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Wet and Cool in the East this Memorial Day Weekend; Well Above Normal Temperatures in the Northern Plains

A wet Memorial Day weekend is in store for the East, with widespread rainfall of 1 to more than 2 inches expected from the Gulf Coast to southern New England. Well above normal temperatures are forecast to build across the northern Plains. Another round of heavy to excessive rainfall is expected to impact the western Gulf Coast this weekend with Flood Watches in effect. Read More >

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Buffalo Monthly Precipitation

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SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1940 2.47 3.71 2.35 2.31 3.51 4.44 1.48 3.12 3.72 1.15 4.38 3.37 36.01
1941 2.36 2.05 2.01 1.69 1.11 0.82 3.37 1.06 0.87 2.40 3.06 1.36 22.16
1942 3.25 4.26 3.79 2.16 3.75 0.76 2.42 2.45 3.40 3.12 4.26 5.01 38.63
1943 1.98 2.30 2.44 3.72 3.52 2.77 1.73 2.59 3.45 4.01 2.57 0.69 31.77
1944 1.23 2.92 2.91 4.62 2.87 3.95 1.04 6.17 3.63 1.11 1.44 3.83 35.72
1945 3.71 3.04 4.26 3.15 2.84 2.55 3.97 1.18 4.88 5.87 3.95 5.07 44.47
1946 1.03 2.47 1.61 1.27 3.59 2.03 2.75 4.35 3.24 3.72 2.79 2.79 31.64
1947 4.65 1.59 2.05 3.95 4.83 4.01 3.54 1.80 2.11 0.66 4.01 1.96 35.16
1948 1.99 2.94 3.24 2.81 3.12 3.07 2.58 1.10 5.74 4.74 4.01 2.05 37.39
1949 2.71 2.64 2.52 2.42 2.09 1.17 3.15 5.27 3.1 1.67 6.37 3.68 36.79
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1950 5.01 4.26 3.23 2.46 2.16 2.04 3.12 4.12 1.95 2.36 4.83 1.84 37.38
1951 2.63 2.96 4.57 4.03 2.01 4.48 3.50 1.36 2.52 1.87 4.47 3.35 37.75
1952 3.75 2.02 2.51 2.56 3.91 1.13 1.28 3.12 2.72 0.68 2.89 2.57 29.14
1953 2.81 1.46 3.76 2.24 6.39 0.98 3.60 3.21 3.09 0.32 4.94 3.08 35.88
1954 2.94 3.72 5.24 3.95 1.35 2.57 2.08 2.45 2.20 9.13 3.32 5.83 44.78
1955 2.61 2.42 4.60 3.35 1.65 0.11 2.13 4.81 2.97 8.12 4.2 2.82 39.79
1956 2.12 3.33 5.25 3.69 4.61 0.99 3.54 5.89 3.95 0.86 2.88 4.82 41.93
1957 4.92 1.65 2.23 4.86 4.03 2.92 2.97 1.11 3.84 1.12 5.30 3.74 38.69
1958 3.81 4.78 1.36 3.95 1.79 2.91 1.49 3.16 4.59 1.40 3.49 1.66 34.39
1959 6.47 3.45 3.87 3.21 2.10 1.94 1.98 4.78 2.52 4.93 3.58 3.98 42.81
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1960 3.90 5.80 2.35 2.34 4.05 2.48 1.89 3.75 1.20 1.89 2.94 2.57 35.16
1961 1.41 2.63 2.59 5.90 3.01 3.66 3.02 4.03 2.53 2.41 3.30 2.62 37.11
1962 2.78 2.65 1.23 2.25 2.36 2.80 1.89 3.00 3.14 1.90 1.78 2.77 28.55
