NOAA's National Weather Service - Daily Records for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA for the month of April

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

Period of Record: 1955-Present

	Maximum Temperature				Minimum Temperature				Rainfall		Snowfall
Date	High	Year	Low	Year	High	Year	Low	Year	Maximum	Year	Maximum	Year
01	78	1986	36	2003	56	(1998)	15	(1964)	1.04	1998	0.8	1991
02	80	1967	34	1992	57	(1967)	21	(1964)	2.46	2005	2.4	1965
03	80	1963	33	1978	59	(1963)	22	(1978)	0.94	1982	0.9	1990
04	77	1981	28	1975	60	(1981)	19	(1995)	2.07	1987	6.9	1957
05	79	1985	31	1975	48	(1988)	17	(1995)	1.20	1984	0.4	1975
06	82	2010	30	1975	50	(2010)	18	(1982)	0.67	1958	6.2	1982
07	86	2010	26	1982	60	(2010)	14	(1982)	0.68	1994	4.7	1956
08	84	2010	30	1972	54	(1991)	19	(1972)	0.96	2000	3.7	1956
09	79	1991	35	1982	60	(1991)	20	(1977)	1.51	1998	1.8	1982
10	77	1955	35	1961	52	(1969)	20	(1985)	1.59	1993	4.0	1961
11	80	2011	38	1958	52	(2011)	22	(1989)	0.64	1958	1.0	1986
12	84	1977	37	1959	55	(1977)	21	(1976)	0.85	1995	0.5	1976
13	83	1977	36	1961	56	(2002)	22	(1990)	0.97	2004	4.0	1961
14	84	1968	42	1957	55	(1964)	24	(1973)	0.75	1964	0.0	2011
15	85	1994	40	1962	60	(2002)	25	(1997)	2.83	1983	2.5	1962
16	88	2002	35	2007	62	(2002)	28	(2004)	1.48	1993	10.0	2007
17	90	2002	38	2007	59	(2002)	27	(1980)	1.08	1982	0.0	2011
18	92	1976	39	1997	68	(2002)	28	(2001)	0.47	1957	5.5	1983
19	91	1976	33	1983	65	(1976)	25	(2001)	1.44	1998	9.1	1983
20	82	2005	37	1983	59	(1976)	25	(1974)	0.66	1978	5.0	1983
21	85	1985	42	1964	59	(1976)	27	(1956)	1.04	1991	0.1	1991
22	86	1985	40	1993	59	(1976)	27	(1975)	1.16	2006	2.4	1986
23	86	2001	42	1986	55	(2001)	28	(1986)	1.16	1977	5.2	1986
24	87	1960	41	1974	57	(1957)	29	(2002)	1.50	1968	4.2	1967
25	87	2009	39	1983	64	(1960)	26	(1999)	0.85	2010	3.2	1983
26	90	2009	43	1971	61	(2011)	26	(1972)	1.34	2011	0.0	2011
27	93	2009	43	1976	60	(2009)	28	(2002)	1.57	1979	0.6	1967
28	91	1990	40	1966	62	(1962)	27	(1972)	1.16	2011	0.0	2011
29	85	1974	46	1988	65	(1962)	28	(2001)	0.94	1996	0.0	2011
30	81	1985	49	1995	58	(1983)	30	(2008)	0.83	1996	0.0	2011

April Extremes: Daily

Record High: 93 °F on the 18^th in 2009
Record Low: 14 °F on the 7^th in 1982
Lowest Maximum: 26 °F on the 7^th in 1982
Highest Minimum: 68 °F on the 18^th in 2002
Highest Rainfall: 2.83" on the 15^th in 1983
Highest Snowfall: 10.0" on the 16^th in 2007

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	93	27	2009
2	92	18	1976
3	91	28	1990
4	91	19	1976
5	92	26	2009

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	14	7	1982
2	15	1	1964
3	17	5	1995
4	18	6	1982
5	18	1	1969

Highest Rainfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.83	15	1983
2	2.46	2	2005
3	2.07	4	1987
4	1.59	10	1993
5	1.57	27	1979

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	10.0	16	2007
2	9.1	19	1983
3	6.9	4	1957
4	6.2	6	1982
5	5.5	18	1983

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 48.6 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	53.4	2010
2	52.9	1968
3	52.4	1960
4	52.2	1955
5	52.2	1994

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	42.0	1961
2	43.5	1972
3	43.9	1975
4	44.9	1956
5	45.0	1971

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 3.33"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	9.56	1983
2	7.47	1993
3	6.51	2011
4	5.81	1957
5	5.41	1998

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.96	1997
2	0.97	1989
3	1.17	1975
4	1.29	1971
5	1.30	1963

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 3.3"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	26.7	1983
2	12.0	1956
3	10.6	2007
4	8.6	1986
5	8.4	1961

Page last updated: 05.25.2012

Please note this information is preliminary and subject to revision. Official and certified climatic data can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html).


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