Buffalo Niagara International Airport

KBUF · New York, United States

Climate Buffalo Niagara International Airport 2020-2024

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Buffalo Niagara International Airport (KBUF) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.5 22 24 49 47 57
February 59.1 62 60 62 53 50
March 69.7 67 58 70 87 64
April 74.9 79 78 80 75
May 82.3 87 84 88 81
June 87.2 76 93 91 97
July 87.6 83 90 80 94
August 89.1 76 85 94 94
September 85.3 85 72 90 88
October 74.8 72 87 71 70
November 73.5 74 68 81 83
December 58.6 50 52 70 57
Average 72.7 50.0 69.7 76.0 79.3 77.8

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 72.6 48 71 74 89 84
February 81.0 82 86 81 78 74
March 84.9 85 80 77 95 89
April 89.0 94 92 91 88
May 91.1 97 90 95 89
June 94.0 86 97 96 98
July 96.7 95 98 91 99
August 98.3 94 99 98 99
September 96.0 99 87 99 97
October 90.6 94 98 81 92
November 91.3 92 86 93 93
December 83.3 81 77 87 86
Average 87.8 71.4 89.5 88.9 91.7 91.5

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 1.0 1 3 -1 1 4
February 3.1 6 5 3 -1 1
March 6.7 9 5 8 11 9
April 12.5 15 13 14 11
May 19.6 20 21 19 18
June 24.4 24 24 27 25
July 27.2 27 27 26 30
August 26.4 25 27 28 28
September 23.1 23 22 24 23
October 16.4 16 16 19 15
November 8.5 9 10 10 12
December 3.9 7 3 7 4
Average 13.3 5.2 14.8 14.9 15.2 14.9

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -5.0 -4 -2 -9 -3 -2
February -5.7 -2 -4 -6 -7 -4
March -2.7 1 -1 -1 0 1
April 3.4 5 3 5 3
May 9.9 8 12 9 9
June 15.3 15 15 18 15
July 18.7 19 18 18 21
August 17.9 17 18 20 19
September 14.4 14 14 15 14
October 8.6 10 7 12 8
November 1.6 1 3 2 5
December -2.6 2 -1 1 -2
Average 5.5 -2.5 7.0 6.3 7.5 7.1

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 43.3 63 45 45 34 33
February 33.4 22 27 46 39 34
March 25.4 28 35 30 10 20
April 20.5 18 22 14 26
May 13.1 11 12 10 16
June 8.0 11 6 6 3
July 5.9 6 6 10 5
August 5.3 7 6 5 4
September 6.9 5 17 6 6
October 18.7 25 13 16 17
November 19.9 20 21 18 15
December 32.5 33 39 19 33
Average 20.2 37.9 19.1 20.2 14.1 16.3

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 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 9.7 10 8 10 8 10
February 11.3 10 13 12 11 11
March 10.7 10 11 11 11 10
April 10.4 10 10 9 11
May 8.9 8 9 9 9
June 9.2 8 10 10 9
July 8.3 8 9 8 8
August 8.3 8 8 7 9
September 8.1 8 8 9 9
October 9.2 9 9 8 10
November 10.2 10 10 10 11
December 9.7 8 10 11 11
Average 9.5 10.0 9.0 9.5 9.1 9.6

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 240° 247° 259° 269° 247°
February 238° 238° 244° 239° 253°
March 238° 251° 250° 251° 226°
April 229° 239° 252° 253°
May 245° 212° 238° 242°
June 256° 239° 229° 232°
July 236° 236° 244° 237°
August 251° 240° 234° 232°
September 208° 255° 239° 226°
October 246° 223° 253° 234°
November 241° 230° 236° 238°
December 237° 234° 232° 239°

Prevailing wind direction

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