Statistics Buffalo Weather Station 2019-2023

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Buffalo Weather Station (K2WX) between 2019 and 2023.

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VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

2,522nd best VFR conditions of United States

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 5 mi or more
Ceiling: 3,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met:

Visibility: 3⅛ mi or more
Ceiling: 1,000 ft or more

Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.6	2	2	4	2	1
February	-2.7	3	2	-4	3	-10
March	6.5	2	9	12	10	2
April	12.7	14	10	15	13	14
May	20.1	23	19	20	19	16
June	27.1	27	25	31	28	25
July	31.5	30	32	34	31	28
August	30.3	30	33	32	32	28
September	25.2		28	28	24	24
October	14.9		17	17	16	10
November	7.1		4	11	9	6
December	2.0		-4	2	7	3
Average	15.1	16.4	15.4	16.9	16.2	12.3

1,843rd highest temperature of United States

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	-10.7	-8	-10	-6	-9	-8
February	-13.9	-8	-11	-15	-8	-19
March	-5.1	-8	-5	-3	-3	-7
April	-1.8	0	-2	0	-2	3
May	7.0	10	6	5	7	5
June	12.7	14	12	14	13	12
July	16.3	15	16	18	15	16
August	14.6	15	16	15	15	14
September	10.0		12	11	9	11
October	2.1		4	5	3	-1
November	-4.0		-7	-1	-4	-4
December	-9.8		-13	-10	-6	-6
Average	2.3	3.8	1.9	2.9	2.5	1.3

480th lowest temperature of United States

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
February	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
March	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
April	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
May	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
June	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
July	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
August	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
September	0.0		0	0	0	0
October	0.0		0	0	0	0
November	0.0		0	0	0	0
December	0.0		0	0	0	0
Average

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	12.1	9	16	12	12	12
February	12.1	12	15	14	12	9
March	12.6	11	16	13	13	12
April	14.2	14	19	13	15	14
May	12.1	10	14	11	14	12
June	11.1	9	11	11	12	11
July	9.7	10	10	10	9	9
August	9.9	11	9	11	11	11
September	11.4		10	11	13	12
October	14.1		13	13	14	16
November	13.1		15	14	13	14
December	12.3		12	13	13	11
Average	11.9	10.6	13.2	12.1	12.4	11.8

1,843rd highest wind speed of United States

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
January	288°	290°	290°	287°	281°
February	294°	295°	298°	283°	319°
March	004°	306°	294°	290°	308°
April	305°	317°	313°	306°	328°
May	106°	292°	111°	140°	040°
June	101°	278°	009°	295°	286°
July	308°	314°	124°	135°	118°
August	317°	343°	281°	021°	193°
September		303°	307°	295°	279°
October		305°	313°	292°	298°
November		288°	289°	278°	300°
December		313°	267°	289°	282°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.