Buffalo Threshold Days by Year (USC00481165)

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Buffalo (USC00481165): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Buffalo Thresholds

Buffalo: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 76 years, most in 1970 with 217.
Buffalo: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 76 years, most in 1978 with 96.
Buffalo: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -20 C (-4 F) in 75 years, most in 1978 with 34.
Buffalo: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 74 years, most in 1988 with 76.
17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Buffalo.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

74 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Buffalo with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 76 in 1988.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Buffalo
Year	Days	Decade average
1901	39	28.2
1902	22	28.2
1903	21	28.2
1904	19	28.2
1905	25	28.2
1909	43	28.2
1918	23	44
1919	65	44
1925	20	20.6
1926	26	20.6
1927	21	20.6
1928	11	20.6
1929	25	20.6
1930	25	40.2
1931	39	40.2
1932	32	40.2
1933	46	40.2
1936	59	40.2
1957	52	52
1958	39	52
1959	65	52
1960	59	48.4
1961	68	48.4
1962	39	48.4
1963	60	48.4
1964	34	48.4
1965	24	48.4
1966	70	48.4
1967	41	48.4
1968	28	48.4
1969	61	48.4
1970	68	47.6
1971	59	47.6
1974	52	47.6
1975	31	47.6
1976	53	47.6
1977	34	47.6
1978	40	47.6
1979	44	47.6
1980	44	54.8
1981	40	54.8
1982	55	54.8
1983	64	54.8
1988	76	54.8
1989	50	54.8
1990	43	39.4
1991	47	39.4
1992	18	39.4
1993	16	39.4
1994	53	39.4
1995	47	39.4
1996	51	39.4
1997	30	39.4
1998	51	39.4
1999	38	39.4
2000	42	38.1
2001	44	38.1
2002	41	38.1
2003	46	38.1
2004	23	38.1
2005	38	38.1
2006	48	38.1
2007	49	38.1
2008	27	38.1
2009	23	38.1
2012	56	34.4
2013	40	34.4
2014	23	34.4
2015	38	34.4
2016	36	34.4
2017	34	34.4
2018	26	34.4
2019	22	34.4
2020	37	37

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Buffalo meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Buffalo
Year	First date	Last date
1901	1901-05-01	1901-09-02
1902	1902-06-09	1902-09-14
1903	1903-06-17	1903-08-31
1904	1904-06-21	1904-09-09
1905	1905-06-27	1905-09-23
1909	1909-06-18	1909-09-26
1918	1918-06-09	1918-08-26
1919	1919-05-27	1919-09-01
1925	1925-05-29	1925-08-31
1926	1926-06-26	1926-08-31
1927	1927-04-27	1927-10-19
1928	1928-07-15	1928-09-10
1929	1929-06-28	1929-09-20
1930	1930-06-11	1930-08-23
1931	1931-05-14	1931-09-08
1932	1932-06-22	1932-09-08
1933	1933-06-01	1933-09-17
1936	1936-05-05	1936-09-22
1957	1957-06-05	1957-10-01
1958	1958-05-20	1958-09-22
1959	1959-06-05	1959-09-14
1960	1960-05-12	1960-09-20
1961	1961-05-10	1961-09-16
1962	1962-06-26	1962-09-06
1963	1963-06-27	1963-10-05
1964	1964-05-17	1964-09-17
1965	1965-07-07	1965-08-28
1966	1966-05-04	1966-09-23
1967	1967-05-23	1967-09-29
1968	1968-06-02	1968-09-13
1969	1969-05-24	1969-09-21
1970	1970-05-17	1970-09-08
1971	1971-06-18	1971-09-14
1974	1974-06-13	1974-09-26
1975	1975-06-24	1975-08-28
1976	1976-06-02	1976-10-01
1977	1977-06-01	1977-09-05
1978	1978-05-15	1978-09-27
1979	1979-06-11	1979-09-26
1980	1980-04-21	1980-09-30
1981	1981-04-25	1981-09-19
1982	1982-05-02	1982-09-10
1983	1983-05-25	1983-09-26
1988	1988-05-13	1988-09-07
1989	1989-06-15	1989-09-30
1990	1990-06-10	1990-09-13
1991	1991-06-11	1991-09-07
1992	1992-05-18	1992-10-01
1993	1993-07-28	1993-09-12
1994	1994-06-06	1994-09-10
1995	1995-06-13	1995-09-05
1996	1996-06-08	1996-09-05
1997	1997-07-08	1997-09-15
1998	1998-07-05	1998-09-18
1999	1999-06-19	1999-08-31
2000	2000-06-08	2000-09-17
2001	2001-05-14	2001-09-29
2002	2002-06-25	2002-09-17
2003	2003-07-01	2003-09-06
2004	2004-06-07	2004-09-19
2005	2005-06-18	2005-09-10
2006	2006-05-23	2006-09-15
2007	2007-05-13	2007-09-23
2008	2008-07-01	2008-08-31
2009	2009-05-19	2009-09-30
2012	2012-06-05	2012-09-15
2013	2013-05-14	2013-09-18
2014	2014-05-29	2014-09-28
2015	2015-06-28	2015-09-28
2016	2016-06-08	2016-09-03
2017	2017-05-07	2017-09-13
2018	2018-05-27	2018-09-16
2019	2019-06-07	2019-09-17
2020	2020-06-01	2020-09-25

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Buffalo
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	74	76	1988	37
35 C (95 F): Days	70	37	1983	1
40 C (104 F): Days	7	3	1983	3
90 F (32.2 C): Days	74	52	1988	16
100 F (37.8 C): Days	30	13	1983	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	74	69	1978	33
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	76	217	1970	169
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	76	96	1978	60
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	75	34	1978	5
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	39	5	1936	2
-40 C (-40 F): Days with min	1	1	1930	1
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	29	8	1983	2
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	74	16	1909	8
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	55	6	2005	2
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	11	2	1963	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	30	6	1996	2
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	4	2	1989	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1901.

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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 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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

Buffalo Threshold Days by Year (USC00481165)

Key Facts for Buffalo Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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