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

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December 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	71	2006	24	1964	44	(1991)	8	(1976)	1.58	2010	0.6	1969
02	62	1980	24	1971	47	(1982)	6	(1976)	0.58	1991	2.5	2007
03	65	1998	14	1976	49	(1982)	3	(1976)	0.87	1991	2.0	1957
04	69	1998	23	1989	52	(1982)	5	(2002)	0.76	1990	1.1	1991
05	67	2001	24	2002	52	(2001)	11	(1971)	0.85	1994	5.1	2009
06	66	1998	24	2003	48	(2001)	8	(2007)	1.19	1962	1.0	1970
07	69	1998	23	1970	43	(1998)	9	(1970)	1.32	2011	2.4	1959
08	61	1980	21	1989	44	(1980)	8	(1976)	1.35	1963	0.8	1958
09	64	1966	21	1968	44	(1966)	5	(2002)	1.03	1973	3.6	2009
10	65	1966	17	1968	54	(1966)	4	(1958)	0.94	2008	1.5	1992
11	64	1979	17	1977	41	(1985)	-1	(1958)	1.49	2008	4.4	1960
12	64	1979	14	1988	43	(1964)	-5	(1988)	1.71	1983	6.7	1960
13	54	1967	12	1962	45	(1991)	2	(1960)	2.16	1983	5.2	2007
14	58	2001	16	2005	48	(2001)	-5	(2005)	1.26	1956	4.7	1969
15	60	1971	21	1958	43	(2008)	6	(1962)	0.43	1972	4.0	1989
16	57	1971	20	1963	40	(2012)	7	(1961)	0.78	2005	3.0	1980
17	61	2000	15	1973	42	(1984)	7	(1980)	1.47	2000	5.6	1973
18	53	2006	16	1973	38	(2012)	2	(1989)	0.93	1961	1.4	1971
19	57	1957	19	1985	40	(1957)	2	(1989)	0.69	1995	9.4	1995
20	63	1988	9	2004	53	(1957)	-2	(2004)	1.46	1957	3.5	1966
21	55	1990	13	1955	41	(1998)	-1	(1955)	1.57	1973	8.0	1973
22	59	1990	12	1989	52	(1990)	-1	(1989)	0.80	1969	12.2	1969
23	64	1990	12	1960	43	(2006)	-2	(1960)	1.24	2004	5.2	1963
24	59	1965	16	1960	40	(1979)	-9	(1989)	0.74	2008	5.9	1966
25	62	1964	4	1983	45	(1964)	-7	(1980)	0.89	2002	2.6	1993
26	60	1964	10	1983	41	(1964)	-2	(1983)	1.22	1957	10.3	1969
27	55	1973	15	1993	38	(1973)	-1	(1993)	1.38	1964	6.5	1984
28	63	2008	18	1960	38	(1982)	-4	(1960)	0.73	1983	9.7	1967
29	67	1984	19	1993	47	(1984)	1	(1993)	0.42	1966	5.3	2012
30	57	1984	13	1976	39	(1992)	-2	(1962)	0.89	1992	2.5	1989
31	63	1965	8	1962	43	(1972)	-4	(1963)	0.53	1989	3.5	2009

December Extremes: Daily

Record High: 71 °F on the 1^st in 2006
Record Low: -9 °F on the 24^th in 1989
Lowest Maximum: 4 °F on the 25^th in 1983
Highest Minimum: 54 °F on the 10^th in 1966
Highest Rainfall: 2.16" on the 13^th in 1983
Highest Snowfall: 12.2" on the 22^th in 1969

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	71	1	2006
2	69	7	1998
3	69	4	1998
4	67	5	2001
5	67	29	1984

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	-9	24	1989
2	-7	25	1980
3	-7	25	1969
4	-5	14	2005
5	-5	12	1988

Highest Rainfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.16	13	1983
2	1.71	12	1983
3	1.58	1	2010
4	1.57	21	1973
5	1.49	11	2008

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	12.2	22	1969
2	10.3	26	1969
3	9.7	28	1967
4	9.4	19	1995
5	8.0	21	1973

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 30.6 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	37.9	2006
2	37.3	1984
3	36.9	2001
4	36.7	1982
5	36.6	1994

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	18.6	1989
2	21.9	1960
3	22.4	1958
4	22.9	1976
5	23.0	2000

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 2.68"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	6.58	1983
2	6.07	1973
3	5.37	1996
4	5.09	2008
5	4.30	1990

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.35	1958
2	0.37	1955
3	0.86	1998
4	0.96	1989
5	0.99	1987

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 7.4"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	33.9	1969
2	19.0	1960
3	17.7	1966
4	16.4	2007
5	16.0	1995

Least:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.0	2006
2	0.0	2003
3	0.3	2005
4	0.4	1994
5	1.1	1988

Page last updated: 03/28/2013

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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