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NY Extremes

High Temperature

49°F at Montauk Airport, NY

Low Temperature

7°F at Saranac Lake Adirondack Regional Ap, NY

High Precipatation

0.33in at Fulton Oswego County Ap, NY

Data courtesy of NWS-CPC

USA Extremes

High Temperature

102°F at Corona Municipal Airport, CA
102°F at Palm Springs Asos, CA
102°F at Desert Resorts Regional Ap, CA

Low Temperature

-18°F at Cook Municipal Airport, MN
-18°F at Ely Municipal Ap, MN
-18°F at Eveleth Virginia Municipal Airport, MN

High Precipatation

2.34in at Hoquiam Bowerman Ap, WA

Data courtesy of NWS-CPC

World Extremes

High Temperature

108°F at Yelimane, Mali

Low Temperature

-50°F at Thomsen River Nwt, Canada

High Precipatation

3.86in at Srimangal, Bangladesh

Data courtesy of NWS-CPC

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WESTERN NEW YORK FORECAST SUMMARY Forecast Discussion for BUF NWS Office

032 FXUS61 KBUF 181758 AFDBUF  Area Forecast Discussion National Weather
Service Buffalo NY 158 PM EDT Wed Mar 18 2026  .WHAT HAS CHANGED... No
significant changes with this issuance.

NWS BUF Office Area Forecast Discussion

No Weather Records Have Been Established For This Station Today as of 03/18/2026 3:01pm

METRIC | IMPERIAL

Weather Conditions Updated: @ 3:01pm

Temperature

Conditions/Real Time Wind Speed

36 Hour Forecast/WNY Expected Snowfall

Currently: 31.5°F Trend: /hr Wind Chill 30°F Humidex 25.3°F 24 Hour +/- 7.7°F ---
Today High 31.9°F 2:01 PM	Today Low 16.2°F 4:33 AM
Yest.High 27.2°F 12:14 AM	Yest.Low 14.5°F 6:13 AM
Last Year High 62.3°F	Last Year Low 26.2°F
Station Record High* 63.4°F 2022	Station Record Low* 17.7°F 2018
* This Station's Records Since 1/2010


	Mostly cloudy
	SSW 2.1 Gusting to: 5.0
Light Air
	Total Snowfall Today³: 0.00 in
	Current CBI Fire Danger: 4.7 of 100

This Afternoon Mostly Cloudy	Tonight Mostly Cloudy then Chance Snow Showers	Thursday Chance Snow Showers then Mostly Cloudy
Hi 34 °F	Lo 29 °F	Hi 42 °F

Dew Point

Rainfall

Wind

Sun/Moon

Current:	20.3°F
Last Hour:	0.5°F
High 1:47 PM:	21.4°F
Low 4:29 AM:	11.5°F
Record High:	82.4°F on Jun-19-2024
Record Low:	-24.5°F on Jan-24-2011
Wetbulb:	28.0°F

Rain Today:	0.03 in
Rate (/hr):	0.015 in
Storm Rain:	0.07 in
Last 24 Hours:	0.04 in
Yesterday:	0.05 in
Previous 7 Days:	1.11 in
Mar Rain:	2.15 in
Mar to Date Average:¹⁰	0.98 in
Mar to Date +/- from Avg:¹⁰	1.17 in
Mar Avg:	2.11 in
+/- from Avg:	0.04 in
2025 Total:	4.99 in
Year To Date Average:¹¹	4.18 in
Year To Date +/- from Avg:¹¹	0.81 in
35 rain days in 2026
12 days in March 0 straight days without rain

Current:	SSW 2.1 mph
Last 15 Min. Avg:	3.3 mph
Last 30 Min. Avg:	4.0 mph
Last 1 Hour Avg:	4.0 mph
Last 2 Hour Avg:	5.0 mph
Todays Wind Run:	37.30 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	5.0 mph
High Last Hour:	13.0 mph SSW
Todays High:	13.0 mph 1:11 PM
March High:	43.0 mph Mar-14
2025 High:	43.0 mph Mar-14
Record Gust:	62.6 mph Dec-25-2014

