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Weather in Buffalo, SD · National Weather Service + NOAA

Buffalo is snow country

Buffalo has cold, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 9°, and about 51 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 44°, and lows to 20°.

Winter 32°/11°Spring 56°/30°Summer 83°/54°Fall 59°/32°
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Sunrise 8:37 am · sunset 6:38 pm

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What stands out about Buffalo’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 51 inches a winter, more than 1,302 of 1,367 South Dakota towns.A dry climateJust 15 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 94% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Buffalo’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
32° / 11°
19 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
56° / 30°
Last frost around May 10
Summer
83° / 54°
30 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
59° / 32°
First frost around Oct 1
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 1). Last frost next spring: May 10
Best months to be outside
MayJunSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Buffalo get?About 51 inches a winter.When is it wettest?May, with 2.7 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.5° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Buffalo itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Redig 11 Ne, SD (17 mi, snow) and Buffalo Asos, SD (1 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.