Buffalo Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Brownton Wwtp, 22 km from Buffalo Lake; records cover 2003–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 31.7 in805 mm
- Snow a year
- 50 in127 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Apr 30
- First fall freeze
- Oct 3
- Heating degree days
- 8,273
- Cooling degree days
- 536
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −17°−27° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Buffalo Lake in January
Highs average 21°−6° and lows 3°−16°, with 0.66 in17 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 53°12° (2012)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 1634
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buffalo Lake in February
Highs average 26°−4° and lows 7°−14°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 62°17° (2024)
- Record low
- −29°−34° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 1368
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buffalo Lake in March
Highs average 38°3° and lows 20°−6°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 8 in19 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2007)
- Record low
- −19°−28° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1110
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buffalo Lake in April
Highs average 55°13° and lows 34°1°, with 3 in76 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2004)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (2018)
- Heating degree days
- 628
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Buffalo Lake in May
Highs average 68°20° and lows 47°8°, with 4.3 in109 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2009)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2026)
- Heating degree days
- 270
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Buffalo Lake in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 58°14°, with 5.2 in133 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 100°38° (2011)
- Record low
- 41°5° (2009)
- Heating degree days
- 43
- Cooling degree days
- 118
Buffalo Lake in July
Highs average 81°27° and lows 61°16°, with 3.5 in90 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2012)
- Record low
- 45°7° (2013)
- Heating degree days
- 11
- Cooling degree days
- 195
Buffalo Lake in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 58°15°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2006)
- Record low
- 36°2° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 141
Buffalo Lake in September
Highs average 72°22° and lows 49°10°, with 3.2 in82 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2012)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 181
- Cooling degree days
- 46
Buffalo Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 58°14° and lows 37°3°, with 2.6 in67 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 92°33° (2025)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (2020)
- Heating degree days
- 560
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Buffalo Lake in November
Highs average 40°5° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2006)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (2014)
- Heating degree days
- 1001
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buffalo Lake in December
Highs average 26°−3° and lows 11°−12°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 12 in31 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 55°13° (2021)
- Record low
- −31°−35° (2016)
- Heating degree days
- 1441
- Cooling degree days
- 0