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Updated: 05-May-2026 6:47am

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NY Extremes

High Temperature

65°F at Manhattan/Dwntwn, NY

Low Temperature

28°F at Wellsville Municipal Ap, NY

High Precipatation

0.19in at Watertown Ap, NY

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USA Extremes

High Temperature

98°F at Phoenix Airport, AZ

Low Temperature

17°F at Mount Washington, NH

High Precipatation

1.27in at Miami International Ap, FL

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World Extremes

High Temperature

117°F at Podor, Senegal

Low Temperature

-39°F at Vanua Balavu Aws, Fiji

High Precipatation

5.24in at Unzendake, Japan

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WESTERN NEW YORK FORECAST SUMMARY Forecast Discussion for BUF NWS Office

654 FXUS61 KBUF 050959 AFDBUF  Area Forecast Discussion National Weather
Service Buffalo NY 559 AM EDT Tue May 5 2026  .WHAT HAS CHANGED... No
significant changes have been made with this update.

NWS BUF Office Area Forecast Discussion

Todays low barometer of 998.8 mb broke the monthly low of 1000.5 mb set on 05/04/2026 by -1.7 mb
Todays daily rain of 0.17 in broke the monthly high of 0.05 in set on 05/01/2026 by 0.12 in
Todays high dew point of 55.4°F broke the monthly high of 54.3°F set on 05/04/2026 by 1.1°

METRIC | IMPERIAL

Weather Conditions Updated: @ 6:47am

Temperature

Conditions/Real Time Wind Speed

36 Hour Forecast/WNY Expected Snowfall

Currently: 59.3°F Trend: /hr Wind Chill 59°F Humidex 64.2°F 24 Hour +/- 7.3°F ---
Today High 64.1°F 12:36 AM	Today Low 54.1°F 4:08 AM
Yest.High 72.4°F 5:27 PM	Yest.Low 48.8°F 3:37 AM
Last Year High 68.1°F	Last Year Low 51.4°F
Station Record High* 73.3°F 2018	Station Record Low* 28.5°F 2020
* This Station's Records Since 1/2010


	Partly cloudy
	W 4.4 Gusting to: 2.0
Light Breeze
	Total Rainfall Today: 0.17 in
	Current CBI Fire Danger: -0.7 of 100

Today Showers And T-Storms Likely	Tonight Showers And T-Storms	Wednesday Rain Showers
Hi 62 °F	Lo 42 °F	Hi 53 °F

Dew Point

Rainfall

Wind

Sun/Moon

Current:	55.1°F
Last Hour:	1°F
High 6:46 AM:	55.4°F
Low 12:00 AM:	51.8°F
Record High:	82.4°F on Jun-19-2024
Record Low:	-24.5°F on Jan-24-2011
Wetbulb:	57.0°F

Today:	0.17 in
Storm Rain:	0.17 in
Last 24 Hours:	0.17 in
Yesterday:	0.00 in
Previous 7 Days:	0.78 in
May Rain:	0.25 in
May to Date Average:¹⁰	0.75 in
May to Date +/- from Avg:¹⁰	0.50 in
May Avg:	3.14 in
+/- from Avg:	2.89 in
2025 Total:	14.68 in
Year To Date Average:¹¹	10.00 in
Year To Date +/- from Avg:¹¹	4.68 in
Last Rain Time/Date:	May-5-2026 at 2:45 AM
69 rain days in 2026
3 days in May 0 straight days without rain

Current:	W 4.4 mph
Last 15 Min. Avg:	3.3 mph
Last 30 Min. Avg:	3.6 mph
Last 1 Hour Avg:	4.4 mph
Last 2 Hour Avg:	3.4 mph
Todays Wind Run:	31.28 miles
Wind Gust
Current:	2.0 mph
High Last Hour:	13.0 mph SW
Todays High:	24.2 mph 12:32 AM
May High:	27.0 mph May-4
2025 High:	43.0 mph Mar-14
Record Gust:	62.6 mph Dec-25-2014

Sunlight:

14 hrs 18 min
12 sec
of Sunlight Today Which is
2 min 26 sec longer than
yesterday
(Noon)

(Midnight)

Waning Gibbous

88%
Illuminated

Humidity/Feels Like

Barometer

Feels Like:	64.2°F
Humidity:	86%
Last Hour +/-:	6%
High 4:35 AM:	96%
Low 12:32 AM:	70%
Record High:	100% Sep-4-2018
Record Low:	16% May-10-2022

Current:	999.7 mb
Last Hour:	Rising slowly
High 2:32 AM:	1001.5
Low 5:07 AM:	998.8
Record High:	1048.1 mb Dec-14-2024
Record Low:	978.7 mb Jan-10-2024

Heating Degree Days

Snow³

Wind Chill

Air

Today:	1.2
May:	71.9
2026 to Date:	3844.6
Cooling Degree Days
2026 to Date:	0.4

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

Current:	59.3°F
Low 4:08 AM:	54.1°F
Yesterday:	45.6°F
Record:	-26.3°F Feb-20-2015

Quality
Index⁶:
48

Good

Density:
1.20 kg/m³

UV Summary/Forecast

Solar Summary

May-05

6.0

May-06

5.8

May-07

5.4

Sunrise is at: 6:02 am

Solar Noon: 13:11

Sunset is at: 8:19 pm

Almanac

Cloud Height

Station All Time Records

Outlook

Currently:	Early Morning
YTD Avg Temp:	34.0°F
Sunrise:	6:02 am
Sunset:	8:19 pm
Moonrise:	11:53 pm
Moonset:	8:05 am
Full Moon:	May-01-2026
New Moon:	20:02 UTC May-16-2026

Cloud Height:

1563 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:19 \| S3C2:1 \| Ajax 3.xx ISS:Ok \|

Tonight

Tonight: Showers And Thunderstorms

Showers And T-Storms

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 5 of just the month of May for this station since 2010. ¹¹ Historical average rain this season to day 5 of Mayfor this station since 2010.

NWS Weather Forecast - Outlook Today & Tonight

Today

Showers And T-Storms Likely

Hi 62 °F

NWS forecast: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy. High near 62, with temperatures falling to around 53 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight

Showers And T-Storms

Lo 42 °F

NWS forecast: Showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

NWS Short Term Weather Forecast

Wednesday Rain Showers	Wednesday Night Slight Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy	Thursday Partly Sunny	Thursday Night Partly Cloudy	Friday Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Rain Showers	Friday Night Chance Rain Showers	Saturday Rain Showers Likely
Hi 53 °F	Lo 39 °F	Hi 54 °F	Lo 39 °F	Hi 56 °F	Lo 45 °F	Hi 58 °F

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