Buffalo Threshold Days by Year (USW00014733)

16 fixed thresholds counted per year at Buffalo (USW00014733): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Buffalo Thresholds

Buffalo: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 88 years, most in 1955 with 42.
Buffalo: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 88 years, most in 1960 with 76.
Buffalo: nights with a minimum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 88 years, most in 1962 with 161.
Buffalo: nights with a minimum temperature at or below -10 C (14 F) in 88 years, most in 1978 with 53.
16 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Buffalo.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

88 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 42 in 1955.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Buffalo
Year	Days	Decade average
1939	19	19
1940	24	25.2
1941	23	25.2
1942	15	25.2
1943	17	25.2
1944	29	25.2
1945	28	25.2
1946	23	25.2
1947	34	25.2
1948	21	25.2
1949	38	25.2
1950	15	20.9
1951	15	20.9
1952	29	20.9
1953	27	20.9
1954	9	20.9
1955	42	20.9
1956	11	20.9
1957	15	20.9
1958	8	20.9
1959	38	20.9
1960	14	14.8
1961	11	14.8
1962	11	14.8
1963	20	14.8
1964	23	14.8
1965	8	14.8
1966	16	14.8
1967	19	14.8
1968	15	14.8
1969	11	14.8
1970	9	11.9
1971	7	11.9
1972	9	11.9
1973	16	11.9
1974	8	11.9
1975	16	11.9
1976	8	11.9
1977	12	11.9
1978	16	11.9
1979	18	11.9
1980	11	14.3
1981	5	14.3
1982	12	14.3
1983	31	14.3
1984	10	14.3
1985	9	14.3
1986	6	14.3
1987	21	14.3
1988	30	14.3
1989	8	14.3
1990	11	13.6
1991	25	13.6
1992	2	13.6
1993	22	13.6
1994	16	13.6
1995	26	13.6
1996	4	13.6
1997	2	13.6
1998	5	13.6
1999	23	13.6
2000	3	13.3
2001	20	13.3
2002	22	13.3
2003	2	13.3
2004	3	13.3
2005	29	13.3
2006	13	13.3
2007	25	13.3
2008	11	13.3
2009	5	13.3
2010	12	14.7
2011	13	14.7
2012	26	14.7
2013	10	14.7
2014	7	14.7
2015	14	14.7
2016	28	14.7
2017	8	14.7
2018	21	14.7
2019	8	14.7
2020	33	21.3
2021	26	21.3
2022	17	21.3
2023	14	21.3
2024	25	21.3
2025	24	21.3
2026	10	21.3

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
1939	1939-06-27	1939-09-16
1940	1940-05-15	1940-08-18
1941	1941-06-07	1941-09-09
1942	1942-05-01	1942-09-17
1943	1943-06-12	1943-09-06
1944	1944-05-25	1944-08-16
1945	1945-04-11	1945-09-10
1946	1946-06-25	1946-09-28
1947	1947-06-10	1947-09-11
1948	1948-06-03	1948-09-05
1949	1949-05-17	1949-08-26
1950	1950-05-05	1950-09-09
1951	1951-06-17	1951-10-04
1952	1952-06-08	1952-09-14
1953	1953-05-12	1953-09-04
1954	1954-06-09	1954-09-29
1955	1955-05-27	1955-09-17
1956	1956-06-15	1956-09-05
1957	1957-04-24	1957-08-03
1958	1958-07-05	1958-08-03
1959	1959-05-06	1959-09-28
1960	1960-06-27	1960-09-08
1961	1961-05-15	1961-09-14
1962	1962-05-19	1962-08-31
1963	1963-06-03	1963-07-28
1964	1964-06-09	1964-09-10
1965	1965-06-27	1965-09-22
1966	1966-06-06	1966-08-09
1967	1967-06-03	1967-08-17
1968	1968-06-07	1968-08-24
1969	1969-06-12	1969-08-16
1970	1970-05-01	1970-09-24
1971	1971-06-28	1971-09-06
1972	1972-07-12	1972-08-31
1973	1973-06-05	1973-09-05
1974	1974-05-14	1974-08-22
1975	1975-05-22	1975-08-03
1976	1976-06-10	1976-08-28
1977	1977-05-21	1977-08-28
1978	1978-05-27	1978-08-19
1979	1979-05-11	1979-09-05
1980	1980-05-23	1980-08-29
1981	1981-06-15	1981-07-19
1982	1982-07-06	1982-09-13
1983	1983-06-13	1983-09-06
1984	1984-06-08	1984-08-10
1985	1985-04-23	1985-08-18
1986	1986-04-28	1986-08-15
1987	1987-05-28	1987-08-17
1988	1988-06-19	1988-08-17
1989	1989-06-24	1989-08-05
1990	1990-04-28	1990-09-13
1991	1991-05-16	1991-09-16
1992	1992-05-12	1992-06-17
1993	1993-05-10	1993-09-14
1994	1994-04-15	1994-08-20
1995	1995-06-06	1995-08-31
1996	1996-08-05	1996-08-15
1997	1997-07-14	1997-08-09
1998	1998-05-16	1998-08-09
1999	1999-06-10	1999-09-04
2000	2000-06-14	2000-09-01
2001	2001-06-13	2001-09-09
2002	2002-06-20	2002-09-09
2003	2003-06-26	2003-08-13
2004	2004-07-04	2004-09-05
2005	2005-06-05	2005-08-26
2006	2006-05-30	2006-08-06
2007	2007-05-23	2007-10-05
2008	2008-04-19	2008-09-14
2009	2009-08-14	2009-08-20
2010	2010-07-05	2010-09-24
2011	2011-07-11	2011-09-03
2012	2012-05-20	2012-09-03
2013	2013-05-31	2013-09-11
2014	2014-06-17	2014-09-05
2015	2015-05-08	2015-09-08
2016	2016-05-28	2016-09-10
2017	2017-06-12	2017-09-26
2018	2018-05-30	2018-09-21
2019	2019-06-24	2019-08-20
2020	2020-05-26	2020-09-09
2021	2021-05-20	2021-08-29
2022	2022-05-12	2022-08-29
2023	2023-04-16	2023-09-06
2024	2024-05-20	2024-08-30
2025	2025-06-24	2025-08-16
2026	2026-05-18	2026-08-05

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	88	42	1955	10
35 C (95 F): Days	14	6	1988	2
90 F (32.2 C): Days	70	20	1955	1
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	88	76	1960	38
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	88	161	1962	84
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	88	53	1978	26
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	49	8	2015	3
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	88	32	2016	16
25 C (77 F): Days with min	5	3	1988	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	88	50	2011	30
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	88	13	1996	10
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	38	3	1963	1
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	2	1	1979	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	82	13	1985	3
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	39	6	2022	1
50 cm (19.7 in): Days with 50 cm or more snowfall	4	3	2001	2

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1939.

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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 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).

Buffalo Threshold Days by Year (USW00014733)

Key Facts for Buffalo Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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