December Daily Records for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Avoca), PA

Period of Record: 1955-Present

    MAX TEMPS           MIN TEMPS         PRECIPITATION  SNOWFALL
DAY HI YEAR   LO YEAR   HI YEAR   LO YEAR   MAX  YEAR    MAX YEAR
01  71 (2006) 24 (1964) 44 (1991)  8 (1976) 1.25 (1996)  0.6(1969)
02  62 (1980) 24 (1971) 47 (1982)  6 (1976) 0.58 (1991)  1.6(2003)
03  65 (1998) 14 (1976) 49 (1982)  3 (1976) 0.87 (1991)  2.0(1957)
04  69 (1998) 23 (1989) 52 (1982)  5 (2002) 0.76 (1990)  1.1(1991)
05  67 (2001) 24 (2002) 52 (1982) 11 (1971) 0.85 (1994)  3.3(2003)
06  66 (1998) 24 (2003) 48 (2001)  8 (2007) 1.19 (1962)  1.7(2003)
07  69 (1998) 23 (1970) 43 (1956)  9 (1970) 1.04 (1976)  2.4(1959)
08  61 (1980) 21 (1976) 44 (1980)  8 (1976) 1.35 (1963)  0.8(1958)
09  64 (1966) 21 (1968) 44 (1966)  5 (2002) 1.03 (1973)  3.0(1977)
10  65 (1966) 17 (1968) 54 (1966)  4 (1958) 0.60 (2004)  1.5(1992)
11  64 (1979) 17 (1958) 41 (1985) -1 (1958) 1.41 (2003)  4.4(1960)
12  64 (1979) 14 (1960) 43 (1964) -5 (1988) 1.71 (1983)  6.7(1960)
13  54 (1967) 12 (1960) 45 (1991)  2 (1960) 2.16 (1983)  5.2(2007)
14  58 (2001) 16 (2005) 48 (2001) -5 (2005) 1.26 (1956)  6.0(2003)
15  60 (1971) 21 (1958) 41 (2006)  6 (1962) 0.43 (1972)  4.0(1989)
16  57 (1971) 20 (1963) 39 (1971)  7 (1961) 0.78 (2005)  3.0(1980)
17  61 (2000) 15 (1973) 42 (1984)  7 (1980) 1.47 (2000)  5.6(1973)
18  53 (2006) 16 (1973) 37 (1990)  2 (1989) 0.93 (1961)  1.4(1971)
19  57 (1957) 19 (1978) 40 (1957)  2 (1989) 0.69 (1995)  9.4(1995)
20  63 (1988)  9 (2004) 53 (1957) -2 (2004) 1.46 (1957)  3.5(1966)
21  55 (1990) 13 (1955) 41 (1998) -1 (1955) 1.57 (1973)  8.0(1973)
22  59 (1990) 12 (1989) 52 (1990) -1 (1989) 0.80 (1969) 12.2(1969)
23  64 (1990) 12 (1960) 43 (2006) -2 (1960) 1.24 (2004)  5.2(1963)
24  59 (1965) 16 (1960) 40 (1979) -9 (1989) 0.61 (1986)  5.9(1966)
25  62 (1964)  4 (1983) 45 (1964) -7 (1969) 0.89 (2002)  2.6(1993)
26  60 (1964) 10 (1983) 41 (1964) -2 (1983) 1.22 (1957) 10.3(1969)
27  55 (1973) 15 (1989) 38 (1971) -1 (1993) 1.38 (1964)  6.5(1984)
28  61 (1982) 18 (1960) 38 (1982) -4 (1960) 0.73 (1983)  9.7(1967)
29  67 (1984) 19 (1993) 47 (1984)  1 (1993) 0.42 (1966)  3.0(1962)
30  57 (1984) 13 (1976) 39 (1992) -2 (1962) 0.89 (1992)  2.5(1989)
31  63 (1965)  8 (1962) 43 (1972) -4 (1962) 0.53 (1989)  2.9(2007)

DECEMBER EXTREMES:

DAILY:
    RECORD HIGH: 71 ON THE 7TH IN 2006
    RECORD LOW:  -9 ON THE 24TH IN 1989
    
    LOWEST MAX:   4 ON THE 25TH IN 1983
    HIGHEST MIN: 54 ON THE 10TH IN 1966
    
    MAX PCPN: 2.16" ON THE 13TH IN 1983
    MAX SNOWFALL: 12.2" ON THE 22nd IN 1969

DAILY TOP FIVE:

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE    
HIGH	 DATE	  YEAR 
 71	   1	  2006 
 69	   7	  1998      
 69	   4	  1998 
 67	   5	  2001 
 67	  29	  1984 

LOWEST TEMPERATURE
LOW	DATE	 YEAR
 -9	 24	 1989
 -7	 25	 1980 
 -7	 25	 1969
 -5	 12	 1988
 -5	 25	 1983

HIGHEST PRECIPITATION
AMOUNT   DATE	  YEAR
 2.16"    13      1983
 1.71"    12      1983
 1.57"    21      1973
 1.47"    17      2000
 1.46"    20      1957

HIGHEST SNOWFALL
AMOUNT   DATE	  YEAR
 15.0"    25      2002
 12.2"    22      1969
 10.3"    26      1969
  9.7"    28      1967
  9.4"    19      1967

MOST DAYS WITH MIN OF 0 OR LESS: 3 IN 1989
MOST DAYS WITH MAX OF 32 OR LESS: 18 IN 1989 

MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES (NORMAL: 31.4):

WARMEST 	   
1. 37.9  2006
2. 37.3  1984
3. 36.9  2001
4. 36.7  1982
5. 36.6  1994

COLDEST      
1. 18.6  1989
2. 21.9  1960
3. 22.4  1958
4. 22.9  1976
5. 23.0  2000

MONTHLY PRECIPITATION (NORMAL: 2.55"):                    

WETTEST 	   
1. 6.58"  1983
2. 6.07"  1973
3. 5.37"  1996
4. 4.30"  1990
5. 4.04"  1957

DRIEST 	  
1. 0.35"  1958
2. 0.37"  1955
3. 0.86"  1998
4. 0.96"  1989
5. 0.99"  1987

MONTHLY SNOWFALL (NORMAL: 7.4"):
SNOWIEST
1.  33.9   1969     
2.  28.5   2002     
3.  19.5   2003     
4.  19.0   1960     
5.  17.7   1966     

Last updated 01/31/2008