Buffalo, NY Snowfall A

First snow Nov 9 · Last snow Apr 11 · 95.0 in/yr · Station: BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPOR

Avg First Snow

Nov 9

Median over 30 seasons on normal

Avg Last Snow

Apr 11

Median over 30 seasons

Snow Season

154 days

SepJun

Avg Annual Snowfall

95.0 in

Rank #20 of 217 tracked

Latest season (2025–26): first measurable snowfall arrived 0 days exactly on the 30-year normal.

Average Monthly Snowfall (inches)

Sep

0.9

Oct

7.8

Nov

24.9

Dec

26.7

Jan

18.0

Feb

14.1

Mar

2.5

Apr

May

Jun

How Buffalo Compares

Buffalo snowfall vs New York and U.S. medians
Measure	Buffalo	New York median	U.S. median
Avg annual snowfall	95.0 in	95.0 in	39.1 in
Avg first snowfall	Nov 9	Nov 9	Nov 16
Avg last snowfall	Apr 11	Apr 8	Apr 3
Snow season length	154 days	152 days	139 days

Medians are taken across tracked cities with regular snowfall (9 in New York, 201 nationally).

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Data source: NOAA GHCN-Daily records for BUFFALO NIAGARA INTERNATIONAL AIRPOR (USW00014733), 13 km from the city center, accessed via the ACIS web service. Normals window: 1990–91 through 2019–20 snow seasons. Measurable snow = ≥ 0.1 in.