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

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May 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	87	2010	46	1978	61	(1983)	29	(1978)	1.65	1989	0.2	1963
02	87	2001	51	1986	66	(2010)	31	(1974)	1.20	1985	0.0	2011
03	88	2001	47	1971	60	(1983)	28	(1957)	1.20	2011	0.0	2011
04	87	2001	49	1973	57	(2001)	32	(2002)	1.28	1972	0.0	2011
05	85	1955	44	1978	62	(1955)	27	(1974)	0.98	1989	0.0	2011
06	86	2000	48	1974	60	(1986)	36	(2004)	1.38	1989	0.4	1967
07	88	2000	44	1967	58	(2002)	31	(1996)	0.71	1958	0.0	2011
08	88	2000	44	1962	63	(1964)	30	(1956)	1.10	1999	0.4	1977
09	90	1979	40	1977	66	(1964)	31	(1966)	0.83	1961	2.0	1977
10	89	1993	48	1966	63	(1965)	29	(1966)	1.18	1990	0.0	2011
11	87	1993	48	1967	61	(2007)	31	(2010)	1.20	1996	0.0	2011
12	85	2004	48	2010	62	(2004)	33	(1990)	0.90	1974	0.0	2011
13	88	2004	51	2003	63	(2004)	32	(2005)	1.54	1971	0.0	2011
14	85	1991	55	2002	64	(2004)	29	(1996)	1.15	1978	0.0	2011
15	87	2007	48	1959	64	(1976)	33	(1977)	1.45	1981	0.0	2011
16	90	1998	49	1983	62	(1976)	34	(1973)	1.09	1978	0.0	2011
17	90	1962	50	1994	61	(1986)	30	(1956)	0.74	1970	0.4	1973
18	93	1962	49	2002	65	(1962)	32	(1983)	0.93	2002	0.0	2011
19	92	1962	47	1976	64	(1996)	30	(2009)	1.84	1988	0.0	2011
20	91	1996	48	1957	72	(1996)	33	(2002)	0.98	1957	0.0	2011
21	86	1992	53	1990	68	(1975)	30	(2002)	0.52	1996	0.0	2011
22	90	1992	53	1961	68	(1959)	31	(2002)	1.05	1986	0.0	2011
23	91	1964	53	1963	66	(2004)	36	(1998)	0.88	1979	0.0	2011
24	88	1975	53	1956	64	(2004)	32	(1963)	2.00	1979	0.0	2011
25	88	1991	54	1988	68	(1991)	30	(1956)	0.45	1979	0.0	2011
26	92	2010	53	1992	68	(1991)	39	(1972)	0.66	2004	0.0	2011
27	89	1991	49	1961	67	(1991)	35	(1969)	1.00	2001	0.0	2011
28	88	1977	54	1968	65	(1959)	36	(1994)	1.05	1984	0.0	2011
29	91	1969	56	1967	71	(1969)	36	(2008)	1.62	1990	0.0	2011
30	93	2006	59	1984	67	(2011)	37	(1996)	0.84	1972	0.0	2011
31	91	2011	59	1984	69	(1991)	36	(1996)	2.30	1972	0.0	2011

May Extremes: Daily

Record High: 93 °F on the 30^th in 2006
Record Low: 27 °F on the 5^th in 1974
Lowest Maximum: 40 °F on the 9^th in 1977
Highest Minimum: 72 °F on the 20^th in 1996
Highest Rainfall: 2.30" on the 31^th in 1972
Highest Snowfall: 2.0" on the 9^th in 1977

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	93	30	2006
2	93	18	1962
3	92	26	2010
4	92	19	1962
5	91	31	2011

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	27	5	1974
2	28	3	1957
3	29	14	1996
4	29	1	1978
5	29	10	1966

Highest Rainfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.30	31	1972
2	2.29	15	2012
3	2.00	24	1979
4	1.92	31	2003
5	1.84	19	1988

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.0	9	1977
2	0.6	9	1966
3	0.4	8	1977
4	0.4	17	1973
5	0.4	6	1967

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 58.6 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	65.7	1991
2	65.0	2012
3	64.9	1975
4	63.8	2004
5	63.7	1965

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	52.7	1967
2	53.3	1973
3	54.2	1997
4	54.7	1956
5	54.8	2008

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 3.52"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	8.02	1989
2	7.33	1972
3	6.70	1984
4	6.10	1985
5	5.57	2012

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.77	1959
2	0.84	1962
3	0.98	1964
4	1.26	2005
5	1.38	1993

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 0.0"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	2.4	1977
2	0.6	1966
3	0.4	1973
4	0.4	1967
5	0.2	1963

Page last updated: 08.13.2012

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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