Buffalo Weather in October
Average highs run from 79°F on October 1 to 67°F on October 31, and lows from 51°F to 39°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 2.19 in over about 5 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
- 73°F
- Average low
- 45°F
- Precipitation
- 2.19 in
- Record high
- 98°FOct 1, 1977
- Record low
- 15°FOct 30, 1993
- Chance of a freeze
- 78%
- Days of 90°F or more
- 4.0
- Daylight
- 11 h 48 min to 10 h 41 min
- Cloud cover
- 46%
- Humidity
- 59%
- Dew point
- 42°F
- Wind
- 11.2 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 | 79°F | 51°F | 98°F 1977 | 30°F 1958 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 2 | 79°F | 51°F | 96°F 2000 | 28°F 2004 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 3 | 78°F | 51°F | 96°F 2006 | 30°F 1999 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 4 | 78°F | 50°F | 97°F 1954 | 30°F 2009 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 5 | 77°F | 50°F | 93°F 1956 | 28°F 2001 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 6 | 77°F | 49°F | 96°F 1947 | 33°F 2001 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 7 | 76°F | 49°F | 92°F 1963 | 24°F 2000 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 8 | 76°F | 48°F | 97°F 1956 | 19°F 2000 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 9 | 75°F | 48°F | 97°F 1979 | 24°F 2000 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 10 | 75°F | 47°F | 93°F 1965 | 31°F 1990 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 11 | 75°F | 47°F | 92°F 1972 | 29°F 2009 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 12 | 74°F | 46°F | 94°F 1979 | 30°F 1977 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 13 | 74°F | 46°F | 96°F 1954 | 30°F 1986 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 14 | 73°F | 45°F | 93°F 1968 | 28°F 2002 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 15 | 73°F | 45°F | 92°F 1950 | 23°F 2001 | 15% | 0% |
| Oct 16 | 72°F | 45°F | 88°F 1964 | 23°F 2001 | 15% | |
| Oct 17 | 72°F | 44°F | 88°F 1953 | 30°F 1999 | 15% | |
| Oct 18 | 72°F | 44°F | 97°F 1991 | 28°F 1948 | 14% | |
| Oct 19 | 71°F | 43°F | 92°F 2003 | 28°F 1948 | 14% | |
| Oct 20 | 71°F | 43°F | 93°F 1955 | 20°F 1976 | 14% | |
| Oct 21 | 70°F | 43°F | 94°F 2007 | 26°F 1998 | 14% | |
| Oct 22 | 70°F | 42°F | 91°F 1975 | 24°F 2006 | 14% | |
| Oct 23 | 70°F | 42°F | 91°F 1995 | 26°F 1999 | 14% | |
| Oct 24 | 69°F | 41°F | 91°F 2003 | 18°F 2005 | 14% | |
| Oct 25 | 69°F | 41°F | 88°F 1959 | 20°F 2005 | 14% | |
| Oct 26 | 69°F | 41°F | 94°F 1950 | 18°F 2003 | 14% | |
| Oct 27 | 68°F | 40°F | 90°F 1950 | 24°F 1943 | 14% | |
| Oct 28 | 68°F | 40°F | 85°F 1975 | 23°F 2011 | 14% | |
| Oct 29 | 67°F | 39°F | 92°F 1950 | 20°F 1980 | 14% | |
| Oct 30 | 67°F | 39°F | 92°F 1943 | 15°F 1993 | 14% | |
| Oct 31 | 67°F | 39°F | 88°F 1950 | 21°F 1991 | 13% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (CDT).
- October 1
- sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 7:22 PM
- October 31
- sunrise 8:01 AM, sunset 6:42 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00341243 (Buffalo 2 Ssw), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00343304, 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.