March 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  68 (1972) 17 (1980) 41 (1976)  2 (1980) 0.58 (1963)  6.7 (2005)
02  68 (1991) 21 (1962) 50 (1991)  3 (1980) 0.53 (2007)  4.1 (2006)
03  70 (1991) 19 (1960) 46 (1991)  3 (2003) 0.68 (1972) 13.2 (1960)
04  68 (1974) 21 (1960) 42 (1966)  3 (1982) 1.07 (2008)  4.1 (1971)
05  69 (1976) 22 (1960) 52 (1979)  6 (1978) 1.22 (2008)  2.9 (1967)
06  59 (2002) 15 (2007) 41 (1961)  4 (2007) 0.84 (1967)  4.1 (1967)
07  65 (2000) 21 (2007) 43 (1974)  0 (2003) 0.73 (1967)  8.0 (1996)
08  74 (2000) 19 (1996) 47 (2000)  7 (1960) 1.09 (1995)  4.5 (1995)
09  73 (2000) 18 (1996) 49 (2002)  3 (1996) 0.78 (1998)  5.9 (1976)
10  68 (1955) 25 (1960) 48 (2006) -1 (1996) 1.80 (1964)  2.4 (1993)
11  71 (1977) 23 (1960) 45 (1990)  5 (1960) 1.07 (1992)  3.7 (1992)
12  72 (1990) 23 (1984) 51 (1990)  1 (1960) 0.81 (1972)  5.6 (1959)
13  80 (1990) 27 (1960) 55 (1990) 12 (1989) 1.58 (1977) 18.7 (1993)
14  80 (1990) 18 (1993) 52 (1990) 11 (1993) 2.22 (1986)  3.4 (1956)
15  79 (1990) 25 (1993) 51 (1990)  7 (1993) 1.12 (1967)  5.2 (1967)
16  76 (1990) 24 (1956) 62 (1990) 10 (1960) 0.80 (2007)  5.5 (2004)
17  69 (1990) 21 (1967) 50 (1990)  9 (1961) 1.05 (1968)  4.7 (1967)
18  72 (1966) 14 (1967) 39 (1968)  3 (1967) 0.64 (1977)  5.2 (1977)
19  66 (1986) 24 (1956) 46 (1983) -4 (1967) 1.01 (2008)  3.0 (1971)
20  73 (1976) 27 (1965) 45 (1976) 11 (1956) 0.72 (1958)  7.1 (1958)
21  65 (1976) 27 (1988) 49 (1968) 10 (1986) 0.82 (1980)  5.7 (1964)
22  67 (1979) 25 (1959) 42 (1968) 11 (1988) 1.34 (1977)  3.9 (1977)
23  70 (1979) 31 (1960) 47 (1966) 12 (2004) 0.65 (2005)  0.9 (1977)
24  73 (1988) 29 (1971) 52 (1979) 16 (1992) 1.05 (1989)  2.1 (1966)
25  75 (1988) 25 (1960) 50 (1988) 10 (1960) 0.62 (1969)  0.8 (1958)
26  71 (1986) 31 (2001) 48 (1986)  8 (1960) 1.19 (2002)  1.0 (1982)
27  77 (1998) 30 (1955) 47 (1976) 15 (2001) 0.50 (1978)  1.7 (1959)
28  79 (1998) 31 (1959) 61 (1998) 17 (1959) 1.62 (2005)  2.0 (1984)
29  79 (1998) 28 (1974) 56 (1998) 12 (1959) 0.82 (1984) 11.1 (1970)
30  84 (1998) 35 (1969) 56 (1981)  6 (1970) 0.60 (1974)  2.0 (1974)
31  85 (1998) 32 (1964) 58 (1998) 16 (1964) 0.99 (1962)  2.8 (1974)

MARCH EXTREMES

DAILY:
    RECORD HIGH: 85 ON THE 31ST IN 1998
    RECORD LOW:  -4 ON THE 19TH IN 1967

    LOWEST MAX: 14 ON THE 18TH IN 1967
    HIGHEST MIN: 62 ON THE 16TH IN 1990  

    MAX PCPN: 2.22 ON THE 14TH IN 1986

DAILY TOP FIVE:

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE  
HIGH     DATE    YEAR
 1. 85      31      1998
 2. 84      30      1998     
 3. 83      30      1977
 4. 82      30      1986
 5. 80      14      1990

LOWEST TEMPERATURE
LOW     DATE     YEAR
 1. -4      19      1967
 2. -3      19      1993 
 3. -1      10      1996
 4.  0       7      2003
 5.  0      10      1984

HIGHEST PRECIPITATION
AMOUNT   DATE     YEAR
 1. 2.22"    14      1986
 2. 1.80"    10      1964
 3. 1.62"    28      2005
 4. 1.58"    13      1977
 5. 1.34"    22      1977

MOST DAYS WITH MIN 0 OR LESS: 1 IN 2003
MOST DAYS WITH MAX 32 OR LESS: 19 IN 1960

MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES (NORMAL: 37.9):

WARMEST
 1.  42.7  2000  
 2.  41.9  1973  
 3.  41.1  1998  
 4.  41.0  1976  
 5.  40.7  1979 

COLDEST
 1.  25.3  1960
 2.  30.8  1984
 3.  31.5  1956
 4.  31.8  2005
 5.  31.8  1970

MONTHLY PRECIPITATION: (NORMAL: 2.69"):

WETTEST
 1.  5.21  2008
 2.  4.83  1977
 3.  4.75  1974
 4.  4.25  1986
 5.  4.02  1993

DRIEST
 1.  0.49  1981
 2.  1.18  1987
 3.  1.31  2006
 4.  1.34  1995
 5.  1.44  2004

MONTHLY SNOWFALL (NORMAL: 10.2"):

MOST
 1.  32.0  1993
 2.  29.7  1967
 3.  22.3  1960
 4.  20.6  1994
 5.  20.6  1970

Last update 04/29/2008