First snow 2026-27 ยท Buffalo, NY
When does Buffalo get its first snow?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 7.
- This winter
- None yet
- Normal date
- Nov 7 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Oct 6, 1991
- Latest on record
- Dec 18, 2015
- Record since
- 1884 (142 winters)
- Station
- Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Snow so far
- 0 in
Common questions
When does Buffalo get its first snow?
Around Nov 7. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Buffalo Niagara International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Buffalo had its first snow this winter?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 7.
What is the earliest first snow on record in Buffalo?
Oct 6, 1991, in a record that goes back to 1884.
What is the latest first snow on record in Buffalo?
Dec 18, 2015.
Every winter on record
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Nov 9 | 1.1 in |
| 2024-25 | Nov 30 | 1.2 in |
| 2023-24 | Oct 31 | 0.4 in |
| 2022-23 | Nov 13 | 0.2 in |
| 2021-22 | Nov 13 | 1.7 in |
| 2020-21 | Nov 2 | 0.2 in |
| 2019-20 | Nov 7 | 0.6 in |
| 2018-19 | Oct 20 | 0.1 in |
| 2017-18 | Oct 31 | 0.1 in |
| 2016-17 | Nov 20 | 0.9 in |
| 2015-16 | Dec 18 | 0.1 in |
| 2014-15 | Nov 13 | 0.3 in |
| 2013-14 | Nov 11 | 0.7 in |
| 2012-13 | Nov 25 | 1.6 in |
| 2011-12 | Dec 2 | 0.4 in |
| 2010-11 | Nov 26 | 1.6 in |
| 2009-10 | Dec 1 | 5.8 in |
| 2008-09 | Oct 29 | 0.1 in |
| 2007-08 | Nov 6 | 2.5 in |
| 2006-07 | Oct 12 | 8.6 in |
| 2005-06 | Nov 16 | 1.3 in |
| 2004-05 | Nov 8 | 0.2 in |
| 2003-04 | Nov 13 | 1.5 in |
| 2002-03 | Nov 1 | 0.7 in |
| 2001-02 | Oct 25 | 0.3 in |
| 2000-01 | Nov 14 | 3.1 in |
| 1999-00 | Nov 3 | 0.1 in |
| 1998-99 | Nov 11 | 0.2 in |
| 1997-98 | Oct 22 | 0.2 in |
| 1996-97 | Nov 9 | 0.2 in |
| 1995-96 | Nov 4 | 0.4 in |
| 1994-95 | Nov 23 | 0.9 in |
| 1993-94 | Oct 30 | 0.1 in |
| 1992-93 | Oct 20 | 0.6 in |
| 1991-92 | Oct 6 | 0.2 in |
| 1990-91 | Nov 11 | 0.7 in |
| 1989-90 | Nov 3 | 0.5 in |
| 1988-89 | Oct 25 | 0.5 in |
| 1987-88 | Nov 5 | 0.1 in |
| 1986-87 | Nov 11 | 1.3 in |
| 1985-86 | Nov 22 | 0.5 in |
| 1984-85 | Nov 12 | 1 in |
| 1983-84 | Nov 3 | 0.6 in |
| 1982-83 | Nov 5 | 12.3 in |
| 1981-82 | Nov 6 | 0.7 in |
| 1980-81 | Nov 17 | 2 in |
| 1979-80 | Nov 15 | 0.1 in |
| 1978-79 | Nov 21 | 0.2 in |
| 1977-78 | Nov 11 | 2.8 in |
| 1976-77 | Oct 21 | 0.2 in |
| 1975-76 | Nov 13 | 0.2 in |
| 1974-75 | Nov 13 | 2.2 in |
| 1973-74 | Nov 5 | 0.1 in |
| 1972-73 | Oct 15 | 0.6 in |
| 1971-72 | Nov 4 | 0.2 in |
| 1970-71 | Nov 15 | 1.6 in |
