42.940°N, 78.736°W · station BUFthr · 154 years of record
83°F
HOTTEST SEP 2 SINCE 2022
forecast high · Sep 2
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Buffalo.
This Day in History
Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Buffalo — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
Ranks
#32 / 153
warmest Sep 1 in 153 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 1 ever
95°F
set in 1900
Coolest Sep 1 ever
58°F
set in 1909
Forecast high 82°F — 32nd warmest Sep 1 of 153 years · record 95°F (1900) · warmest since 2020.
Ranks
#20 / 152
warmest Sep 2 in 152 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 2 ever
93°F
set in 1953
Coolest Sep 2 ever
61°F
set in 1885
Forecast high 83°F — 20th warmest Sep 2 of 152 years · record 93°F (1953) · warmest since 2022.
Ranks
#33 / 153
warmest Sep 3 in 153 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 3 ever
98°F
set in 1953
Coolest Sep 3 ever
59°F
set in 1974
Forecast high 81°F — 33rd warmest Sep 3 of 153 years · record 98°F (1953) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#45 / 153
warmest Sep 4 in 153 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 4 ever
94°F
set in 1953
Coolest Sep 4 ever
62°F
set in 1885
Forecast high 78°F — 45th warmest Sep 4 of 153 years · record 94°F (1953) · warmest since 2023.
Ranks
#65 / 153
warmest Sep 5 in 153 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 5 ever
90°F
set in 2018
Coolest Sep 5 ever
60°F
set in 1885
Forecast high 76°F — 65th warmest Sep 5 of 153 years · record 90°F (2018) · warmest since 2024.
Ranks
#58 / 152
warmest Sep 6 in 152 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 6 ever
93°F
set in 1945
Coolest Sep 6 ever
60°F
set in 1885
Forecast high 77°F — 58th warmest Sep 6 of 152 years · record 93°F (1945) · warmest since 2024.
Ranks
#53 / 153
warmest Sep 7 in 153 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 7 ever
91°F
set in 2007
Coolest Sep 7 ever
60°F
set in 1873
Forecast high 76°F — 53rd warmest Sep 7 of 153 years · record 91°F (2007) · warmest since 2024.
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Buffalo in each calendar month, and for the whole 1873–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month
Record High
Record Low
Jan
72°FJan 25, 1950
-16°FJan 17, 1982
Feb
71°FFeb 26, 2000
-20°FFeb 9, 1934
Mar
82°FMar 21, 2012
-7°FMar 8, 1984
Apr
94°FApr 28, 1990
5°FApr 1, 1923
May
94°FMay 22, 1911
25°FMay 4, 1926
Jun
97°FJun 29, 1933
35°FJun 1, 1945
Jul
98°FJul 9, 2020
43°FJul 11, 1945
Aug
99°FAug 27, 1948
38°FAug 30, 1965
Sep
98°FSep 3, 1953
32°FSep 23, 1947
Oct
92°FOct 2, 1927
20°FOct 29, 1965
Nov
80°FNov 3, 1961
2°FNov 30, 1875
Dec
74°FDec 3, 1982
-10°FDec 25, 1980
All-time
99°FAug 27, 1948
-20°FFeb 9, 1934
2026 Records So Far
Records set or tied at Buffalo so far this year — through Aug 30.
No daily records set or tied yet at Buffalo in 2026.
Record Warm Nights & Cold Days
Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.
Warmest low ever
79°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 1, 2006
Coldest high ever
-3°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 11, 1885
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
57°FJan 21, 1906
-2°FJan 17, 1982
Feb
51°FFeb 15, 1954
-3°FFeb 11, 1885
Mar
60°FMar 29, 1905
4°FMar 17, 1885
Apr
66°FApr 29, 1990
21°FApr 4, 1879
May
71°FMay 31, 2006
36°FMay 4, 1926
Jun
77°FJun 4, 1919
46°FJun 3, 1926
Jul
78°FJul 4, 1897
58°FJul 2, 1885
Aug
79°FAug 1, 2006
57°FAug 30, 1935
Sep
78°FSep 6, 1881
44°FSep 30, 1924
Oct
73°FOct 3, 1898
32°FOct 31, 1906
Nov
63°FNov 8, 1945
8°FNov 30, 1875
Dec
60°FDec 3, 1982
0°FDec 29, 1917
All-time
79°FAug 1, 2006
-3°FFeb 11, 1885
Hot Streaks
Current run
0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever
8 days
record run, ended Jul 10 2020
So far in 2026
1 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal high & low by month, from Buffalo's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 77°F · forecast is +6° vs normal.
Buffalo's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
2026 So Far
Every day this year against Buffalo's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.