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

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October 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	80	1980	49	1966	65	(1986)	30	(1993)	1.15	2010	0.0	2012
02	82	1968	46	1974	61	(1971)	30	(1997)	0.68	2012	0.0	2012
03	82	2005	44	1974	62	(2012)	30	(2003)	1.17	1986	0.2	1974
04	85	2007	45	1965	63	(1995)	27	(1974)	1.54	1962	0.0	2012
05	86	2007	45	1965	64	(1991)	30	(1965)	1.25	1962	0.0	2012
06	84	1959	49	1988	66	(1959)	26	(1958)	1.02	1972	0.0	2012
07	83	1963	49	1999	66	(2005)	28	(1999)	1.39	2005	0.0	2012
08	87	2007	48	1989	62	(1982)	29	(2000)	1.83	2005	0.0	2012
09	84	2007	43	2000	63	(2007)	26	(2000)	2.88	1976	0.0	2012
10	81	1958	46	1979	65	(1990)	30	(2000)	1.21	1971	0.0	2012
11	79	1955	48	1996	58	(2006)	26	(1956)	2.08	2007	0.0	2012
12	77	1995	47	2009	56	(1983)	26	(1996)	1.04	2005	0.0	2012
13	81	1995	43	1988	65	(1990)	27	(2012)	0.98	1990	0.0	2012
14	82	1975	47	1993	59	(1975)	29	(1991)	1.31	2011	0.0	2012
15	80	1975	40	2009	61	(1975)	29	(2006)	1.88	1955	0.0	2012
16	80	1964	42	2009	57	(1989)	29	(2006)	1.73	2002	0.2	2009
17	81	1980	41	2009	56	(1993)	29	(1970)	1.35	1989	0.6	1977
18	80	1963	40	1972	58	(1984)	24	(1972)	1.03	1990	0.6	1972
19	81	1963	38	1972	57	(2007)	22	(1974)	3.09	1996	0.2	1972
20	79	1963	39	1974	57	(1979)	19	(1972)	1.97	1976	0.0	2012
21	81	1979	43	1974	59	(1979)	22	(1972)	4.01	1995	0.0	2012
22	83	1979	40	1988	59	(1965)	26	(1974)	1.12	1984	0.0	2012
23	77	1975	38	1969	58	(1956)	25	(1969)	1.23	1990	0.2	1964
24	77	2001	43	2002	58	(1975)	21	(1969)	1.06	2009	0.3	1960
25	77	1963	38	1962	60	(1975)	27	(1962)	1.38	1980	0.3	1955
26	79	1963	34	1962	58	(2012)	27	(2006)	0.52	1978	4.4	1962
27	78	1984	36	1957	61	(1984)	24	(1976)	1.75	2003	0.0	2012
28	80	1984	38	2008	61	(1984)	22	(1976)	1.72	2006	1.0	2008
29	73	1989	39	2011	50	(2012)	24	(2001)	1.69	2012	9.1	2011
30	74	1999	39	2002	52	(1961)	25	(1969)	1.71	1955	0.0	2012
31	70	2006	40	1993	58	(1956)	22	(1988)	0.75	1993	1.9	1993

October Extremes: Daily

Record High: 87 °F on the 8^th in 2007
Record Low: 19 °F on the 20^th in 1972
Lowest Maximum: 34 °F on the 26^th in 1962
Highest Minimum: 66 °F on the 7^th in 2005
Highest Rainfall: 4.01" on the 21^st in 1995
Highest Snowfall: 9.1" on the 29^th in 2011

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	87	8	2007
2	86	5	2007
3	85	4	2007
4	84	9	2007
5	84	10	1959

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	19	20	1972
2	21	24	1969
3	22	31	1988
4	22	28	1976
5	22	19	1974

Highest Rainfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	4.01	21	1995
2	3.09	19	1996
3	2.88	9	1976
4	2.08	11	2007
5	1.97	20	1976

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	9.1	29	2011
2	4.4	26	1962
3	1.9	31	1993
4	1.0	28	2008
5	0.6	17	1977

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 50.9 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	59.0	2007
2	58.0	1984
3	56.7	1963
4	56.5	1995
5	56.4	1971

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	45.3	1972
2	46.3	1988
3	47.4	1987
4	48.0	1976
5	48.4	1977

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 3.34"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	8.12	1976
2	7.87	2007
3	7.66	2005
4	7.15	1995
5	6.95	1955

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.03	1963
2	0.76	1994
3	0.84	1982
4	1.01	2001
5	1.07	1974

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 0.1"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	9.1	2011
2	4.4	1962
3	1.9	1993
4	1.0	2008
5	0.8	1972

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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