February 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  63 (1989)  4 (1971) 44 (1988) -5  (1961) 1.18 (1981)  2.8 (1985)
02  55 (1983)  8 (1961) 40 (1970) -11 (1961) 1.74 (1981)  3.2 (1967)
03  57 (1991)  8 (1955) 40 (2006) -5  (1955) 1.10 (2004)  2.0 (1961)
04  58 (1991) 11 (1970) 36 (1991) -6  (1985) 1.02 (1961) 12.5 (1961)
05  59 (1991) 11 (1996) 38 (2008) -6  (1996) 0.50 (1997)  3.2 (1976)
06  55 (2008) 14 (1988) 41 (1991)  0  (1966) 1.03 (2008)  9.6 (1978)
07  52 (2005) 13 (1967) 41 (1965) -4  (1966) 0.78 (1965)  6.4 (1958)
08  52 (1965) 12 (1963) 37 (1965) -9  (1963) 0.51 (1971)  4.4 (1981)
09  53 (2001)  9 (1979) 40 (1990) -2  (1979) 0.26 (2005)  3.9 (1969)
10  56 (2001) 12 (1979) 42 (1960) -6  (1979) 0.87 (1959)  1.0 (2008)
11  62 (1981)  5 (1979) 40 (1984) -10 (1962) 2.86 (1981)  5.5 (1983)
12  62 (1999) 11 (1979) 41 (1965) -12 (1979) 1.08 (1985)  6.5 (1988)
13  54 (1984)  7 (1979) 37 (1976) -5  (1967) 1.29 (1971)  5.2 (1993)
14  58 (1984)  6 (1979) 47 (1984) -6  (1979) 2.44 (2007) 15.5 (2007)
15  56 (1967) 11 (1987) 41 (1984) -5  (1987) 1.10 (1984)  3.7 (1991)
16  64 (2006) 14 (1963) 39 (1984) -5  (1963) 0.58 (1976)  7.2 (1958)
17  59 (1976)  2 (1979) 43 (1981) -9  (1979) 0.26 (2008)  1.2 (1993)
18  64 (1981) 10 (1979) 45 (1981) -16 (1979) 0.62 (1956)  4.3 (1960)
19  60 (1997) 18 (1993) 49 (1981)  0  (1993) 0.77 (1964) 12.3 (1964)
20  60 (1994) 14 (1959) 51 (1981) -2  (1978) 0.53 (1981)  8.8 (1977)
21  62 (1997) 16 (1968) 47 (1981)  0  (1972) 0.72 (1989)  3.9 (1982)
22  62 (1997) 10 (1963) 47 (1981) -1  (1963) 0.80 (1974)  5.1 (2008)
23  69 (1985) 20 (1963) 48 (1985) -2  (1964) 0.72 (1975)  3.2 (1994)
24  71 (1985) 19 (1993) 50 (1985)  8  (1968) 1.25 (1975)  3.4 (1963)
25  66 (1976) 17 (1967) 43 (1961)  2  (1964) 0.73 (1966) 10.4 (1966)
26  66 (1976) 14 (1963) 44 (1957)  1  (1970) 0.53 (2008)  2.3 (1972)
27  70 (1997) 22 (1963) 44 (1997) -2  (1963) 0.44 (1958)  1.8 (1988)
28  61 (1976) 20 (2008) 40 (1998)  4  (1964) 1.21 (1958)  4.5 (2005)
29  68 (1976) 12 (1980) 32 (1972)  3  (1980) 0.14 (2008)  1.8 (2008)

FEBRUARY EXTREMES

DAILY:
RECORD HIGH: 71 ON THE 24TH IN 1985
RECORD LOW: -16 ON THE 18TH IN 1979

LOWEST MAX: 2 ON THE 17TH IN 1979
HIGHEST MIN: 51 ON THE 20TH IN 1981  

MAX PCPN: 2.86" ON THE 11TH IN 1981
MAX SNOWFALL: 12.5" ON THE 4TH IN 1961

DAILY TOP FIVE:

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE   
HIGH     DATE     YEAR
 1.  71       24      1985
 2.  70       27      1997
 3.  69       23      1985
 4.  66       26      1976
 5.  66       25      1976

LOWEST TEMPERATURE
LOW     DATE     YEAR
 1. -16      18      1979
 2. -12      12      1979
 3. -11       2      1961
 4. -10      11      1979
 5. -10      11      1962


HIGHEST PRECIPITATION
AMOUNT   DATE     YEAR
 1. 2.86"     11      1981 
 2. 1.74"      2      1981 
 3. 1.29"     13      1971 
 4. 1.25"     24      1975 
 5. 1.24"     24      1962 

HIGHEST SNOWFALL
AMOUNT   DATE    YEAR
 1. 12.5"     4     1961
 2. 12.3"    19     1964
 3. 11.8"    19     1972
 4. 10.4"    25     1966
 5.  9.6"     6     1978

MOST DAYS WITH MIN 0 OR LESS: 9 IN 1979
MOST DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LESS: 25 IN 1978

MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (NORMAL: 28.9):
WARMEST       
 1.  36.2  1984
 2.  35.3  1998
 3.  34.9  1981
 4.  34.7  2002
 5.  34.4  1976

COLDEST
 1.  15.9  1979
 2.  19.1  1978
 3.  19.3  1963
 4.  21.0  1958
 5.  21.6  2007

MONTHLY PRECIPITATION (NORMAL: 2.08"):
WETTEST        
 1.  8.06  1981
 2.  5.76  2008
 3.  3.92  1971
 4.  3.64  1956
 5.  3.41  2007

DRIEST
 1.  0.21  1968
 2.  0.68  1987
 3.  0.69  1980
 4.  0.89  1967
 5.  0.89  1957

MONTHLY SNOWFALL (NORMAL: 10.2"):

SNOWIEST
 1.  22.0  1964
 2.  19.8  2007
 3.  19.7  1972
 4.  19.5  1958
 5.  18.2  1978

LEAST SNOWIEST
 1.  1.3  2004
 2.  1.5  2006
 3.  1.8  1968
 4.  2.3  1965
 5.  3.0  1989

Last update 04/29/2008