January 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  61 (1973) 18 (1963) 42 (1979)  0  (1968) 0.93 (1961)  7.8 (1971)
02  56 (2000) 18 (1957) 35 (1955) -6  (1968) 0.85 (1979)  8.9 (1987)
03  60 (2000) 17 (1981) 50 (2000)  4  (1981) 1.31 (1960)  3.6 (1974)
04  62 (2000) 11 (1981) 42 (1998) -9  (1981) 0.72 (2004)  8.9 (1994)
05  61 (1993) 14 (1968) 50 (2007)  1  (1996) 0.68 (1993)  1.2 (1972)
06  64 (2007) 10 (1996) 47 (1998) -4  (1996) 1.09 (1962)  2.7 (1981)
07  63 (1998) 17 (1973) 50 (1998)  3  (1988) 1.13 (1979)  5.5 (1996)
08  67 (2008)  6 (1968) 51 (1998) -3  (1968) 0.85 (1978) 15.5 (1996)
09  62 (1998)  5 (1970) 39 (1975) -7  (1968) 1.11 (1978)  4.0 (1974)
10  48 (2002)  6 (1982) 39 (2000) -7  (2004) 0.61 (2000)  4.0 (1974)
11  66 (1975)  8 (1982) 46 (1975) -7  (1968) 1.05 (2008)  2.6 (1976)
12  52 (2006)  8 (1968) 36 (2006) -10 (1968) 0.69 (1996)  7.8 (1996)
13  60 (2005) 14 (1977) 39 (1995) -13 (1981) 0.87 (1964) 18.3 (1964)
14  66 (1995)  9 (2004) 49 (1995) -8  (1957) 1.38 (2005)  4.2 (1978)
15  65 (1995)  8 (2004) 60 (1995) -10 (1957) 0.88 (1962)  5.4 (1983)
16  62 (1995)  8 (1994) 42 (1995) -4  (1994) 0.43 (1959)  3.3 (1959)
17  60 (1990)  2 (1977) 38 (1995) -10 (1977) 1.05 (1994) 16.4 (1994)
18  60 (2006)  8 (1977) 38 (1990) -7  (1982) 1.33 (2006)  2.8 (1975)
19  62 (1996) -2 (1994) 46 (1986) -13 (1994) 2.06 (1996)  4.8 (1961)
20  56 (2006) 12 (1961) 37 (1995) -11 (1994) 0.77 (1995)  9.1 (1978)
21  64 (1959)  3 (1985) 36 (1959) -21 (1994) 1.39 (1959)  2.2 (1976)
22  62 (1959) 10 (1961) 40 (1957) -11 (1984) 0.70 (1987)  9.3 (1987)
23  61 (1999) 11 (1976) 41 (1999) -6  (1976) 0.59 (1982)  8.5 (1966)
24  62 (1967)  9 (1963) 42 (1969) -5  (1963) 1.11 (1979)  2.5 (1971)
25  67 (1967) 13 (1961) 51 (1967) -5  (1961) 0.66 (1958)  6.8 (1988)
26  60 (1978) 13 (1961) 42 (1967) -5  (1961) 0.98 (1986)  7.4 (1986)
27  60 (1974) 11 (2005) 42 (1974) -5  (1987) 1.09 (1996)  2.8 (1986)
28  57 (2002) 10 (1966) 34 (1960) -6  (2003) 0.50 (1994)  3.4 (1964)
29  62 (2002)  6 (1977) 38 (1970) -7  (1963) 1.36 (1990)  4.2 (1990)
30  58 (2002) 12 (1977) 39 (1989) -1  (1961) 0.62 (1968)  9.0 (1966)
31  58 (1974) 15 (1971) 34 (1982)  0  (1965) 0.46 (1982)  1.8 (1967)

JANUARY EXTREMES

DAILY:

RECORD HIGH: 67 ON THE 08TH IN 2008 AND ON THE 25TH 1967
RECORD LOW: -21 ON THE 21ST IN 1994

LOWEST MAX:  -2 ON THE 19TH IN 1994
HIGHEST MIN: 60 ON THE 15TH IN 1995  

MAX PCPN: 2.06 ON THE 19TH IN 1996
MAX SNOWFALL: 18.3" ON THE 13TH IN 1964

DAILY TOP FIVE:

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE   
HIGH     DATE     YEAR
 67        8      2008
 67       25      1967
 66        8      1998
 66       14      1995
 66       11      1975

LOWEST TEMPERATURE
LOW     DATE     YEAR
-21      21      1994
-14      21      1985
-13      19      1994
-13      13      1981
-11      20      1994


HIGHEST PRECIPITATION       
AMOUNT   DATE     YEAR      
2.06"     19      1996 
1.39"     21      1959 
1.38"     14      2005 
1.37"     21      1979 
1.36"     29      1990 

HIGHEST SNOWFALL
AMOUNT   DATE    YEAR
18.3"    13     1964
16.4"    17     1994
15.5"     8     1996
 9.3"    22     1987
 9.1"    20     1978

MOST DAYS WITH MIN 0 OR LESS: 8 IN 2005
MOST DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LESS: 29 IN 1977

MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (NORMAL: 26.3):

WARMEST
1. 35.2  1990
2. 34.9  2006
3. 34.1  1998
4. 33.4  2002
5. 32.9  1995

COLDEST
1. 15.0  1977
2. 17.7  1970
3. 18.7  2004
4. 18.7  1994
5. 18.7  1982

MONTHLY PRECIPITATION (NORMAL: 2.46"):

WETTEST
1. 6.48  1979
2. 6.40  1996
3. 5.35  2005
4. 5.33  1978
5. 4.85  1999

DRIEST
1. 0.39  1980
2. 0.52  1970
3. 0.61  1985
4. 0.63  1981
5. 0.64  1969

MONTHLY SNOWFALL (NORMAL: 13.5"):

SNOWIEST
1. 42.3  1994
2. 37.5  1996
3. 29.6  1987
4. 28.8  1978
5. 27.9  1964

LEAST SNOWIEST
1. 0.3  2005
2. 1.4  1980
3. 2.1  1989
4. 2.7  1962
5. 2.7  1969

Last update 04/29/2008