Buffalo Weather in January
Average highs run from 53°F on January 1 to 54°F on January 31, and lows from 29°F to 30°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 4.19 in over about 9 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
- 53°F
- Average low
- 29°F
- Precipitation
- 4.19 in
- Snowfall
- 0.9 in
- Record high
- 82°FJan 30, 2002
- Record low
- -1°FJan 21, 1985
- Chance of a freeze
- 100%
- Daylight
- 9 h 53 min to 10 h 29 min
- Cloud cover
- 56%
- Humidity
- 82%
- Dew point
- 35°F
- Wind
- 4.5 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 | 53°F | 29°F | 77°F 1997 | 6°F 1984 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 2 | 53°F | 29°F | 78°F 1952 | 6°F 2018 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 3 | 53°F | 29°F | 79°F 1952 | 7°F 2018 | 33% | 1% |
| Jan 4 | 53°F | 29°F | 74°F 1952 | 8°F 2001 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 5 | 53°F | 29°F | 77°F 1950 | 8°F 1981 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 6 | 53°F | 29°F | 77°F 1950 | 5°F 1969 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 7 | 52°F | 29°F | 74°F 1955 | 4°F 2018 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 8 | 52°F | 29°F | 73°F 2012 | 4°F 1970 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 9 | 52°F | 29°F | 72°F 2005 | 0°F 1970 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 10 | 52°F | 29°F | 71°F 2003 | 1°F 1970 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 11 | 52°F | 29°F | 76°F 2026 | 2°F 1982 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 12 | 52°F | 29°F | 73°F 1963 | 4°F 1982 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 13 | 52°F | 29°F | 74°F 2013 | 6°F 1981 | 32% | 1% |
| Jan 14 | 52°F | 29°F | 81°F 2017 | 10°F 2011 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 15 | 53°F | 29°F | 73°F 1952 | 9°F 1964 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 16 | 53°F | 29°F | 76°F 2017 | 6°F 1994 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 17 | 53°F | 29°F | 76°F 1974 | 5°F 1977 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 18 | 53°F | 29°F | 76°F 1974 | 6°F 1959 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 19 | 53°F | 29°F | 78°F 2017 | 5°F 1976 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 20 | 53°F | 29°F | 73°F 1972 | 6°F 1976 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 21 | 53°F | 29°F | 75°F 2017 | -1°F 1985 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 22 | 53°F | 29°F | 73°F 1951 | 2°F 1970 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 23 | 53°F | 29°F | 76°F 1967 | 3°F 1970 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 24 | 53°F | 29°F | 76°F 1974 | 5°F 2003 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 25 | 53°F | 29°F | 76°F 1950 | 5°F 2003 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 26 | 54°F | 29°F | 79°F 1950 | 12°F 1968 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 27 | 54°F | 29°F | 76°F 1950 | 8°F 2026 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 28 | 54°F | 30°F | 76°F 1974 | 5°F 1986 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 29 | 54°F | 30°F | 77°F 1975 | 6°F 1986 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 30 | 54°F | 30°F | 82°F 2002 | 3°F 1966 | 31% | 1% |
| Jan 31 | 54°F | 30°F | 79°F 2002 | 1°F 1966 | 31% | 1% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
- Chance of snowfall
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (EST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:34 AM, sunset 5:27 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:26 AM, sunset 5:55 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00388786 (Union 8 S), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00388786, 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.