Buffalo, NY: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 23.8°F in Buffalo, NY, the coldest February since 2015, tied 52nd coldest of 146 (with 1935).

February 2026

Mean temperature: 23.8°F; Coldest since 2015; 52nd coldest of 146
Precipitation: 1.43 in; Driest since 2024; 21st driest of 156

A normal February in Buffalo, NY (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 27.4°F, between 20.6°F and 31.7°F in eight years of ten and 2.44 in of precipitation, between 1.58 in and 3.48 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Buffalo, NY since 1874: 23.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 10.9°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 20.6 to 31.7°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Buffalo, NY from 1871 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	23.8	94	30.6	97	17	88	1.43	136	0
2025	25.7	66	31.6	87	19.7	62	2.32	89	0
2024	34.8	1	42.3	2	27.3	2	1.03	151	0
2023	32.1	8	39.7	9	24.4	12	2.80	62	0
2022	28.5	37	37	23	20	58	4.57	11	0
2021	24.7	81	30.9	96	18.5	70	2.06	105	0
2020	29.4	28	34.1	54	24.6	10	2.50	72	0
2019	27.6	45	35.5	35	19.6	64	3.28	42	0
2018	31.9	9	39.5	11	24.3	13	3.61	31	0
2017	34.8	1	42.7	1	27	3	2.26	94	0
2016	29.7	23	37.7	19	21.7	38	3.47	36	0
2015	10.9	146	18.5	150	3.3	148	2.40	84	0
2014	19.8	128	26.5	132	13.2	126	3.62	30	0
2013	26	63	31.7	85	20.4	50	3.05	47	0
2012	31.7	11	36.8	25	26.7	4	1.72	120	0
2011	24.6	84	32.2	81	17	88	3.13	45	0
2010	24.6	84	29.3	109	19.9	59	1.60	127	0
2009	27.2	52	34.6	47	19.8	60	2.65	64	0
2008	25.1	73	32.1	82	18.1	78	4.83	9	0
2007	18.6	134	24.1	141	13	127	1.71	121	0
2006	27.8	42	34.3	50	21.4	41	2.45	78	0
2005	25.3	69	32.5	76	18.1	78	2.42	81	0
2004	25.5	67	32.8	69	18.2	77	1.15	147	0
2003	20.8	121	27.4	121	14.2	117	2.69	63	0
2002	31.2	14	38.4	13	24	17	3.15	44	0
2001	28.2	40	34.9	41	21.5	39	2.33	87	0
2000	29.8	22	37.1	22	22.6	26	1.75	118	0
1999	30.9	15	38.1	17	23.8	19	1.10	148	0
1998	34.1	3	40.8	5	27.4	1	2.28	93	0
1997	30.1	21	38.3	14	21.8	37	2.97	52	0
1996	24.2	91	31.3	89	17.1	86	2.09	104	0
1995	21.9	110	30.5	99	13.3	125	2.62	69	0
1994	22.8	103	31	93	14.6	114	1.40	139	0
1993	20.7	122	29.5	107	11.8	134	1.92	116	0
1992	27.7	44	34.9	41	20.4	50	2.45	78	0
1991	30.6	18	36.7	27	24.5	11	2.06	105	0
1990	29.3	31	37.4	21	21.2	44	5.90	1	0
1989	22.6	104	28.8	114	16.5	95	2.54	71	0
1988	24.3	89	32.4	77	16.1	97	4.07	18	0
1987	25	76	32.9	68	17.1	86	0.85	154	0
1986	24.4	88	30.2	100	18.7	66	2.60	70	0
1985	24.8	79	31.7	85	17.8	82	3.34	40	0
1984	33.8	4	41.1	3	26.5	5	3.59	32	0
1983	29.5	27	36.8	25	22.3	32	1.30	143	0
1982	23.2	100	29.4	108	17	88	1.28	144	0
1981	32.9	6	40.8	5	25	9	3.50	34	0
1980	21.1	118	27	129	15.3	109	1.08	150	0