Sunlight:

12 hrs 3 min
44 sec
of Sunlight Today Which is
2 min 57 sec longer than
yesterday
(Noon)

(Midnight)

New Moon

0%
Illuminated

Humidity/Feels Like

Barometer

Feels Like:	25.3°F
Humidity:	63%
Last Hour +/-:	2%
High 5:33 AM:	86%
Low 10:38 AM:	59%
Record High:	100% Sep-4-2018
Record Low:	16% May-10-2022

Current:	1024.8 mb
Last Hour:	Falling slowly
High 9:07 AM:	1027.4
Low 12:00 AM:	1023.6
Record High:	1048.1 mb Dec-14-2024
Record Low:	978.7 mb Jan-10-2024

Heating Degree Days

Snow³

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	27.7
Mar:	490.5
2026 to Date:	2954.4
Cooling Degree Days
2026 to Date:	0.0

Today:	0.00 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Mar Snow:	0.00 in
Mar Avg:	1.85 in
Diff from Avg:	-1.85 in
Season Total:²	17.30 in
Snow Depth:	0.00 in
0 snow days in March
3 snow days this season.²
First Snow of Season: --
Average 1st Snow:

Current:	30.2°F
Low 1:26 AM:	10.7°F
Yesterday:	-2.7°F
Record:	-26.3°F Feb-20-2015

Quality
Index⁶:
37

Good

Density:
1.31 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

Mar-18

3.2

Mar-19

3.3

Mar-20

3.3

Sunrise is at: 7:21 am

Solar Noon: 13:22

Sunset is at: 7:24 pm

Almanac

Cloud Height

Station All Time Records

Outlook

Currently:	Afternoon
YTD Avg Temp:	26.4°F
Sunrise:	7:21 am
Sunset:	7:24 pm
Moonrise:	7:04 am
Moonset:	7:10 pm
Full Moon:	Mar-03-2026
New Moon:	01:24 UTC Mar-19-2026

Cloud Height:

3158 ft

HIGHS:	LOWS:
97.7°F Jul-10-2020	-18.9°F Jan-24-2011
Daytime Records
95.5°F Jul-10-2020	-1.1°F Feb-15-2015
Nitetime Records
80.1°F Jul-08-2020	-11.4°F Jan-24-2014
ICN:3 \| S3C2:1 \| Ajax 3.xx ISS:Ok \|

Tonight

Tonight: Mostly Cloudy then Chance Snow Showers

Mostly Cloudy then Chance Snow Showers

¹ . ² Snow season July 1st to June 30th. ³ Snow is manually measured a few times a day as needed 0.01 = a trace . ⁶ Air Quality Index is provided by Minnesota Polution Control Agency and is updated between the hours of 6AM and Midnight. ¹⁰ Historical average only to day 18 of just the month of March for this station since 2010. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 18 of Marchfor this station since 2010.

NWS Weather Forecast - Outlook This Afternoon & Tonight

This
Afternoon

Mostly Cloudy

Hi 34 °F

NWS forecast: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. South wind 7 to 10 mph.

Tonight

Mostly Cloudy then Chance Snow Showers

Lo 29 °F

NWS forecast: A chance of snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

NWS Short Term Weather Forecast

Thursday Chance Snow Showers then Mostly Cloudy	Thursday Night Mostly Cloudy	Friday Rain And Snow Showers	Friday Night Rain Showers	Saturday Mostly Cloudy	Saturday Night Mostly Cloudy then Chance Rain Showers	Sunday Chance Rain Showers then Chance Rain And Snow Showers
Hi 42 °F	Lo 29 °F	Hi 46 °F	Lo 35 °F	Hi 49 °F	Lo 35 °F	Hi 47 °F

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