For nearly 75 years, the National Weather Service Office in Buffalo was located downtown overlooking the waterfront. From first opening on November 1, 1870, the office was located in the Brown Building on Main and Seneca Streets.  It was moved on August 31, 1871 to the Weed block at Main and Swan Streets.  The office remained at that location for over ten years, when it was moved into the White Building at the  same intersection.  In 1883, the office was once again moved, to the Board of Trade Building at Seneca and Pearl Streets.  From March 1, 1896 through February 13, 1913, the Weather Bureau Office was located in the Guaranty (Prudential) Building at Church and Pearl Streets.  The final downtown location was at Church and Franklin Streets.  In the New York Telephone Building from 1913 through 1943.  In July of 1943,  the official location of the office became the Buffalo International Airport.  Observations there were taken at the Administration Building through August of 1960 at which time the Weather Bureau Observatory was completed at the east end of the airport on Amherst Villa Road.  The Weather Forecast Office moved in April of 1995 from the East Terminal of the airport to the Albert J. Myer Forecast Office Building on Aero Drive.

Maximum and minimum temperatures were taken there beginning October 1, 1940 and precipitation beginning November 1, 1940. The two offices were consolidated and the city office closed November 8, 1940.

We hope you enjoy a look back at our weather history.  The records prior to 1949 are taken right out of the Buffalo station logs which were originally written by the the various Buffalo observers or meteorologists and reflect the unique writing style of that era.  The records from 1949 to present day are taken from station logs, reports, Storm Data publications and newspaper clippings.