1979	14.8	142	21.4	147	8.3	145	2.03	108	0
1978	15.5	141	22	146	8.9	144	1.36	141	0
1977	24.6	84	30.6	97	18.6	69	1.59	130	0
1976	31.8	10	40.4	7	23.1	24	3.43	39	0
1975	29.1	32	34.8	43	23.4	23	2.93	56	0
1974	22.3	106	29.3	109	15.3	109	2.19	98	0
1973	22.9	102	31	93	14.8	113	1.98	112	0
1972	22	109	29.8	104	14.2	117	3.44	38	0
1971	26.9	58	33	66	20.9	48	3.03	49	0
1970	24.7	81	32.8	69	16.7	94	1.74	119	0
1969	24.6	84	31.1	91	18.1	78	0.97	153	0
1968	20.6	124	27.4	121	13.9	121	0.81	155	0
1967	20.5	125	28.4	116	12.7	129	1.39	140	0
1966	24.9	77	31.1	91	18.7	66	2.11	103	0
1965	25.8	64	33.2	63	18.3	76	2.99	51	0
1964	23.4	99	31	93	15.9	100	1.09	149	0
1963	18.8	133	27.1	128	10.5	138	1.03	151	0
1962	21.3	117	29.1	111	13.5	124	2.65	64	0
1961	26.5	60	33.9	56	19.1	65	2.63	68	0
1960	27.2	52	33.1	65	21.3	43	5.80	2	0
1959	24.2	91	33.2	63	15.2	111	3.45	37	0
1958	20.4	126	26.1	135	14.6	114	4.78	10	0
1957	30.7	17	37.7	19	23.8	19	1.65	123	0
1956	28.2	40	34.2	52	22.3	32	3.33	41	0
1955	27.8	42	34.7	44	21	46	2.42	81	0
1954	33	5	40.1	8	26	7	3.72	24	0
1953	30.6	18	37	23	24.3	13	1.46	133	0
1952	29.1	32	35.8	33	22.4	30	2.02	109	0
1951	27.4	47	34.7	44	20.1	54	2.96	54	0
1950	24.8	79	32	84	17.6	83	4.26	13	0
1949	31.7	11	41	4	22.5	28	2.64	67	0
1948	25.3	69	34.5	49	16	99	2.94	55	0
1947	21.6	113	27.4	121	15.8	102	1.60	127	0
1946	24.7	81	33.6	59	15.8	102	2.47	75	0
1945	26.6	59	32.6	73	20.1	54	3.04	48	1
1944	25.1	73	32.8	69	17.3	85	2.92	57	0
1943	25.8	64	33.8	57	17.9	81	2.30	90	0
1942	20.9	120	26.8	130	15.1	112	4.26	13	0
1941	23.6	96	28.9	112	18.4	72	2.05	107	0
1940	24.9	77	30.2	100	19.7	62	3.71	25	0
1939	27.3	50	34.6	47	20.1	54	3.50	34	0
1938	28.5	37	36	32	21	46	4.23	15	0
1937	28.6	36	35.2	37	22.1	34	2.12	102	0
1936	18.5	135	25.6	137	11.4	135	2.37	85	0
1935	23.8	94	30	102	17.5	84	3.00	50	0
1934	11.4	145	20.3	149	2.6	149	1.61	125	0
1933	27.4	47	35	39	19.8	60	2.48	74	0
1932	31.3	13	38.3	14	24.3	13	2.21	95	0
1931	27.1	54	33.8	57	20.4	50	1.50	132	0
1930	29.1	32	36.6	29	21.5	39	2.20	97	0
1929	22.4	105	28	117	16.8	93	1.76	117	0
1928	25.4	68	32.3	79	18.4	72	2.00	111	0
1927	29.4	28	34.7	44	24.1	16	2.87	60	0
1926	21.9	110	28	117	15.8	102	2.16	99	0
1925	30.8	16	37.9	18	23.8	19	2.90	58	0
1924	21.4	115	27.3	125	15.5	107	2.65	64	0
1923	20.7	122	27.4	121	14	119	1.24	146	0
1922	27.1	54	34.1	54	20.1	54	2.01	110	0
1921	29.4	28	35.1	38	23.6	22	2.50	72	0
1920	19.9	127	27.2	127	12.6	131	2.35	86	0
1919	28.8	35	35	39	22.6	26	1.61	125	0
1918	23.1	101	32.4	77	13.7	122	2.46	76	0
1917	18.1	136	26	136	10.2	139	1.97	113	0
1916	18.9	132	25.4	138	12.4	132	3.64	29	0
1915	29.6	25	36.4	30	22.8	25	2.30	90	0
1914	16.9	139	23.8	142	10	141	1.95	114	0
1913	22.3	106	28.9	112	15.6	106	1.94	115	0
1912	19.6	130	26.4	133	12.8	128	2.13	101	0
