435.5
First to last qualifying date each year at Buffalo For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Buffalo meeting 10 mm (0.39 in). 1970: 2 January 1970 to 30 December 19701971: 29 January 1971 to 31 December 19711972: 1 January 1972 to 26 November 19721973: 13 January 1973 to 31 December 19731974: 6 February 1974 to 28 December 19741975: 11 January 1975 to 24 November 19751976: 25 January 1976 to 16 December 19761977: 15 January 1977 to 11 November 19771978: 24 January 1978 to 14 December 19781979: 21 January 1979 to 24 October 19791980: 3 January 1980 to 14 December 19801981: 28 January 1981 to 13 December 19811982: 25 January 1982 to 9 December 19821983: 1 January 1983 to 1 December 19831984: 16 January 1984 to 20 December 19841985: 5 March 1985 to 23 December 19851986: 9 January 1986 to 17 December 19861987: 3 January 1987 to 2 December 19871988: 1 January 1988 to 26 December 19881989: 4 January 1989 to 27 December 19891990: 28 March 1990 to 20 December 19901991: 4 January 1991 to 31 December 19911992: 6 February 1992 to 22 December 19921993: 17 January 1993 to 30 December 19931994: 5 January 1994 to 22 December 19941995: 6 January 1995 to 19 December 19951996: 1 January 1996 to 20 October 19961997: 16 January 1997 to 14 November 19971998: 25 January 1998 to 28 December 19981999: 7 January 1999 to 28 December 19992000: 4 January 2000 to 23 December 20002001: 27 January 2001 to 7 December 20012002: 22 January 2002 to 5 December 20022003: 31 January 2003 to 22 December 20032004: 5 January 2004 to 9 December 20042005: 5 January 2005 to 7 December 20052006: 2 January 2006 to 25 December 20062007: 21 January 2007 to 24 December 20072008: 21 February 2008 to 14 December 20082009: 23 January 2009 to 18 December 20092011: 5 February 2011 to 25 December 20112012: 8 January 2012 to 20 December 20121970197619821988199420002006JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Buffalo meeting 10 mm (0.39 in).
First to last qualifying date each year at Buffalo
YearFirst dateLast date
19701970-01-021970-12-30
19711971-01-291971-12-31
19721972-01-011972-11-26
19731973-01-131973-12-31
19741974-02-061974-12-28
19751975-01-111975-11-24
19761976-01-251976-12-16
19771977-01-151977-11-11
19781978-01-241978-12-14
19791979-01-211979-10-24
19801980-01-031980-12-14
19811981-01-281981-12-13
19821982-01-251982-12-09
19831983-01-011983-12-01
19841984-01-161984-12-20
19851985-03-051985-12-23
19861986-01-091986-12-17
19871987-01-031987-12-02
19881988-01-011988-12-26
19891989-01-041989-12-27
19901990-03-281990-12-20
19911991-01-041991-12-31
19921992-02-061992-12-22
19931993-01-171993-12-30
19941994-01-051994-12-22
19951995-01-061995-12-19
19961996-01-011996-10-20
19971997-01-161997-11-14
19981998-01-251998-12-28
19991999-01-071999-12-28
20002000-01-042000-12-23
20012001-01-272001-12-07
20022002-01-222002-12-05
20032003-01-312003-12-22
20042004-01-052004-12-09
20052005-01-052005-12-07
20062006-01-022006-12-25
20072007-01-212007-12-24
20082008-02-212008-12-14
20092009-01-232009-12-18
20112011-02-052011-12-25
20122012-01-082012-12-20

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Buffalo
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain4245197034
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain4112201212
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain14319702
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain1120051

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1970.

Download the Data

  • Data for Buffalo threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).