Buffalo Weather in 1940

Historical record of Buffalo, New York weather for the year 1940 based on NOAA data.

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1940 Buffalo Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	-7 °F	January 7
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	5 °F	January 19
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	May 23
Total annual precipitation	36.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Buffalo in 1940?

The highest temperature recorded in Buffalo, New York in 1940 was 94 °F which happened on August 10.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Buffalo in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 10
2	92 °F	Jul 28
3	91 °F	Aug 11
3	91 °F	Jul 29
5	89 °F	Aug 17
5	89 °F	Aug 15
5	89 °F	Aug 12
5	89 °F	Aug 8
5	89 °F	Jul 22
10	88 °F	Aug 18
10	88 °F	Aug 9
10	88 °F	Jul 24
10	88 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Buffalo in 1940?

The lowest temperature recorded in Buffalo, New York in 1940 was -7 °F which happened on Jan 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Buffalo in 1940

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-7 °F	January 7
2	-3 °F	January 19
3	-2 °F	March 12
4	0 °F	January 9
5	1 °F	December 3
5	1 °F	January 31
5	1 °F	January 20
8	2 °F	February 16
8	2 °F	January 18
10	3 °F	January 30
10	3 °F	January 27
10	3 °F	January 17
10	3 °F	January 16

January 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
January 1	23	17	0.02
January 2	20	11	0.02
January 3	24	20	0.02
January 4	22	15	0.05
January 5	22	11	0.10
January 6	23	8	0.02
January 7	15	-7	0.00
January 8	21	8	0.04
January 9	23	0	0.00
January 10	27	10	0.00
January 11	34	18	0.05
January 12	35	28	0.03
January 13	39	26	0.00
January 14	44	33	0.07
January 15	33	17	0.01
January 16	17	3	0.00
January 17	12	3	0.00
January 18	12	2	0.13
January 19	5	-3	0.25
January 20	16	1	0.10
January 21	20	16	0.08
January 22	23	17	0.17
January 23	26	13	0.02
January 24	19	10	0.04
January 25	20	12	0.08
January 26	15	9	0.02
January 27	17	3	0.04
January 28	22	16	0.02
January 29	27	16	0.01
January 30	23	3	0.00
January 31	24	1	0.00

February 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	27	10	0.13
February 2	19	8	0.05
February 3	29	10	0.00
February 4	31	25	0.00
February 5	35	25	0.00
February 6	36	31	0.27
February 7	33	28	0.00
February 8	30	25	0.11
February 9	28	21	0.05
February 10	35	26	0.65
February 11	30	25	0.05
February 12	44	29	0.00
February 13	33	18	0.03
February 14	22	17	0.46
February 15	22	12	0.00
February 16	26	2	0.00
February 17	33	5	0.00
February 18	33	14	0.23
February 19	34	32	0.92
February 20	35	25	0.02
February 21	28	10	0.00
February 22	33	8	0.00
February 23	28	19	0.01
February 24	33	20	0.37
February 25	20	8	0.00
February 26	24	6	0.00
February 27	27	7	0.07
February 28	30	15	0.00
February 29	33	11	0.01

March 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	25	16	0.02
March 2	42	15	0.00
March 3	39	32	0.48
March 4	37	32	0.15
March 5	33	28	0.16
March 6	29	25	0.00
March 7	27	23	0.01
March 8	26	20	0.00
March 9	27	22	0.01
March 10	23	11	0.01
March 11	17	8	0.00
March 12	23	-2	0.00
March 13	36	14	0.01
March 14	36	25	0.34
March 15	28	22	0.03
March 16	32	22	0.09
March 17	37	24	0.00
March 18	42	26	0.19
March 19	36	26	0.00
March 20	36	18	0.32
March 21	33	19	0.00
March 22	30	10	0.14
March 23	15	9	0.00
March 24	20	8	0.00
March 25	24	8	0.00
March 26	30	16	0.00
March 27	35	23	0.17
March 28	40	22	0.00
March 29	54	38	0.00
March 30	46	35	0.14
March 31	44	33	0.00

