Buffalo-Cheektowaga Metro Area, NY Climate

The climate in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metro Area is one of pleasant seasonal variations. Summers are warm and humid, with temperatures commonly reaching into the mid 80s Fahrenheit. Winters are cold and snowy with average temperatures dropping to the high 20s. The spring and fall offer mild weather, with temperatures ranging from the high 40s to low 70s. Precipitation throughout the year averages around 30 inches annually.

Buffalo-Cheektowaga Metro Area, New York gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Buffalo-Cheektowaga Metro Area averages 88 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 159 sunny days per year in Buffalo-Cheektowaga Metro Area. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Buffalo-Cheektowaga Metro Area gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 159 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 81 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 17
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 88 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area is 6.4 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in New York.

9.3 Summer - 3.5 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, New York	United States
	39.7 in.	38.1 in.
	87.6 in.	27.8 in.
	159.1 days	106.2 days
	159 days	205 days
	80.5°	85.8°
	16.8°	21.7°
	6.4	7
	3.2	4.3
	695 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area with an average high temperature of 80.5°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in New York. In the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area are August, June and July.

In the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area, there are 3.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in New York.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area with an average of 16.8°. This is about average compared to other places in New York.

In the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area, there are 135.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in New York.

In the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area, there are 4.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in New York.

Humidity in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.

September is the wettest month in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area with 3.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.3 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 28% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 39.7 inches in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area means that it is drier than most places in New York.

January is the rainiest month in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area with 17.8 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.3 rainy days. There are 159.1 rainy days annually in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area, which is rainier than most places in New York. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 31% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 20% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 87.6 inches in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area means that it is snowier than most places in New York. January is the snowiest month in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls metro area with 24.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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