1963 1.51 1.03 2.19 2.77 2.22 0.61 6.43 8.04 1.20 0.30 5.07 1.83 33.20
1964 2.12 1.09 3.72 3.36 2.91 1.55 2.57 5.02 0.77 1.89 2.09 2.58 29.67
1965 3.27 2.99 1.97 1.99 1.21 1.50 3.69 4.12 2.37 5.07 4.69 2.60 35.47
1966 3.74 2.11 2.78 2.06 1.36 1.97 4.92 3.60 2.65 0.93 4.50 2.25 32.87
1967 1.18 1.39 1.20 2.60 3.69 2.50 1.57 4.04 6.36 4.78 3.13 2.16 34.60
1968 2.18 0.81 2.67 1.78 3.30 4.45 1.19 5.33 5.63 3.03 4.47 3.42 38.26
1969 3.85 0.97 1.62 4.16 3.75 3.51 3.83 2.48 2.04 2.77 4.09 3.09 36.16
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1970 2.06 1.74 1.72 2.54 2.87 2.55 4.02 2.01 4.55 4.20 3.20 3.25 34.71
1971 1.46 3.03 2.07 1.48 1.56 4.25 4.50 4.43 1.88 1.57 3.07 3.61 32.91
1972 2.17 3.44 3.99 2.99 3.64 6.06 0.99 4.19 3.06 2.96 4.28 3.86 41.63
1973 2.03 1.98 3.27 3.56 2.99 1.68 3.68 2.98 1.44 4.27 4.07 4.89 36.84
1974 2.44 2.19 3.19 3.15 3.36 3.86 1.80 3.64 2.42 1.75 5.38 3.13 36.31
1975 2.11 2.93 2.92 1.86 3.31 3.65 2.34 8.49 2.44 1.13 2.77 4.58 38.53
1976 3.19 3.43 5.59 4.01 4.70 3.36 5.65 1.65 5.39 3.61 2.11 3.83 46.52
1977 3.38 1.59 2.42 3.60 1.39 2.79 3.64 10.67 8.99 2.61 4.45 8.02 53.55
1978 6.29 1.36 1.72 1.84 3.95 2.42 1.48 3.51 4.40 3.72 1.55 3.50 35.74
1979 5.43 2.03 2.48 3.16 1.63 2.18 3.51 6.26 5.61 3.88 4.14 3.43 43.74
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1980 1.97 1.08 4.05 2.43 1.60 5.82 3.55 3.58 4.53 4.69 2.36 2.65 38.31
1981 1.11 3.50 1.70 3.09 2.56 3.68 5.05 3.13 4.24 3.31 2.22 2.87 36.46
1982 6.88 1.28 2.64 2.33 3.66 3.14 1.50 4.62 3.37 2.06 6.31 3.32 41.11
1983 1.44 1.30 3.2 2.55 3.28 2.99 2.01 3.51 2.11 4.62 5.19 7.30 39.50
1984 1.54 3.59 1.77 2.53 4.67 6.86 1.37 4.16 3.73 0.87 2.66 3.67 37.42
1985 4.27 3.34 4.42 1.33 3.46 3.21 1.81 4.63 1.20 3.73 9.75 4.85 46.00
1986 2.31 2.60 1.95 3.33 4.42 4.15 2.82 2.73 3.88 4.34 3.11 4.02 39.66
1987 2.90 0.85 3.66 3.40 1.35 8.36 3.09 3.38 5.32 2.62 4.44 2.78 42.15
1988 1.58 4.07 2.99 2.96 2.74 1.56 6.35 2.69 2.07 6.08 3.37 2.15 38.61
1989 1.77 2.54 3.15 1.88 7.22 7.83 0.93 1.84 3.85 2.98 4.83 2.34 41.16
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
1990 2.69 5.90 1.50 5.22 6.08 3.55 3.14 3.25 3.65 4.59 2.61 8.71 50.89
1991 2.07 2.06 5.97 5.83 3.10 0.86 3.34 2.84 3.19 3.11 4.02 3.81 40.20
1992 2.01 2.45 2.93 4.68 3.48 2.21 8.93 3.79 5.56 2.80 4.92 3.80 47.56
1993 4.35 1.92 3.02 2.55 1.79 4.99 1.78 3.86 5.53 3.69 3.58 3.60 40.66
1994 2.90 1.40 2.61 4.02 3.54 4.27 2.08 4.09 3.19 1.87 4.08 2.67 36.72
