Buffalo, NY Weather & Climate Normals
Buffalo's real weather, in one number
Buffalo, NY scores 49/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 5 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Buffalo's hottest and coldest months
Buffalo's hottest month is Jul, averaging 71°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 24°F, a 46.8°F swing across the year, one of the widest gaps in this dataset.
Rain and snow in Buffalo
Over a typical year, Buffalo sees about 32.97in of precipitation a year across roughly 154 days with measurable rain or snow. That station has no snowfall reading, so none is shown rather than assumed.
Where Buffalo ranks
Buffalo ranks 2016 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 66 of 170 within NY. About 276,617 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from NIAGARA FALLS INTL AP, NY US, 15.5 miles from Buffalo, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · What a 30-year climate normal actually is