Buffalo Weather in 1938

Historical record of Buffalo, New York weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Buffalo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	August 16
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	March 3
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 15
Lowest daily high	13 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	August 10
Most daily snow	4.8 inches	April 4
Total annual precipitation	29.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	63.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Buffalo in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Buffalo, New York in 1938 was 90 °F which happened on August 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Buffalo in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Aug 16
2	87 °F	Aug 5
2	87 °F	Jul 7
2	87 °F	May 5
5	86 °F	Aug 20
5	86 °F	Jul 13
7	85 °F	Aug 8
8	84 °F	Jul 22
8	84 °F	Jun 15
10	83 °F	Aug 7
10	83 °F	Aug 3

What was the coldest temperature in Buffalo in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Buffalo, New York in 1938 was -1 °F which happened on Mar 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Buffalo in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	March 3
2	0 °F	March 4
2	0 °F	February 28
2	0 °F	January 19
5	4 °F	January 18
6	6 °F	February 1
7	7 °F	January 28
8	9 °F	January 27
8	9 °F	January 17
10	10 °F	December 31
10	10 °F	February 27
10	10 °F	January 26

January 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	28	0.03	0.0
January 2	31	22	0.01	0.2
January 3	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	34	23	0.14	1.4
January 5	29	15	0.00	0.1
January 6	41	16	0.00	0.0
January 7	43	18	0.00	0.0
January 8	21	12	0.10	2.0
January 9	19	11	0.04	0.0
January 10	22	15	0.02	1.1
January 11	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 12	35	25	0.41	3.5
January 13	30	25	0.07	1.3
January 14	28	22	0.10	0.6
January 15	25	12	0.00	0.4
January 16	32	21	0.27	0.5
January 17	30	9	0.17	4.4
January 18	13	4	0.00	0.0
January 19	24	0	0.00	0.0
January 20	31	16	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	24	0.01	0.0
January 22	36	30	0.00	0.0
January 23	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 24	51	35	0.15	0.0
January 25	50	19	0.10	0.6
January 26	19	10	0.11	1.4
January 27	15	9	0.03	0.3
January 28	18	7	0.03	0.4
January 29	40	18	0.03	0.1
January 30	47	30	0.16	0.0
January 31	30	12	0.01	0.2

February 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	17	6	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	13	0.00	0.0
February 3	42	33	0.12	0.0
February 4	33	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	55	27	0.25	0.0
February 6	53	35	0.43	0.0
February 7	35	28	0.04	0.0
February 8	50	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	47	36	0.09	0.0
February 10	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 11	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 13	49	38	1.34	0.0
February 14	44	13	0.04	0.2
February 15	19	11	0.02	0.3
February 16	25	13	0.00	0.0
February 17	47	19	0.06	0.0
February 18	49	32	0.90	0.0
February 19	32	26	0.13	0.3
February 20	27	20	0.25	3.5
February 21	28	14	0.00	0.0
February 22	38	18	0.08	0.3
February 23	33	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	28	20	0.09	0.8
February 25	26	13	0.02	0.5
February 26	35	16	0.02	0.4
February 27	32	10	0.33	3.0
February 28	19	0	0.02	0.5

March 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	19	0.02	0.2
March 2	39	22	0.16	0.2
March 3	22	-1	0.08	1.3
March 4	24	0	0.05	0.0
March 5	49	24	0.68	0.7
March 6	29	18	0.00	0.0
March 7	31	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	31	26	0.00	0.0
March 9	29	19	0.00	0.0
March 10	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 11	37	25	0.09	0.5
March 12	48	26	0.00	0.1
March 13	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	23	0.00	0.0
March 15	54	20	0.00	0.0
March 16	54	37	0.27	0.0
March 17	47	37	0.12	0.0
March 18	38	33	0.00	0.0
March 19	63	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	58	35	0.02	0.0
March 21	64	36	0.00	0.0
March 22	71	59	0.00	0.0
March 23	70	35	0.13	0.0
March 24	45	32	0.05	0.0
March 25	56	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	48	33	0.06	0.0
March 27	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 28	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 29	60	45	0.02	0.0
March 30	68	54	0.00	0.0
March 31	63	38	0.09	0.0