April 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	40	27	0.00
April 2	45	25	0.00
April 3	40	34	0.37
April 4	49	34	0.08
April 5	38	27	0.00
April 6	45	26	0.00
April 7	58	30	0.04
April 8	56	37	0.39
April 9	41	31	0.01
April 10	49	26	0.00
April 11	61	30	0.83
April 12	31	19	0.11
April 13	29	18	0.01
April 14	34	23	0.00
April 15	56	32	0.00
April 16	54	31	0.00
April 17	57	31	0.38
April 18	64	38	0.13
April 19	50	33	0.00
April 20	43	37	0.06
April 21	41	35	0.03
April 22	43	32	0.01
April 23	51	29	0.00
April 24	54	32	0.00
April 25	52	34	0.00
April 26	56	33	0.00
April 27	57	31	0.00
April 28	64	31	0.00
April 29	78	40	0.00
April 30	68	51	0.02

May 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	43	0.38
May 2	48	40	0.03
May 3	44	37	0.03
May 4	51	36	0.00
May 5	58	35	0.00
May 6	74	45	0.09
May 7	57	40	0.00
May 8	57	39	0.08
May 9	62	34	0.00
May 10	61	33	0.00
May 11	54	35	0.00
May 12	54	33	0.17
May 13	70	49	0.00
May 14	67	53	0.06
May 15	86	49	0.22
May 16	56	42	0.01
May 17	49	42	0.03
May 18	51	40	0.01
May 19	85	40	0.44
May 20	72	52	0.00
May 21	84	52	0.00
May 22	83	59	0.00
May 23	71	50	1.65
May 24	69	50	0.16
May 25	65	52	0.16
May 26	77	55	0.00
May 27	71	52	0.09
May 28	68	49	0.00
May 29	67	52	0.00
May 30	73	54	0.00
May 31	60	51	0.07

June 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	64	49	0.31
June 2	72	52	0.00
June 3	76	53	0.00
June 4	84	63	0.00
June 5	80	57	0.00
June 6	80	52	0.00
June 7	86	55	0.01
June 8	81	65	0.58
June 9	73	62	0.00
June 10	88	61	0.21
June 11	79	66	0.04
June 12	85	65	0.00
June 13	75	53	0.00
June 14	74	47	0.00
June 15	77	54	0.01
June 16	81	52	0.00
June 17	83	58	0.00
June 18	79	65	0.01
June 19	73	47	0.23
June 20	54	43	0.00
June 21	63	44	0.00
June 22	67	44	0.00
June 23	64	47	1.29
June 24	70	61	1.02
June 25	68	55	0.05
June 26	65	54	0.12
June 27	66	52	0.00
June 28	75	48	0.61
June 29	67	56	0.00
June 30	65	60	0.13

July 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	65	47	0.06
July 2	69	48	0.00
July 3	72	49	0.00
July 4	73	47	0.00
July 5	77	54	0.03
July 6	83	50	0.00
July 7	83	55	0.00
July 8	83	61	0.00
July 9	83	63	0.01
July 10	85	58	0.00
July 11	70	52	0.34
July 12	69	50	0.00
July 13	76	45	0.00
July 14	78	47	0.00
July 15	76	60	0.46
July 16	74	56	0.00
July 17	84	52	0.00
July 18	87	62	0.00
July 19	86	65	0.00
July 20	81	70	0.22
July 21	81	69	0.10
July 22	89	69	0.00
July 23	86	69	0.00
July 24	88	69	0.00
July 25	87	68	0.00
July 26	87	72	0.00
July 27	87	71	0.09
July 28	92	66	0.00
July 29	91	68	0.00
July 30	86	67	0.00
July 31	80	60	0.00

August 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	78	59	0.00
August 2	82	55	0.00
August 3	85	67	0.00
August 4	86	67	0.05
August 5	86	69	0.22
August 6	79	61	0.94
August 7	80	58	0.00
August 8	89	53	0.00
August 9	88	58	0.00
August 10	94	62	0.00
August 11	91	61	0.00
August 12	89	63	0.00
August 13	83	69	0.49
August 14	81	58	0.00
August 15	89	55	0.00
August 16	82	62	0.00
August 17	89	67	0.00
August 18	88	68	0.33
August 19	69	56	0.20
August 20	67	49	0.00
August 21	68	45	0.00
August 22	74	50	0.34
August 23	65	47	0.03
August 24	65	39	0.00
August 25	65	43	0.10
August 26	70	48	0.00
August 27	64	52	0.01
August 28	71	57	0.31
August 29	82	61	0.00
August 30	77	67	0.29
August 31	74	61	0.00

