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

Period of Record: 1955-Present

    MAX TEMPS           MIN TEMPS         PRECIPITATION
DAY HI YEAR   LO YEAR   HI YEAR   LO YEAR   MAX  YEAR   
 1  84(2001)  46(1978)  61(1983)  29(1978)  1.65(1989)
 2  87(2001)  51(1986)  64(1983)  31(1974)  1.20(1985)
 3  88(2001)  47(1971)  60(1983)  28(1957)  0.95(1987)
 4  87(2001)  49(1973)  57(2001)  32(2002)  1.28(1972)
 5  85(1955)  44(1978)  62(1955)  27(1974)  0.98(1989)
 6  86(2000)  48(1974)  60(1986)  36(2004)  1.38(1989)
 7  88(2000)  44(1967)  58(2002)  31(1996)  0.71(1958)
 8  88(2000)  44(1962)  63(1964)  30(1956)  1.10(1999)
 9  90(1979)  40(1977)  66(1964)  31(1966)  0.83(1961)
10  89(1993)  48(1966)  63(1965)  29(1966)  1.18(1990)
11  87(1993)  48(1967)  61(1979)  32(1966)  1.20(1996)
12  85(2004)  50(1996)  62(2004)  33(1990)  0.90(1974)
13  88(2004)  51(2003)  63(2004)  32(2005)  1.54(1971)
14  85(1991)  55(2002)  64(2004)  29(1996)  1.15(1978)
15  87(1962)  48(1959)  64(1976)  33(1977)  1.45(1981)
16  90(1998)  49(1983)  62(1976)  34(1973)  1.09(1978)
17  90(1962)  50(1994)  61(1986)  30(1956)  0.74(1970)
18  93(1962)  49(2002)  65(1962)  32(1983)  0.93(2002)
19  92(1962)  47(1976)  64(1996)  32(2002)  1.84(1988)
20  91(1996)  48(1957)  72(1996)  33(2002)  0.98(1957)
21  86(1992)  53(1990)  68(1975)  30(2002)  0.52(1996)
22  90(1992)  53(1961)  68(1959)  31(2002)  1.05(1986)
23  91(1964)  53(1963)  66(2004)  36(1998)  0.88(1979)
24  88(1975)  53(1956)  64(2004)  32(1963)  2.00(1979)
25  88(1991)  54(1988)  68(1991)  30(1956)  0.45(1979)
26  86(1978)  53(1992)  68(1991)  39(1972)  0.66(2004)
27  89(1991)  49(1961)  67(1991)  35(1969)  1.00(2001)
28  88(1977)  54(1968)  65(1959)  36(1994)  1.05(1984)
29  91(1969)  56(1967)  71(1969)  37(1956)  1.62(1990)
30  91(1987)  59(1984)  66(1991)  37(1996)  0.84(1972)
31  90(1999)  59(1984)  69(1991)  36(1996)  2.30(1972)

MAY EXTREMES

DAILY:
    RECORD HIGH: 93 ON THE 18TH IN 1962
    RECORD LOW: 27 ON THE 5TH IN 1974
    
    LOWEST MAX: 40 ON THE 9TH IN 1977
    HIGHEST MIN: 72 ON THE 20TH IN 1996
    
    MAX PCPN: 2.30" ON THE 31ST IN 1972

DAILY TOP FIVE:

    HIGHEST TEMPERATURE         LOWEST TEMPERATURE
    HIGH     DATE     YEAR      LOW     DATE     YEAR
     93       18      1962       27       5      1974
     92       19      1962       28       3      1957      
     91       20      1996       29      14      1996
     91       30      1987       29       1      1978
     91       29      1969       29      10      1966

    HIGHEST PRECIPITATION
    AMOUNT   DATE     YEAR
     2.30"    31      1972
     2.00"    24      1979
     1.92"    31      2003
     1.84"    19      1988
     1.80"    31      1992

MOST DAYS WITH MAX 90 OR MORE: 4 IN 1962
MOST DAYS WITH MIN 32 OR LESS: 5 IN 2002

MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURE (NORMAL: 59.1):
    WARMEST             COLDEST            
    1. 65.7  1996       1. 52.7  1967  
    2. 64.9  1975       2. 53.3  1973  
    3. 63.8  2004       3. 54.2  1997  
    4. 63.7  1965       4. 54.7  1956 
    5. 63.3  1998       5. 55.5  2005  

MONTHLY PRECIPITATION (NORMAL 3.69"):
    WETTEST             DRIEST
    1. 8.02  1989       1. 0.77  1959
    2. 7.33  1972       2. 0.84  1962
    3. 6.70  1984       3. 0.98  1964
    4. 6.10  1985       4. 1.26  2005
    5. 5.27  1990       5. 1.38  1993
    
    
Last updated 07/24/2006.