| 1969-70 | Oct 22 | 0.9 in |
| 1968-69 | Nov 12 | 3.3 in |
| 1967-68 | Nov 5 | 0.1 in |
| 1966-67 | Nov 3 | 1.5 in |
| 1965-66 | Oct 28 | 1.2 in |
| 1964-65 | Nov 19 | 1.2 in |
| 1963-64 | Nov 24 | 0.1 in |
| 1962-63 | Oct 26 | 2 in |
| 1961-62 | Nov 8 | 1.8 in |
| 1960-61 | Oct 24 | 1 in |
| 1959-60 | Nov 12 | 0.1 in |
| 1958-59 | Nov 24 | 2 in |
| 1957-58 | Nov 9 | 5.6 in |
| 1956-57 | Nov 24 | 2.1 in |
| 1955-56 | Nov 17 | 1.4 in |
| 1954-55 | Oct 31 | 1 in |
| 1953-54 | Nov 7 | 10.3 in |
| 1952-53 | Oct 19 | 0.3 in |
| 1951-52 | Nov 2 | 4.5 in |
| 1950-51 | Nov 3 | 0.4 in |
| 1949-50 | Nov 5 | 0.9 in |
| 1948-49 | Nov 29 | 0.6 in |
| 1947-48 | Nov 8 | 5 in |
| 1946-47 | Dec 2 | 1 in |
| 1945-46 | Nov 23 | 9 in |
| 1944-45 | Nov 5 | 0.1 in |
| 1943-44 | Oct 18 | 1.5 in |
| 1942-43 | Nov 11 | 1 in |
| 1941-42 | Nov 9 | 1 in |
| 1940-41 | Nov 8 | 0.2 in |
| 1939-40 | Nov 5 | 0.2 in |
| 1938-39 | Nov 15 | 2.5 in |
| 1937-38 | Oct 24 | 0.8 in |
| 1936-37 | Nov 4 | 1.3 in |
| 1935-36 | Nov 29 | 0.1 in |
| 1934-35 | Oct 28 | 0.4 in |
| 1933-34 | Nov 6 | 0.2 in |
| 1932-33 | Nov 12 | 10.1 in |
| 1931-32 | Nov 27 | 0.9 in |
| 1930-31 | Oct 18 | 0.1 in |
| 1929-30 | Nov 21 | 0.6 in |
| 1928-29 | Oct 29 | 0.2 in |
| 1927-28 | Nov 5 | 1.2 in |
| 1926-27 | Nov 3 | 0.1 in |
| 1925-26 | Oct 9 | 0.3 in |
| 1924-25 | Nov 16 | 0.1 in |
| 1923-24 | Nov 8 | 0.9 in |
| 1922-23 | Nov 22 | 0.1 in |
| 1921-22 | Nov 5 | 0.4 in |
| 1920-21 | Nov 15 | 0.2 in |
| 1919-20 | Nov 26 | 2.8 in |
| 1918-19 | Dec 1 | 0.2 in |
| 1917-18 | Oct 25 | 0.5 in |
| 1916-17 | Nov 14 | 3.5 in |
| 1915-16 | Nov 16 | 3.4 in |
| 1914-15 | Nov 21 | 1.7 in |
| 1913-14 | Oct 31 | 0.4 in |
| 1912-13 | Nov 24 | 0.9 in |
| 1911-12 | Nov 2 | 0.4 in |
| 1910-11 | Oct 29 | 0.2 in |
| 1909-10 | Oct 13 | 6 in |
| 1908-09 | Nov 4 | 0.1 in |
| 1907-08 | Nov 29 | 0.3 in |
| 1906-07 | Oct 10 | 1.4 in |
| 1905-06 | Nov 1 | 0.2 in |
| 1904-05 | Nov 5 | 0.1 in |
| 1903-04 | Oct 26 | 0.2 in |
| 1902-03 | Nov 23 | 0.1 in |
| 1901-02 | Nov 4 | 0.2 in |
| 1900-01 | Nov 9 | 0.5 in |
| 1899-00 | Dec 3 | 0.2 in |
| 1898-99 | Nov 9 | 0.3 in |
| 1897-98 | Nov 19 | 0.5 in |
| 1896-97 | Nov 8 | 0.2 in |
| 1895-96 | Oct 28 | 0.1 in |
| 1894-95 | Nov 8 | 0.6 in |
| 1893-94 | Nov 15 | 3 in |
| 1892-93 | Nov 4 | 0.2 in |
| 1891-92 | Nov 17 | 0.3 in |
| 1890-91 | Nov 4 | 3.5 in |
| 1889-90 | Nov 27 | 0.4 in |
| 1888-89 | Nov 26 | 0.3 in |
| 1887-88 | Nov 11 | 1.3 in |
| 1886-87 | Nov 6 | 4.6 in |
| 1885-86 | Oct 30 | 0.2 in |
| 1884-85 | Nov 25 | 2.5 in |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)