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January 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 | 61 | 1973 | 18 | 1970 | 42 | (1979) | 0 | (1968) | 0.93 | 1961 | 7.8 | 1971 |
| 02 | 56 | 2000 | 18 | 1968 | 35 | (1955) | -6 | (1968) | 0.85 | 1979 | 8.9 | 1987 |
| 03 | 60 | 2000 | 16 | 2010 | 50 | (2000) | 4 | (1981) | 1.31 | 1960 | 3.6 | 1974 |
| 04 | 62 | 2000 | 11 | 1981 | 42 | (1998) | -9 | (1981) | 0.72 | 2004 | 8.9 | 1994 |
| 05 | 61 | 1993 | 14 | 1968 | 50 | (2007) | 1 | (1996) | 0.68 | 1993 | 1.2 | 1972 |
| 06 | 64 | 2007 | 10 | 1996 | 47 | (1998) | -4 | (1996) | 1.09 | 1962 | 2.7 | 1981 |
| 07 | 63 | 1998 | 17 | 1996 | 50 | (1998) | 3 | (1988) | 1.13 | 1979 | 5.5 | 1996 |
| 08 | 67 | 2008 | 6 | 1968 | 51 | (1998) | -3 | (1968) | 0.85 | 1978 | 15.5 | 1996 |
| 09 | 62 | 1998 | 5 | 1970 | 39 | (1975) | -7 | (1968) | 1.11 | 1978 | 4.0 | 1974 |
| 10 | 48 | 2002 | 6 | 1982 | 39 | (2000) | -7 | (2004) | 0.61 | 2000 | 4.0 | 1974 |
| 11 | 66 | 1975 | 8 | 1982 | 46 | (1975) | -7 | (1968) | 1.05 | 2008 | 4.0 | 2011 |
| 12 | 52 | 2006 | 8 | 1968 | 38 | (2012) | -10 | (1981) | 0.69 | 1996 | 7.8 | 1996 |
| 13 | 60 | 2005 | 14 | 1977 | 39 | (2007) | -13 | (1981) | 0.87 | 1964 | 18.3 | 1964 |
| 14 | 66 | 1995 | 9 | 2004 | 49 | (1995) | -8 | (1957) | 1.38 | 2005 | 4.2 | 1978 |
| 15 | 65 | 1995 | 8 | 2004 | 60 | (1995) | -10 | (1957) | 0.88 | 1962 | 5.4 | 1983 |
| 16 | 62 | 1995 | 8 | 1994 | 42 | (1995) | -4 | (2004) | 0.43 | 1959 | 3.3 | 2013 |
| 17 | 60 | 1990 | 2 | 1977 | 38 | (1995) | -10 | (1977) | 1.05 | 1994 | 16.4 | 1994 |
| 18 | 60 | 2006 | 8 | 1977 | 38 | (1990) | -7 | (1982) | 1.33 | 2006 | 2.8 | 1975 |
| 19 | 62 | 1996 | -2 | 1994 | 46 | (1986) | -13 | (1994) | 2.06 | 1996 | 4.8 | 1987 |
| 20 | 56 | 2006 | 12 | 1984 | 37 | (1995) | -11 | (1994) | 0.77 | 1995 | 9.1 | 1978 |
| 21 | 64 | 1959 | 3 | 1985 | 36 | (1964) | -21 | (1994) | 1.39 | 1959 | 3.8 | 2012 |
| 22 | 62 | 1959 | 10 | 1961 | 40 | (1957) | -11 | (1984) | 0.70 | 1987 | 9.3 | 1987 |
| 23 | 61 | 1999 | 11 | 1976 | 41 | (1999) | -6 | (1976) | 0.59 | 1982 | 8.5 | 1966 |
| 24 | 62 | 1967 | 9 | 1963 | 42 | (1969) | -8 | (2011) | 1.11 | 1979 | 2.5 | 1971 |
| 25 | 67 | 1967 | 13 | 1963 | 51 | (1967) | -5 | (1961) | 1.23 | 2010 | 6.8 | 1988 |
| 26 | 60 | 1978 | 13 | 1966 | 42 | (1967) | -5 | (1961) | 0.98 | 1986 | 7.4 | 1986 |
| 27 | 60 | 1974 | 11 | 2005 | 42 | (1974) | -5 | (1987) | 1.09 | 1996 | 2.8 | 1986 |
| 28 | 57 | 2002 | 10 | 1966 | 34 | (1990) | -6 | (2005) | 0.70 | 2009 | 3.4 | 1964 |
| 29 | 62 | 2002 | 6 | 1977 | 38 | (1970) | -7 | (1977) | 1.36 | 1990 | 4.2 | 1990 |
