Buffalo Weather in January
Average highs run from 43°F on January 1 to 44°F on January 31, and lows from 21°F to 21°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.40 in over about 7 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 43°F
- Average low
- 20°F
- Precipitation
- 2.40 in
- Snowfall
- 4.1 in
- Record high
- 79°FJan 24, 1943
- Record low
- -21°FJan 12, 1918
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 38 min to 10 h 18 min
- Cloud cover
- 63%
- Humidity
- 85%
- Dew point
- 26°F
- Wind
- 8.7 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.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet | Chance of snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 43°F | 21°F | 70°F 1965 | -11°F 1928 | 22% | 5% |
| Jan 2 | 42°F | 21°F | 71°F 2004 | -11°F 1928 | 22% | 5% |
| Jan 3 | 42°F | 21°F | 69°F 1997 | -8°F 1919 | 22% | 5% |
| Jan 4 | 42°F | 21°F | 69°F 1997 | -8°F 1928 | 22% | 5% |
| Jan 5 | 42°F | 21°F | 72°F 1956 | -15°F 1924 | 22% | 5% |
| Jan 6 | 42°F | 20°F | 75°F 2008 | -14°F 1924 | 22% | 5% |
| Jan 7 | 42°F | 20°F | 76°F 1965 | -18°F 1912 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 8 | 42°F | 20°F | 69°F 1965 | -8°F 1942 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 9 | 42°F | 20°F | 69°F 1963 | -5°F 1942 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 10 | 42°F | 20°F | 69°F 1990 | -16°F 1982 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 11 | 42°F | 20°F | 72°F 1911 | -19°F 1977 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 12 | 42°F | 20°F | 70°F 1936 | -21°F 1918 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 13 | 42°F | 20°F | 71°F 1952 | -19°F 1912 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 14 | 42°F | 20°F | 73°F 1928 | -10°F 1979 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 15 | 42°F | 20°F | 70°F 1901 | -11°F 1979 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 16 | 42°F | 20°F | 72°F 1894 | -8°F 1977 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 17 | 42°F | 20°F | 70°F 1894 | -20°F 1930 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 18 | 42°F | 20°F | 71°F 1974 | -15°F 1930 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 19 | 42°F | 20°F | 72°F 1952 | -14°F 1940 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 20 | 43°F | 20°F | 75°F 1951 | -19°F 1985 | 22% | 6% |
| Jan 21 | 43°F | 20°F | 72°F 1921 | -17°F 1930 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 22 | 43°F | 20°F | 73°F 1967 | -20°F 1930 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 23 | 43°F | 20°F | 75°F 1967 | -9°F 1963 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 24 | 43°F | 20°F | 79°F 1943 | -18°F 1894 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 25 | 43°F | 20°F | 76°F 1950 | -16°F 1894 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 26 | 43°F | 20°F | 75°F 1950 | -10°F 1904 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 27 | 44°F | 20°F | 68°F 1914 | -9°F 1936 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 28 | 44°F | 20°F | 75°F 2013 | -9°F 1936 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 29 | 44°F | 20°F | 74°F 1947 | -8°F 1904 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 30 | 44°F | 20°F | 69°F 1947 | -6°F 1949 | 22% | 7% |
| Jan 31 | 44°F | 21°F | 69°F 1911 | -7°F 1899 | 22% | 7% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:27 AM, sunset 5:05 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:17 AM, sunset 5:35 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00231087 (Buffalo 2N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00234825, 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.