April 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	38	34	0.00	0.0
April 2	35	29	0.03	0.1
April 3	33	25	0.07	0.1
April 4	35	28	0.29	4.8
April 5	29	24	0.01	0.1
April 6	33	23	0.01	0.0
April 7	40	27	0.00	0.1
April 8	35	31	0.35	0.1
April 9	34	31	0.22	1.6
April 10	39	29	0.00	0.0
April 11	52	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	53	41	0.01	0.0
April 13	63	45	0.00	0.0
April 14	63	50	0.00	0.0
April 15	60	43	0.00	0.0
April 16	72	42	0.00	0.0
April 17	70	55	0.61	0.0
April 18	67	46	0.02	0.0
April 19	67	41	0.00	0.0
April 20	66	43	0.02	0.0
April 21	64	39	0.03	0.0
April 22	48	37	0.23	0.0
April 23	55	34	0.00	0.0
April 24	60	40	0.00	0.0
April 25	58	45	0.00	0.0
April 26	68	45	0.00	0.0
April 27	69	58	0.00	0.0
April 28	73	54	0.07	0.0
April 29	54	41	0.04	0.0
April 30	45	41	0.01	0.0

May 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	49	40	0.00
May 2	60	46	0.00
May 3	62	47	0.15
May 4	69	50	0.00
May 5	87	56	0.04
May 6	65	48	0.00
May 7	49	45	0.00
May 8	59	47	0.00
May 9	53	44	0.04
May 10	49	42	0.14
May 11	46	34	0.00
May 12	45	36	0.09
May 13	49	38	0.00
May 14	62	40	0.31
May 15	61	44	0.15
May 16	65	46	0.09
May 17	54	48	0.00
May 18	73	50	0.00
May 19	66	55	0.02
May 20	65	51	0.50
May 21	60	51	0.00
May 22	64	50	0.00
May 23	72	51	0.35
May 24	52	44	0.06
May 25	70	42	0.00
May 26	72	55	0.00
May 27	75	55	0.00
May 28	74	61	0.00
May 29	77	62	0.12
May 30	77	58	0.00
May 31	75	56	0.00

June 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	55	0.00
June 2	68	56	0.21
June 3	66	55	0.00
June 4	71	58	0.13
June 5	62	55	0.42
June 6	70	57	0.00
June 7	70	56	0.14
June 8	62	55	0.00
June 9	68	54	0.00
June 10	75	56	0.30
June 11	73	63	0.02
June 12	65	55	0.47
June 13	65	54	0.12
June 14	72	57	0.00
June 15	84	61	0.00
June 16	76	66	0.00
June 17	68	62	0.02
June 18	66	59	0.00
June 19	63	56	0.00
June 20	80	58	0.00
June 21	82	64	0.00
June 22	81	66	0.00
June 23	75	67	0.00
June 24	82	69	0.00
June 25	78	59	0.41
June 26	60	55	0.02
June 27	67	56	0.00
June 28	73	55	0.00
June 29	69	57	0.00
June 30	75	61	0.02

July 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	65	60	0.15
July 2	76	60	0.00
July 3	73	55	0.00
July 4	72	58	0.00
July 5	69	60	0.00
July 6	82	64	0.00
July 7	87	62	0.00
July 8	82	72	0.02
July 9	75	70	0.00
July 10	80	65	0.00
July 11	76	67	0.71
July 12	77	64	0.00
July 13	86	67	0.00
July 14	77	70	0.00
July 15	70	62	0.00
July 16	74	62	0.00
July 17	81	70	0.00
July 18	73	67	0.19
July 19	77	65	0.00
July 20	82	68	0.00
July 21	78	65	0.13
July 22	84	65	0.22
July 23	77	64	0.04
July 24	81	66	0.00
July 25	81	69	0.00
July 26	82	72	0.00
July 27	81	68	0.00
July 28	82	72	0.01
July 29	74	70	0.00
July 30	77	68	0.00
July 31	78	68	0.59

August 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	74	67	0.42
August 2	78	71	0.00
August 3	83	74	0.00
August 4	80	72	0.01
August 5	87	69	0.00
August 6	80	71	0.01
August 7	83	72	0.00
August 8	85	71	0.00
August 9	79	69	0.00
August 10	78	65	2.03
August 11	78	65	0.00
August 12	72	59	0.00
August 13	77	66	0.00
August 14	81	70	0.00
August 15	80	76	0.00
August 16	90	71	0.39
August 17	79	63	0.01
August 18	79	62	0.00
August 19	80	69	0.00
August 20	86	69	0.00
August 21	81	69	0.09
August 22	77	67	0.00
August 23	76	69	0.01
August 24	71	63	0.00
August 25	72	58	0.00
August 26	72	60	0.00
August 27	72	64	0.00
August 28	75	57	0.00
August 29	76	60	0.00
August 30	70	58	0.00
August 31	78	56	0.27