| 30 | 63 | 2013 | 12 | 1977 | 48 | (2013) | -1 | (1961) | 0.62 | 2000 | 9.0 | 1966 |
| 31 | 58 | 1974 | 15 | 1971 | 34 | (2001) | 0 | (1977) | 0.46 | 1982 | 1.8 | 1967 |
January Extremes:
Daily
- Record High: 67 °F on the 8th in 2008
- Record Low: -21 °F on the 21th in 1994
- Lowest Maximum: -2 °F on the 19th in 1994
- Highest Minimum: 60 °F on the 15th in 1995
- Highest Rainfall: 2.06" on the 19th in 1996
Daily Top Five:
Highest Temperature (°F)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 67 | 8 | 2008 |
| 2 | 67 | 25 | 1967 |
| 3 | 66 | 8 | 1998 |
| 4 | 66 | 14 | 1995 |
| 5 | 66 | 11 | 1975 |
Lowest Temperature (°F)
| Rank | Lowest | Date | Year |
| 1 | -21 | 21 | 1994 |
| 2 | -14 | 21 | 1985 |
| 3 | -13 | 19 | 1994 |
| 4 | -13 | 13 | 1981 |
| 5 | -11 | 20 | 1994 |
Highest Rainfall (inches)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 2.06 | 19 | 1996 |
| 2 | 1.39 | 21 | 1959 |
| 3 | 1.38 | 14 | 2005 |
| 4 | 1.37 | 21 | 1979 |
| 5 | 1.36 | 29 | 1990 |
Highest Snowfall (inches)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 18.3 | 13 | 1964 |
| 2 | 16.4 | 17 | 1994 |
| 3 | 15.5 | 8 | 1996 |
| 4 | 9.3 | 22 | 1987 |
| 5 | 9.1 | 20 | 1978 |
Month's Top Five:
Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 25.8 °F):
Warmest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 35.2 | 1990 |
| 2 | 34.9 | 2006 |
| 3 | 34.1 | 1998 |
| 4 | 33.4 | 2002 |
| 5 | 32.9 | 1995 |
Coldest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 15.0 | 1977 |
| 2 | 17.7 | 1970 |
| 3 | 18.7 | 2004 |
| 4 | 18.7 | 1982 |
| 5 | 18.7 | 1994 |
Month's Precipitation (Normal: 2.37"):
Wettest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 6.48 | 1979 |
| 2 | 6.40 | 1996 |
| 3 | 5.35 | 2005 |
| 4 | 5.33 | 1978 |
| 5 | 4.85 | 1999 |
Driest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 0.39 | 1980 |
| 2 | 0.44 | 1955 |
| 3 | 0.52 | 1970 |
| 4 | 0.61 | 1985 |
| 5 | 0.63 | 1981 |
Month's Snowfall (Normal: 14.2"):
Greatest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 42.3 | 1994 |
| 2 | 37.5 | 1996 |
| 3 | 29.6 | 1987 |
| 4 | 28.8 | 1978 |
| 5 | 27.9 | 1964 |
Least:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 0.3 | 2005 |
| 2 | 1.4 | 1980 |
| 3 | 2.1 | 1989 |
| 4 | 2.7 | 2006 |
| 5 | 2.7 | 1969 |
Page last updated: 03/28/2013
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can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
(http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html).
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