September 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	57	0.00
September 2	74	56	0.00
September 3	73	57	0.00
September 4	79	54	0.00
September 5	73	50	0.00
September 6	73	44	0.00
September 7	75	55	0.00
September 8	74	55	0.10
September 9	69	57	0.18
September 10	64	47	0.17
September 11	59	43	0.00
September 12	59	45	0.00
September 13	66	48	0.00
September 14	71	51	0.00
September 15	67	53	0.73
September 16	69	50	0.00
September 17	71	48	0.00
September 18	77	48	0.00
September 19	69	56	0.00
September 20	81	59	0.00
September 21	71	58	0.61
September 22	74	53	0.00
September 23	73	50	0.00
September 24	69	46	1.25
September 25	52	42	0.01
September 26	55	40	0.00
September 27	62	40	0.00
September 28	68	40	0.00
September 29	69	43	0.00
September 30	64	42	0.00

October 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	66	38	0.00
October 2	70	42	0.00
October 3	69	40	0.00
October 4	67	44	0.00
October 5	69	44	0.00
October 6	77	58	0.06
October 7	68	52	0.13
October 8	56	40	0.05
October 9	59	36	0.00
October 10	62	36	0.00
October 11	65	42	0.00
October 12	66	53	0.00
October 13	67	43	0.05
October 14	70	38	0.21
October 15	52	35	0.41
October 16	54	30	0.00
October 17	51	36	0.13
October 18	43	29	0.00
October 19	38	23	0.00
October 20	43	23	0.01
October 21	40	24	0.02
October 22	49	23	0.01
October 23	70	49	0.01
October 24	57	39	0.00
October 25	54	39	0.00
October 26	48	30	0.00
October 27	48	30	0.00
October 28	43	27	0.00
October 29	50	27	0.22
October 30	46	40	0.02
October 31	43	38	0.00

November 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	54	39	0.54
November 2	54	44	0.41
November 3	55	39	0.00
November 4	65	38	0.00
November 5	63	44	0.50
November 6	44	32	0.01
November 7	35	32	0.07
November 8	34	29	0.02
November 9	44	29	0.00
November 10	52	37	0.00
November 11	67	47	0.78
November 12	48	34	0.00
November 13	46	29	0.00
November 14	37	31	0.01
November 15	32	27	0.21
November 16	31	25	0.45
November 17	38	30	0.94
November 18	36	32	0.00
November 19	49	28	0.00
November 20	50	37	0.14
November 21	59	35	0.06
November 22	59	41	0.01
November 23	41	39	0.01
November 24	40	35	0.01
November 25	35	20	0.00
November 26	30	19	0.42
November 27	38	27	0.13
November 28	27	19	0.02
November 29	34	22	0.24
November 30	40	25	1.16

December 1940 Buffalo Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	36	13	0.02
December 2	24	15	0.04
December 3	16	1	0.05
December 4	26	11	0.25
December 5	26	9	0.12
December 6	43	10	0.00
December 7	44	34	0.31
December 8	35	21	0.00
December 9	44	23	0.00
December 10	48	30	0.00
December 11	35	30	0.00
December 12	38	30	0.64
December 13	33	15	0.00
December 14	29	15	0.00
December 15	38	18	0.00
December 16	52	33	0.57
December 17	34	18	0.00
December 18	33	23	0.00
December 19	41	25	0.00
December 20	44	37	0.01
December 21	37	35	0.00
December 22	37	33	0.07
December 23	38	26	0.00
December 24	48	26	0.00
December 25	58	37	0.00
December 26	54	41	0.02
December 27	48	40	0.11
December 28	51	40	0.23
December 29	41	37	0.64
December 30	37	30	0.16
December 31	34	30	0.00

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Weather Station Details

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