1911	26.5	60	32.8	69	20.2	53	3.95	22	0
1910	21.9	110	29.8	104	14	119	5.74	3	0
1909	29.6	25	36.7	27	22.4	30	3.70	26	0
1908	21.4	115	28.5	115	14.3	116	5.18	6	0
1907	19.4	131	27.6	120	11.2	136	1.32	142	0
1906	25.2	72	33.5	60	17	88	1.41	138	0
1905	17.6	138	24.9	139	10.2	139	2.46	76	0
1904	16.8	140	24.2	140	9.4	143	4.32	12	0
1903	27	57	32.6	73	21.4	41	2.90	58	0
1902	22.2	108	28	117	16.3	96	2.33	87	0
1901	17.8	137	23	144	12.7	129	3.26	43	0
1900	23.5	97	29.9	103	17	88	5.21	5	0
1899	21.1	118	26.4	133	15.9	100	1.62	124	0
1898	27.3	50	33.5	60	21.1	45	2.97	52	0
1897	27.6	45	33	66	22.1	34	3.13	45	0
1896	25.1	73	31.4	88	18.5	70	5.02	8	2
1895			23	144	10	141	1.46	133	4
1894							3.84	23	8
1893							4.21	16	6
1892			35.5	35			3.66	27	5
1891							4.14	17	9
1890			39.6	10	24	17	3.66	27	4
1889			26.7	131	10.9	137	2.29	92	4
1888	23.9	93	32.3	79	15.5	107	1.46	133	0
1887	26.5	60	34.2	52	18.7	66	5.51	4	0
1886	24.3	89	32.6	73	16.1	97	4.00	21	0
1885	14.6	143	23.5	143	5.6	147	1.57	131	0
1884	27.4	47	36.3	31	18.4	72	4.03	20	0
1883	23.5	97	31.3	89	15.8	102	4.04	19	0
1882	32.6	7	38.7	12	26.5	5	2.16	99	0
1881	21.6	113	29.6	106	13.6	123	2.43	80	0
1880	29.7	23	38.3	14	22.1	34	3.51	33	2
1879	19.8	128	27.3	125	11.9	133	2.82	61	2
1878	28.4	39	34.3	50	22.5	28	1.70	122	0
1877	30.4	20	35.6	34	25.3	8	0.46	156	0
1876	27.1	54	33.5	60	20.6	49	5.16	7	0
1875	13.4	144	21	148	5.8	146	1.26	145	0
1874	25.3	69	32.1	82	18.4	72	2.42	81	0
1873							1.42	137	28
1872							2.21	95	29
1871							1.60	127	28

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	34.8
2017	34.8
1998	34.1
1984	33.8
1954	33
1981	32.9
1882	32.6
2023	32.1
2018	31.9
1976	31.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	10.9
1934	11.4
1875	13.4
1885	14.6
1979	14.8
1978	15.5
1904	16.8
1914	16.9
1905	17.6
1901	17.8

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1990	5.90
1960	5.80
1910	5.74
1887	5.51
1900	5.21
1908	5.18
1876	5.16
1896	5.02
2008	4.83
1958	4.78

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1877	0.46
1968	0.81
1987	0.85
1969	0.97
2024	1.03
1963	1.03
1980	1.08
1964	1.09
1999	1.10
2004	1.15

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 49°F; 20 February 2026
Coldest night: -9°F; 9 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.61 in; 18 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 1.43 in of precipitation in Buffalo, NY, the driest February since 2024, 21st driest of 156.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Buffalo, NY: 49°F on Friday 20 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Buffalo, NY: a low of -9°F on Monday 9 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Buffalo, NY: 0.61 in on Wednesday 18 February 2026.