Taking a look back at record high temperatures in Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Wednesday reached a record high temperature of 76° for March 19 in Buffalo. The previous record was set in 2012 at 74°.

Overall, March has brought pleasant weather this year. Temperatures have mostly stayed above normal with little to no snow accumulation, despite a tendency for the last month of winter to feel like a frozen tundra.

Here's how many record highs and lows the Queen City has seen in the last twenty years*:

• 2024: 9 record highs
• 2023: 3 record highs
• 2022: 5 record highs
• 2021: 7 record highs
• 2020: 9 record highs, 5 record lows
• 2019: 2 record highs, 3 record lows
• 2018: 7 record highs, 2 record lows
• 2017: 6 record highs, 1 record low
• 2016: 6 record highs
• 2015: 5 record highs, 4 record lows
• 2014: 1 record high, 1 record low
• 2013: 2 record highs
• 2012: 14 record highs, 2 record lows
• 2011: 1 record high
• 2010: 3 record highs
• 2009: none
• 2008: 8 record highs
• 2007: 3 record highs
• 2006: 2 record highs
• 2005: 8 record highs, 1 record low
• 2004: 1 record low

July 9, 2020 reached 98°, the highest recorded temperature in Buffalo history.

March 2012 dominated record high temperatures. Prior to Wednesday, records lasted for nearly a week straight, with temperatures ranging between 73° and 82° over a six-day stretch.

The lowest temperature in the last twenty years, -7°, was hit in both 2015 and 2004. The record low in the city was -18°, hit in 1979.

On average, Buffalo has experienced 4.8 record high temperatures a year. On the flipside, it has only experienced .7 record lows a year, with the city seeing no record low temperatures between 2021 and 2024 and between 2006 and 2011.

* All data according to the National Weather Service