Buffalo Weather in October
Average highs run from 76°F on October 1 to 63°F on October 31, and lows from 49°F to 38°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.53 in over about 8 wet days.
October day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
October at a glance
- Average high
- 70°F
- Average low
- 43°F
- Precipitation
- 3.53 in
- Record high
- 95°FOct 2, 1953
- Record low
- 15°FOct 31, 1925
- Chance of a freeze
- 93%
- Daylight
- 11 h 47 min to 10 h 38 min
- Cloud cover
- 50%
- Humidity
- 72%
- Dew point
- 47°F
- Wind
- 7.4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1 | 76°F | 49°F | 94°F 1953 | 29°F 1985 | 24% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 75°F | 48°F | 95°F 1953 | 32°F 1920 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 75°F | 48°F | 93°F 1897 | 29°F 1987 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 75°F | 47°F | 92°F 1897 | 31°F 1968 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 74°F | 47°F | 94°F 1937 | 28°F 1979 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 74°F | 47°F | 92°F 1954 | 25°F 1932 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 74°F | 46°F | 94°F 1963 | 23°F 1952 | 25% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 73°F | 46°F | 92°F 1963 | 25°F 1952 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 73°F | 45°F | 90°F 1980 | 23°F 2000 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 72°F | 45°F | 94°F 1963 | 21°F 1925 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 72°F | 45°F | 93°F 1963 | 27°F 1932 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 72°F | 44°F | 91°F 1899 | 26°F 1909 | 26% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 71°F | 44°F | 91°F 1899 | 25°F 1917 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 71°F | 44°F | 90°F 1899 | 25°F 1917 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 70°F | 43°F | 88°F 1897 | 32°F 1893 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 70°F | 43°F | 89°F 1950 | 27°F 2024 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 17 | 69°F | 43°F | 88°F 1950 | 23°F 1976 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 18 | 69°F | 42°F | 89°F 1950 | 23°F 1948 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 19 | 69°F | 42°F | 87°F 1929 | 22°F 2022 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 20 | 68°F | 42°F | 85°F 1929 | 21°F 2022 | 27% | 0% |
| Oct 21 | 68°F | 41°F | 85°F 1939 | 21°F 1982 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 22 | 67°F | 41°F | 90°F 1915 | 22°F 1982 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 23 | 67°F | 41°F | 90°F 1915 | 17°F 1937 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 24 | 66°F | 40°F | 88°F 1921 | 20°F 1981 | 28% | 0% |
| Oct 25 | 66°F | 40°F | 88°F 1939 | 21°F 1926 | 28% | 1% |
| Oct 26 | 66°F | 40°F | 90°F 1963 | 19°F 1942 | 29% | 1% |
| Oct 27 | 65°F | 39°F | 87°F 1927 | 20°F 1942 | 29% | 1% |
| Oct 28 | 65°F | 39°F | 87°F 2016 | 17°F 1925 | 29% | 1% |
| Oct 29 | 64°F | 39°F | 87°F 1950 | 17°F 1925 | 29% | 1% |
| Oct 30 | 64°F | 38°F | 88°F 1950 | 17°F 1917 | 29% | 1% |
| Oct 31 | 63°F | 38°F | 87°F 1950 | 15°F 1925 | 29% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:08 AM, sunset 6:55 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 7:37 AM, sunset 6:15 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.