1995 4.89 2.62 1.33 1.41 2.40 1.33 3.53 2.07 1.32 6.07 4.14 2.88 33.99
1996 3.40 2.09 2.37 5.63 4.08 5.20 5.15 2.14 7.51 4.22 2.99 3.42 48.20
1997 4.25 2.97 4.47 1.65 3.61 3.06 1.85 4.67 5.06 2.29 4.32 2.88 41.08
1998 5.61 2.28 3.86 2.54 3.73 2.87 4.39 1.74 2.43 2.10 1.61 1.54 34.70
1999 5.78 1.10 2.43 2.21 2.82 1.93 1.00 4.38 3.95 2.95 3.33 2.20 34.08
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2000 2.65 1.75 2.12 4.07 4.38 6.51 2.90 3.21 3.92 1.11 5.82 3.76 42.20
2001 2.15 2.33 3.31 1.27 4.28 1.36 0.73 2.13 3.45 4.34 3.35 6.48 35.18
2002 3.54 3.15 3.28 4.38 5.23 1.47 3.24 1.77 2.54 3.21 3.57 4.36 39.74
2003 2.30 2.69 2.81 0.90 5.43 1.79 3.69 2.47 3.91 3.43 4.10 3.64 37.16
2004 2.95 1.15 3.10 3.94 5.72 2.02 6.04 1.86 4.07 2.98 2.91 4.99 41.73
2005 3.57 2.42 1.38 4.50 0.60 3.27 1.82 5.92 4.57 2.64 5.70 2.36 39.07
2006 3.67 2.45 2.14 1.98 1.90 3.38 4.60 3.28 6.95 8.75 2.15 3.16 44.41
2007 4.77 1.71 2.61 2.96 0.87 1.82 3.31 1.13 3.55 2.73 5.38 4.28 35.12
2008 2.33 4.83 4.22 2.05 2.54 4.91 2.80 5.33 3.96 4.13 3.34 6.79 47.31
2009 2.27 2.65 3.25 3.15 1.89 2.92 4.37 5.32 5.65 4.77 2.94 5.13 44.31
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2010 3.19 1.60 1.70 2.07 2.84 8.13 3.17 1.84 2.85 3.06 3.55 2.72 36.72
2011 1.89 3.13 4.63 5.69 8.09 3.47 2.72 3.94 4.07 5.21 3.10 3.62 49.56
2012 4.43 1.72 1.86 3.04 0.90 2.68 0.87 1.24 4.39 6.98 1.05 3.64 32.80
2013 2.50 3.04 1.06 3.92 3.57 7.16 2.86 3.51 3.53 7.00 2.93 4.93 46.02
2014 3.16 3.62 2.55 5.08 3.12 3.80 5.45 3.16 3.13 4.61 2.58 2.15 42.40
2015 2.59 2.40 1.44 2.70 3.50 5.03 2.42 4.39 4.29 3.81 1.32 2.90 36.79
2016 1.81 3.47 2.85 1.90 1.21 1.31 1.80 4.17 3.53 4.41 3.35 4.06 33.87
2017 2.92 2.26 4.36 6.38 6.35 2.21 4.65 3.15 3.17 5.01 5.09 2.93 48.48
2018 3.73 3.61 2.93 3.99 2.72 2.82 2.15 3.62 3.58 4.23 4.90 3.36 41.64
2019 5.71 3.28 2.73 3.07 3.53 4.60 1.83 3.62 6.28 5.83 1.97 5.37 47.82
SEASON JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC ANNUAL
2020 2.72 2.50 3.20 3.54 3.87 3.55 3.42 2.10 3.40 3.60 2.81 4.96 39.67
2021 1.85 2.06 1.92 2.77 1.63 1.77 7.49 3.68 5.28 6.14 3.28 2.46 40.33
2022 3.59 4.57 2.21 2.79 3.02 2.87 2.31 2.81 4.30 3.73 6.52 6.57 45.29
2023 3.89 2.80 4.05 4.57 1.15 2.42 5.54 3.12 2.67 3.74 2.70 3.87 40.52
2024 5.67 1.03 2.11 4.58 2.61 4.78 2.87 2.38 2.99 1.94 2.24 3.85 37.05
2025 1.98 2.32 1.85 2.86 3.06 3.35 0.77 2.35 1.33 5.38 2.63 3.86 31.74
2026 3.24                        
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