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

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March 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	68	1972	17	1980	41	(1976)	2	(1980)	0.58	1963	6.7	2005
02	68	1991	21	2009	50	(1991)	3	(1980)	0.53	2007	4.1	2006
03	70	1991	19	1960	46	(1991)	3	(2003)	0.68	1972	13.2	1960
04	68	1974	21	1960	42	(1974)	3	(1982)	1.07	2008	4.1	1971
05	69	1976	22	1960	52	(1979)	6	(1978)	1.22	2008	2.9	1967
06	62	2009	15	2007	41	(1961)	4	(2007)	1.73	2011	4.1	1967
07	67	2009	21	2007	43	(1974)	0	(2003)	0.73	1967	8.0	1996
08	74	2000	19	1996	47	(2000)	7	(2007)	1.09	1995	4.5	1995
09	73	2000	18	1996	49	(2002)	3	(1996)	0.78	1998	5.9	1976
10	68	1955	25	2003	48	(2006)	-1	(1996)	1.80	1964	2.4	1993
11	71	1977	23	1960	45	(1990)	5	(1996)	1.07	1992	3.7	1992
12	72	1990	23	1984	51	(1990)	1	(1960)	0.84	2013	5.6	1959
13	80	1990	27	1960	55	(1990)	12	(1989)	1.58	1977	18.7	1993
14	80	1990	18	1993	52	(1990)	11	(1993)	2.22	1986	3.4	1956
15	79	1990	25	1993	51	(1990)	7	(1993)	1.12	1967	5.2	1967
16	76	1990	24	1956	62	(1990)	10	(1992)	0.80	2007	5.5	2004
17	76	2012	21	1967	50	(1990)	9	(1961)	1.05	1968	4.7	1967
18	74	2012	14	1967	47	(2012)	3	(1967)	0.64	1977	5.2	1977
19	74	2012	24	1956	50	(2012)	-4	(1967)	1.35	2012	3.0	1971
20	75	2012	27	1965	52	(2012)	11	(1956)	0.72	1958	7.1	1958
21	72	2010	27	1988	54	(2012)	10	(1986)	0.82	1998	5.7	1964
22	74	2012	25	1959	53	(2012)	11	(1988)	1.34	1977	3.9	1977
23	78	2012	31	1960	49	(2012)	12	(2004)	0.78	2011	9.0	2011
24	73	1988	29	1972	52	(1979)	15	(2009)	1.05	1989	2.1	1966
25	75	1988	25	1960	50	(1988)	10	(1974)	0.62	1969	0.8	1958
26	71	1986	31	2011	48	(1988)	8	(1960)	1.19	2002	1.0	1982
27	77	1998	30	1955	47	(2004)	15	(2001)	0.50	1978	1.7	1959
28	79	1998	31	1959	61	(1998)	17	(1982)	1.62	2005	2.0	1984
29	79	1998	28	1974	56	(1998)	12	(1959)	0.82	1984	11.1	1970
30	84	1998	35	1984	56	(1981)	6	(1970)	1.09	2010	2.0	1974
31	85	1998	32	1969	58	(1998)	16	(1964)	0.99	1962	2.8	1974

March Extremes: Daily

Record High: 85 °F on the 31^st in 1998
Record Low: -4 °F on the 19^th in 1967
Lowest Maximum: 14 °F on the 18^th in 1967
Highest Minimum: 62 °F on the 16^th in 1990
Highest Rainfall: 2.22" on the 14^th in 1984
Highest Snowfall: 18.7" on the 13^th in 1993

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	85	31	1998
2	84	30	1998
3	83	30	1977
4	82	30	1986
5	80	14	1990

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	-4	19	1967
2	-3	19	1993
3	-1	10	1996
4	0	7	2003
5	0	10	1984

Highest Rainfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.22	14	1986
2	1.80	10	1964
3	1.73	6	2011
4	1.62	28	2005
5	1.58	13	1977

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	18.7	13	1993
2	13.2	3	1960
3	11.1	29	1970
4	9.0	23	2011
5	8.4	29	1974

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 36.9 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	48.8	2012
2	42.8	2010
3	42.7	2000
4	41.9	1973
5	41.1	1998

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	25.3	1960
2	30.8	1984
3	31.5	1956
4	31.8	1970
5	31.8	2005

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 2.55"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	5.21	2008
2	5.13	2011
3	4.83	1977
4	4.75	1974
5	4.25	1986

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.49	1981
2	1.13	2009
3	1.18	1987
4	1.31	2006
5	1.34	1995

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 9.0"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	32.0	1993
2	29.7	1967
3	22.3	1960
4	20.6	1994
5	20.6	1970

Least:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.0	1955
2	0.3	2012
3	0.5	2010
4	0.7	2008
4	0.9	1987

Page last updated: 3/28/2013

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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