September 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	65	56	0.00
September 2	69	50	0.00
September 3	69	56	0.04
September 4	76	58	0.00
September 5	63	52	0.00
September 6	74	46	0.00
September 7	70	57	0.61
September 8	61	49	0.00
September 9	64	45	0.00
September 10	73	50	0.02
September 11	66	59	0.04
September 12	73	62	0.19
September 13	68	60	0.01
September 14	69	60	1.01
September 15	62	53	0.00
September 16	59	48	0.00
September 17	66	44	0.00
September 18	75	52	0.19
September 19	65	53	0.17
September 20	62	50	0.00
September 21	58	50	0.01
September 22	61	49	1.25
September 23	65	52	0.00
September 24	65	51	0.00
September 25	67	46	0.00
September 26	75	53	0.00
September 27	68	54	0.03
September 28	64	52	0.00
September 29	58	45	0.00
September 30	61	44	0.00

October 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	55	47	0.00
October 2	58	41	0.00
October 3	63	40	0.00
October 4	64	45	0.00
October 5	55	46	0.10
October 6	46	41	0.01
October 7	56	37	0.00
October 8	58	43	0.00
October 9	53	47	0.00
October 10	61	45	0.00
October 11	69	60	0.00
October 12	76	65	0.00
October 13	70	58	0.01
October 14	64	54	0.00
October 15	68	57	0.00
October 16	72	59	0.00
October 17	67	55	0.00
October 18	71	51	0.00
October 19	67	54	0.07
October 20	56	44	0.02
October 21	48	44	0.02
October 22	56	41	0.00
October 23	67	55	0.00
October 24	60	42	0.14
October 25	53	42	0.00
October 26	66	49	0.00
October 27	49	42	0.00
October 28	51	36	0.00
October 29	58	36	0.00
October 30	45	40	0.00
October 31	53	39	0.00

November 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	56	41	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	50	0.00	0.0
November 3	73	58	0.00	0.0
November 4	73	55	0.00	0.0
November 5	67	54	0.03	0.0
November 6	69	53	0.00	0.0
November 7	72	60	0.00	0.0
November 8	66	36	0.63	0.0
November 9	46	33	0.02	0.0
November 10	57	39	0.00	0.0
November 11	60	47	0.00	0.0
November 12	64	46	0.00	0.0
November 13	64	40	0.43	0.0
November 14	41	29	0.00	0.0
November 15	35	22	0.25	2.5
November 16	42	22	0.00	0.0
November 17	53	42	0.00	0.0
November 18	55	44	1.44	0.0
November 19	44	36	0.13	0.0
November 20	48	36	0.00	0.0
November 21	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 22	51	30	0.00	0.0
November 23	30	22	0.38	3.8
November 24	22	16	0.07	0.7
November 25	25	14	0.00	0.0
November 26	32	16	0.01	0.0
November 27	31	22	0.15	0.1
November 28	32	24	0.25	4.0
November 29	46	32	0.00	0.0
November 30	38	32	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	47	33	0.23	0.0
December 4	48	41	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	40	0.01	0.0
December 6	40	35	0.02	0.0
December 7	40	32	0.46	0.6
December 8	45	37	0.00	0.0
December 9	45	35	0.06	0.0
December 10	40	35	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	41	29	0.08	0.0
December 13	34	27	0.15	1.5
December 14	36	20	0.01	0.0
December 15	27	19	0.00	0.1
December 16	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 17	38	30	0.06	0.5
December 18	33	29	0.00	0.0
December 19	34	27	0.00	0.0
December 20	34	27	0.00	0.0
December 21	31	27	0.15	1.4
December 22	28	18	0.00	0.1
December 23	36	18	0.13	1.0
December 24	37	26	0.02	0.1
December 25	33	26	0.00	0.0
December 26	37	27	0.14	0.2
December 27	42	17	0.22	2.5
December 28	21	12	0.00	0.1
December 29	30	19	0.18	1.4
December 30	28	13	0.06	0.9
December 31	28	10	0.29	3.8

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1939–2024	Buffalo	location
1871–1938	Buffalo	location