Temperature
51 F at 7 PM; 70 F at its warmest, 6 AM, and 51 F at its coolest, 7 PM.
- Now
- 51F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 70F
- 6 AM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 7 PM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Buffalo Niagara International Airport, New York
Large airport in Erie County, New York* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures possible, especially inland from the Great Lakes. * WHERE...Niagara, Orleans, Monroe, Wayne, Northern Cayuga, Northern Erie, and Genesee Counties. * WHEN...From late Saturday night through Sunday morning. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.
51°
67°/55°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 51°·Gentle breeze 12 mph NNW
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Buffalo Niagara International Airport until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Tomorrow is 19 degrees cooler: a high of 48° after 67° today.
Now. Buffalo Niagara International Airport is 51° and mostly cloudy at 8 PM. The dew point is 43°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 12 mph, gusting to 23 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 38° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 48°. The days ahead look dry. Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 3 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
74%Humidity
76%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
51feels51
10%
Today
Oct 16
6755
89%
23mph
Sat
Oct 17
4837
13mph
Sun
Oct 18
5936
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6439
clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6539
mostly clear day
Wed
Oct 21
6442
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6542
mostly clear day
51°
67°55°
48°37°
59°36°
64°39°
65°39°
64°42°
65°42°
As of 8:00 PM in Buffalo Niagara International Airport, New York.
Air quality
The air at Buffalo Niagara International Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Western New York Region (NY), 26 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
- Ozone20Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 15
- 49TodayOct 16
- 28SatOct 17
- 46SunOct 18
- 40MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Buffalo Niagara International Airport
0.68 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.68in
- Last 3 days
- 0.68in
Visibility
How far you can see at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 9 miles Sun 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BUF
- ICAO
- KBUF
- IATA
- BUF
- Field elevation
- 728 ft
- Serves
- Buffalo
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BUF
- Wind now
- From 310° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 19:06
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 8,829 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 44° / 224° | 1 mph head, on 23 | 10 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 7,161 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 127° / 307° | 10 mph head, on 32 | 1 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Buffalo INTL Arpt (BUF), Buffalo Niagara International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 43 F, the air 74% saturated; the humidity ran from 69% at 9 PM Thursday to 94% at 8 AM.
- Dew point now
- 43F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 74%
- Humidity, range
- 69 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
13 mph from the north northwest at 7 PM; at its strongest 20 mph, 8 AM, with a gust of 46 mph at 8 AM.
- Now
- 13mph
- from the north northwest
- Strongest
- 20mph
- 8 AM
- Highest gust
- 46mph
- 8 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.93 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.11 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 29.93inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.11inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 0.5 miles at 8 AM, under a mile for 1 hour; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 0.5mi
- 8 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 1
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 3 AM; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 3 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.71 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.43 in, in the hour to 8 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.71in
- Wettest hour
- 0.43in
- 8 AM
- Hours with some
- 13
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Buffalo INTL Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Buffalo Niagara International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/705 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/712 ft/16 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cheektowaga 2.7 NENY-ER-102
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/703 ft/25 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
West SenecaWSNN6
At a cooperative observer's station/6.3 mi away/617 ft/111 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New York
29 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Buffalo Niagara International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Williamsvillevillage, 2 mi
- Cheektowagacommunity, 2 mi
- Depewvillage, 2 mi
- Harris Hillcommunity, 3 mi
- Lancastervillage, 4 mi
- Eggertsvillecommunity, 4 mi
- Sloanvillage, 4 mi
- University at Buffalocommunity, 5 mi
- Clarence Centercommunity, 7 mi
- Tonawanda Towncommunity, 7 mi
- Kenmorevillage, 7 mi
- West Senecacommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- Niagara Falls International AirportIAG, 16 mi
- Genesee County AirportGVQ, 29 mi
- Chautauqua County-Dunkirk AirportDKK, 41 mi
- Cattaraugus County-Olean AirportOLE, 52 mi
- Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International AirportROC, 55 mi
- Dansville Municipal AirportDSV, 58 mi
- Chautauqua County-Jamestown AirportJHW, 60 mi
- Wellsville Municipal Airport - Tarantine FieldELZ, 69 mi