October 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  80 (1980) 49 (1966) 65 (1986) 30 (1993) 1.12 (1966)  0.0 (1955)
02  82 (1968) 46 (1974) 61 (1971) 30 (1997) 0.56 (1969)  0.0 (1955)
03  82 (2005) 44 (1974) 62 (1973) 30 (2003) 1.17 (1986)  0.2 (1974)
04  85 (2007) 45 (1965) 63 (1995) 27 (1974) 1.54 (1962)  0.0 (1955)
05  86 (2007) 45 (1965) 64 (1991) 30 (1965) 1.25 (1962)  0.0 (1955)
06  84 (1959) 49 (1988) 66 (1959) 26 (1958) 1.02 (1972)  0.0 (1955)
07  83 (1963) 49 (1999) 66 (2005) 28 (1999) 1.39 (2005)  0.0 (1955)
08  87 (2007) 48 (1989) 62 (1982) 29 (2000) 1.83 (2005)  0.0 (1955)
09  84 (2007) 43 (2000) 63 (1959) 26 (2000) 2.88 (1976)  0.0 (1955)
10  81 (1958) 46 (1979) 65 (1990) 30 (1956) 1.21 (1971)  0.0 (1955)
11  79 (1955) 48 (1996) 58 (1970) 26 (1956) 2.08 (2007)  0.0 (1955)
12  77 (1995) 48 (1988) 56 (1970) 26 (1996) 1.04 (2005)  0.0 (1955)
13  81 (1995) 43 (1988) 65 (1990) 29 (1957) 0.98 (1990)  0.0 (1955)
14  82 (1975) 47 (1993) 59 (1975) 29 (1987) 1.26 (2003)  0.0 (1955)
15  80 (1975) 42 (1961) 61 (1975) 29 (2006) 1.88 (1955)  0.0 (1955)
16  80 (1964) 48 (1974) 57 (1989) 29 (2006) 1.73 (2002)  0.0 (1955)
17  81 (1980) 41 (1977) 56 (1993) 29 (1970) 1.35 (1989)  0.6 (1977)
18  80 (1963) 40 (1972) 58 (1968) 24 (1972) 1.03 (1990)  0.6 (1972)
19  81 (1963) 38 (1972) 57 (2007) 22 (1974) 3.09 (1996)  0.2 (1972)
20  79 (1963) 39 (1974) 57 (1979) 19 (1972) 1.97 (1976)  0.0 (1955)
21  81 (1979) 43 (1974) 59 (1979) 22 (1972) 4.01 (1995)  0.0 (1955)
22  83 (1979) 40 (1988) 59 (1965) 26 (1974) 1.12 (1984)  0.0 (1955)
23  77 (1975) 38 (1969) 58 (1956) 25 (1969) 1.23 (1990)  0.2 (1964)
24  77 (2001) 43 (2002) 58 (1975) 21 (1969) 0.65 (1959)  0.3 (1960)
25  77 (1963) 38 (1962) 60 (1975) 27 (1962) 1.38 (1980)  0.3 (1955)
26  79 (1963) 34 (1962) 54 (1971) 27 (1997) 0.52 (1978)  4.4 (1962)
27  78 (1984) 36 (1957) 61 (1984) 24 (1976) 1.75 (2003)  0.0 (1955)
28  80 (1984) 41 (1959) 61 (1984) 22 (1976) 1.72 (2006)  0.5 (1965)
29  73 (1989) 39 (1965) 50 (1964) 24 (2001) 1.17 (2003)  0.1 (1965)
30  74 (1999) 39 (2002) 52 (1961) 25 (1967) 1.71 (1955)    0 (1955)
31  70 (2006) 40 (1993) 58 (1956) 22 (1988) 0.75 (1993)  1.9 (1993)

OCTOBER EXTREMES:

DAILY:
    RECORD HIGH: 87 ON THE 8TH IN 2007
    RECORD LOW: 19 ON THE 20TH IN 1972   
    
    LOWEST MAX: 34 ON THE 26TH IN 1962
    HIGHEST MIN: 66 ON THE 7TH IN 2005
    
    MAX PCPN: 4.01" ON THE 21ST IN 1995

DAILY TOP FIVE:

HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
HIGH	 DATE	  YEAR
 87       08      2007    
 86       05      2007    
 85       04      2007    
 84       09      2007    
 84       06      1959    

LOWEST TEMPERATURE
LOW	DATE	 YEAR
 19	 20	 1972
 21	 24	 1969
 22	 31	 1988
 22	 28	 1976
 22	 19	 1974

HIGHEST PRECIPITATION
AMOUNT   DATE	  YEAR
 4.01"    21	  1995
 3.09"    19	  1996
 2.88"     9	  1976
 1.97"    20	  1976
 1.91"    11	  2002

HIGHEST SNOWFALL
AMOUNT   DATE	  YEAR
 4.4      26      1962   
 1.9      31      1993  
 0.6      30      2002  
 0.6      17      1977  
 0.6      18      1972  

MOST DAYS WITH MIN OF 32 OR LESS: 12 IN 1972

MONTHLY AVERAGE TEMPERATURES (NORMAL: 51.5):

WARMEST 
1. 59.0  2007
2. 58.0  1984
3. 56.7  1963
4. 56.5  1995
5. 56.4  1971

COLDEST     
1. 45.3  1972
2. 46.3  1988
3. 47.4  1987
4. 48.0  1976
5. 48.4  1977

MONTHLY PRECIPITATION (NORMAL: 3.02"):                    

WETTEST
1. 8.12"  1976
2. 7.87"  2007
3. 7.69"  2005
4. 7.15"  1995
5. 6.95"  1955

DRIEST  	 
1. 0.03"  1963 
2. 0.76"  1994
3. 0.84"  1982
4. 1.01"  2001
5. 1.07"  1974

MONTHLY SNOWFALL (NORMAL: 0.1"):
SNOWIEST
1. 4.4  1962
2. 1.9  1993
3. 0.8  1972
4. 0.6  1977
5. 0.6  1965

Last updated 12/30/2007