Buffalo Center climate

Buffalo Center Weather in January

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Swea City 5N, 30 km from Buffalo Center

Average highs run from 23°F on January 1 to 23°F on January 31, and lows from 7°F to 4°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 0.87 in over about 6 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Buffalo Center, in °F, with the record for each date.-50-250255075151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
22°F
Average low
5°F
Precipitation
0.87 in
Snowfall
10.9 in
Record high
64°FJan 25, 1944
Record low
-36°FJan 12, 1912
Chance of a freeze
100%
Daylight
9 h 03 min to 9 h 53 min
Cloud cover
64%
Humidity
88%
Dew point
12°F
Wind
12.8 mph

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation; snow means at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wetChance of snow
Jan 123°F7°F54°F 1897-25°F 197420%19%
Jan 222°F7°F48°F 1964-26°F 201020%19%
Jan 322°F7°F49°F 1909-28°F 191120%19%
Jan 422°F6°F47°F 1930-27°F 191120%19%
Jan 522°F6°F48°F 1930-31°F 192420%19%
Jan 622°F6°F55°F 2012-27°F 198820%19%
Jan 722°F6°F50°F 1990-31°F 191220%19%
Jan 822°F5°F57°F 2003-28°F 191220%19%
Jan 922°F5°F56°F 2003-24°F 197719%19%
Jan 1022°F5°F52°F 1928-27°F 198219%19%
Jan 1122°F5°F54°F 2012-27°F 198219%19%
Jan 1221°F5°F49°F 1987-36°F 191219%20%
Jan 1321°F5°F51°F 1987-34°F 191219%20%
Jan 1421°F4°F51°F 1914-22°F 197219%20%
Jan 1521°F4°F55°F 1914-26°F 197219%20%
Jan 1621°F4°F45°F 1919-27°F 200919%20%
Jan 1721°F4°F49°F 1996-28°F 197019%20%
Jan 1822°F4°F53°F 1919-28°F 193019%20%
Jan 1922°F4°F49°F 1981-26°F 197019%20%
Jan 2022°F4°F53°F 1944-30°F 197019%20%
Jan 2122°F4°F47°F 1933-30°F 197019%20%
Jan 2222°F3°F50°F 1900-30°F 193619%20%
Jan 2322°F3°F53°F 1981-29°F 193519%19%
Jan 2422°F3°F58°F 1981-29°F 190419%19%
Jan 2522°F3°F64°F 1944-28°F 190419%19%
Jan 2622°F3°F54°F 2002-27°F 190419%19%
Jan 2722°F3°F62°F 2002-24°F 190419%19%
Jan 2823°F4°F55°F 2002-27°F 191518%19%
Jan 2923°F4°F55°F 1919-28°F 196618%19%
Jan 3023°F4°F50°F 1931-30°F 201918%19%
Jan 3123°F4°F61°F 2025-24°F 199418%19%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Buffalo Center, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.051015201102030
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (CST).

January 1
sunrise 7:48 AM, sunset 4:51 PM
January 31
sunrise 7:33 AM, sunset 5:26 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00138026 (Swea City 5N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00132977, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.