Buffalo
United States · 12 May 2016
Average
10.4°C
low 2.2°C · high 18°C
Rainfall
0.2mm
dry day
Wind
4.3m/s
daily average
Humidity
55.5%
daily average
Cloud
16%
cover
Pressure
1020hPa
daily average
The temperature ranged from 2.2°C around 05:00 to 18°C around 18:00. Rain was recorded for one hour, around 23:00 (0.2mm total).
How unusual was this day?
Compared against the same 135 calendar days (±7 days) across the other 9 years on file.
High temperature
44th percentile
Low temperature
16th percentile
Rainfall
42th percentile
Wind
51th percentile
A percentile of 100 means this was the hottest/wettest/windiest of the comparable days on file; 50 is right in the middle. This window's average temperature was 12.6°C, versus 10.4°C on this specific day.
Sun & daylight
Sunrise
05:26
Sunset
20:15
Day length
14h 49m
Hour by hour
Temperature (line) and hourly rainfall (bars), local time — America/Denver.
Cumulative rainfall through the day.
| Local time | UTC | Temp | Feels | Rain mm | Wind m/s | Dir | Humidity % | Pressure hPa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 06:00 | 5.2°C | -0.7°C | 0 | 6 | WNW | 76 | 1022 |
| 01:00 | 07:00 | 5.1°C | -0.6°C | 0 | 5.6 | WNW | 76 | 1023 |
| 02:00 | 08:00 | 4.9°C | -0.5°C | 0 | 5.2 | WNW | 76 | 1023 |
| 03:00 | 09:00 | 3.2°C | -2.2°C | 0 | 4.9 | WNW | 77 | 1023 |
| 04:00 | 10:00 | 3.6°C | -1.5°C | 0 | 4.8 | WNW | 83 | 1023 |
| 05:00 | 11:00 | 2.2°C | -2.9°C | 0 | 4.3 | W | 85 | 1024 |
| 06:00 | 12:00 | 3.1°C | -1.6°C | 0 | 4 | WNW | 84 | 1024 |
| 07:00 | 13:00 | 4.4°C | -0.3°C | 0 | 4 | WNW | 77 | 1024 |
| 08:00 | 14:00 | 7.4°C | 2.6°C | 0 | 4.3 | NW | 64 | 1024 |
| 09:00 | 15:00 | 11.4°C | 6.1°C | 0 | 4.7 | NW | 45 | 1023 |
| 10:00 | 16:00 | 11.7°C | 6.4°C | 0 | 4.7 | NW | 42 | 1022 |
| 11:00 | 17:00 | 13.1°C | 7.9°C | 0 | 4.7 | WNW | 40 | 1021 |
| 12:00 | 18:00 | 13.9°C | 8.6°C | 0 | 4.7 | WNW | 39 | 1021 |
| 13:00 | 19:00 | 15°C | 10.3°C | 0 | 4.2 | WNW | 38 | 1020 |
| 14:00 | 20:00 | 16.4°C | 12.2°C | 0 | 3.5 | WNW | 36 | 1019 |
| 15:00 | 21:00 | 17.8°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 2.7 | WNW | 34 | 1018 |
| 16:00 | 22:00 | 17.1°C | 14.4°C | 0 | 1.3 | W | 35 | 1016 |
| 17:00 | 23:00 | 17.8°C | 15.5°C | 0 | 0.9 | W | 34 | 1016 |
| 18:00 | 00:00 | 18°C | 15.7°C | 0 | 0.7 | NNW | 33 | 1015 |
| 19:00 | 01:00 | 17.9°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 2.6 | ENE | 33 | 1015 |
| 20:00 | 02:00 | 14.5°C | 9.1°C | 0 | 5.3 | ENE | 43 | 1015 |
| 21:00 | 03:00 | 10.2°C | 3.9°C | 0 | 6.4 | NE | 53 | 1017 |
| 22:00 | 04:00 | 8.8°C | 2.3°C | 0.07 | 6.8 | NE | 60 | 1019 |
| 23:00 | 05:00 | 7.5°C | 0.7°C | 0.13 | 7.4 | NNE | 70 | 1021 |
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Data source & coverage — ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 (10 years)details
- Source
- ERA5 reanalysis, accessed via the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
- Data type
- Reanalysis — a physically consistent reconstruction combining a forecast model with historical observations, not a live station reading or a forecast
- Coverage
- 2016–2025 (10 years) for United States
- Location
- Buffalo — 45.500°, -103.500°, ERA5 grid cell center, 10.0 km from requested point
- Time zone
- America/Denver
- What's shown here
- The hourly and daily record for 12 May 2016 specifically — not a monthly average. See the Buffalo climate overview for typical conditions.
- Spatial resolution
- 0.25° (~25 km) distributed grid — ERA5's native model resolution is finer; this is the publicly distributed regridded product
- Version / refreshed
- Methodology v2026.07 · data last refreshed December 31, 2025
- Limitations
- A model reconstruction, not a station observation — hyper-local extremes (a single storm cell, an urban heat pocket) can differ from a nearby gauge. See the full methodology.
- Attribution
- Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information
Cite this data
PastClimate (2026-07-20). Historical climate data for Buffalo, United States (45.50°N, 103.50°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Buffalo, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 20, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
"Historical Climate Data for Buffalo, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 20, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
@misc{pastclimate,
author = {PastClimate},
title = {Historical climate data for Buffalo, United States},
year = {2026},
note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-20},
url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}Notice something wrong with this data? Report a data issue.