Buffalo Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Buffalo

This first table lists monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

Average total snowfall and days with fresh snow in Buffalo

Days		Inches	Centimetres
16.3	January	25.3	64.3
13.1	February	17.3	43.9
9.2	March	12.9	32.8
3.1	April	2.7	6.9
0.0	May	0.3	0.8
0.4	October	0.9	2.3
4.9	November	7.9	20.1
14.0	December	27.4	69.6
61.0	Year	94.7	240.5

These averages don't show how much Buffalo's snowfall varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 34.8 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 12.8 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 35.6 inches, while the lightest years get less than 13.8 inches.

Snow in February ranges from over 22.4 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 9.4 inches in light years.

When Buffalo Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

Buffalo's first snowfall of winter usually arrives in November. The season's last snowfall typically happens in April. Although exceptionally early snow has been known to appear in October and late snow in May.

Buffalo is normally free of snow every year from June to September.

How Many Snowstorms Buffalo Gets

Most days of snowfall in Buffalo result in just a skiff of less than an inch left on the ground. For 26 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur four times a year. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more only happen on average once a year.

Number of days per month and year on average in Buffalo with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
7.3	2.5	January	1.0	0.3
5.3	1.6	February	0.5	0.1
3.4	1.2	March	0.5	0.1
0.8	0.2	April	0.1	0.0
0.1	0.1	October	0.1	0.0
2.1	0.6	November	0.4	0.1
6.5	2.6	December	1.4	0.3
25.5	8.8	Year	4.0	0.9

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Buffalo

For about two-thirds of winter days, Buffalo has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Snow mostly accumulates during January. Typically, on five or six days in January and another one or two days in each of December, February and March, the snow covering Buffalo gets to ten or more inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Buffalo with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
21.6	16.3	January	12.3	5.5
19.4	12.8	February	7.9	1.4
10.6	6.1	March	3.3	1.0
1.3	0.3	April	0.2	0.0
0.1	0.0	October	0.0	0.0
3.5	1.6	November	0.9	0.3
15.6	9.5	December	6.5	2.2
72.1	46.6	Year	31.1	10.4