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April Daily Records for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Avoca), PA
Period of Record: 1901-Present
| | Maximum Temperature | Minimum Temperature | Rainfall | Snowfall |
| Date | High | Year | Low | Year | High | Year | Low | Year | Maximum | Year | Maximum | Year |
| 01 | 79 | 1917 | 25 | 1919 | 56 | (1998) | 8 | (1923) | 1.04 | 1998 | 5.8 | 1924 |
| 02 | 80 | 1967 | 34 | 1992 | 57 | (1967) | 19 | (1911) | 2.46 | 2005 | 2.4 | 1965 |
| 03 | 80 | 1963 | 30 | 1943 | 59 | (1963) | 18 | (1954) | 1.32 | 1901 | 0.9 | 1990 |
| 04 | 80 | 1921 | 28 | 1975 | 60 | (1981) | 19 | (1995) | 2.07 | 1987 | 6.9 | 1957 |
| 05 | 83 | 1910 | 31 | 1975 | 56 | (1910) | 17 | (1995) | 2.35 | 1947 | 0.5 | 1914 |
| 06 | 83 | 1929 | 29 | 1943 | 58 | (1929) | 18 | (1982) | 0.94 | 1924 | 7.0 | 1938 |
| 07 | 86 | 2010 | 26 | 1982 | 60 | (2010) | 14 | (1982) | 0.68 | 1994 | 4.7 | 1956 |
| 08 | 85 | 1929 | 30 | 1972 | 55 | (1929) | 19 | (1972) | 0.96 | 2000 | 3.7 | 1956 |
| 09 | 79 | 1991 | 34 | 1917 | 60 | (1991) | 20 | (1977) | 1.51 | 1998 | 2.8 | 1918 |
| 10 | 82 | 1922 | 35 | 1961 | 59 | (1922) | 20 | (1985) | 1.59 | 1993 | 4.0 | 1961 |
| 11 | 83 | 1945 | 37 | 1918 | 53 | (1915) | 20 | (1909) | 1.00 | 1922 | 1.0 | 1986 |
| 12 | 84 | 1977 | 35 | 1918 | 59 | (1945) | 20 | (1926) | 1.34 | 1933 | 4.0 | 1933 |
| 13 | 85 | 1945 | 33 | 1940 | 56 | (2002) | 22 | (1990) | 0.97 | 2004 | 4.0 | 1961 |
| 14 | 84 | 1968 | 34 | 1943 | 57 | (1941) | 22 | (1950) | 1.06 | 1909 | 1.5 | 1950 |
| 15 | 85 | 1994 | 34 | 1943 | 60 | (2002) | 22 | (1926) | 2.83 | 1983 | 2.5 | 1962 |
| 16 | 88 | 2002 | 35 | 2007 | 62 | (2002) | 20 | (1943) | 1.48 | 1993 | 10.0 | 2007 |
| 17 | 90 | 2002 | 38 | 2007 | 59 | (2002) | 23 | (1908) | 1.08 | 1982 | 1.5 | 1935 |
| 18 | 92 | 1976 | 37 | 1953 | 68 | (2002) | 28 | (2001) | 0.80 | 1924 | 5.5 | 1983 |
| 19 | 91 | 1976 | 33 | 1983 | 65 | (1976) | 24 | (1904) | 1.44 | 1998 | 9.1 | 1983 |
| 20 | 91 | 1941 | 34 | 1904 | 63 | (1941) | 22 | (1904) | 1.08 | 1950 | 5.0 | 1983 |
| 21 | 85 | 1985 | 40 | 1947 | 59 | (1976) | 26 | (1925) | 1.04 | 1991 | 0.1 | 1991 |
| 22 | 87 | 1902 | 39 | 1940 | 59 | (1976) | 25 | (1904) | 1.16 | 2006 | 2.4 | 1986 |
| 23 | 86 | 2001 | 38 | 1930 | 55 | (2001) | 24 | (1930) | 1.20 | 1906 | 5.2 | 1986 |
| 24 | 87 | 1960 | 38 | 1930 | 57 | (1957) | 25 | (1930) | 1.50 | 1968 | 4.2 | 1967 |
| 25 | 88 | 1915 | 38 | 1919 | 64 | (1960) | 23 | (1919) | 0.85 | 2010 | 3.2 | 1983 |
| 26 | 90 | 2009 | 43 | 1971 | 65 | (1915) | 26 | (1972) | 1.35 | 1953 | 1.2 | 1919 |
| 27 | 93 | 2009 | 40 | 1946 | 60 | (2009) | 28 | (2002) | 1.57 | 1979 | 1.0 | 1946 |
| 28 | 91 | 1990 | 39 | 1928 | 62 | (1962) | 27 | (1972) | 1.75 | 1923 | 2.0 | 1928 |
| 29 | 85 | 1974 | 37 | 1909 | 65 | (1962) | 28 | (2001) | 1.55 | 1909 | 0.0 | 2011 |
| 30 | 86 | 1942 | 43 | 1925 | 61 | (1936) | 30 | (2008) | 0.84 | 1947 | 0.0 | 2011 |
April Extremes:
Daily
- Record High: 93 °F on the 18th in 2009
- Record Low: 8 °F on the 1st in 1923
- Lowest Maximum: 25 °F on the 1st in 1919
- Highest Minimum: 68 °F on the 18th in 2002
- Highest Rainfall: 2.83" on the 15th in 1983
- Highest Snowfall: 10.0" on the 16th in 2007
Daily Top Five:
Highest Temperature (°F)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 93 | 27 | 2009 |
| 2 | 92 | 18 | 1976 |
| 3 | 91 | 28 | 1990 |
| 4 | 91 | 19 | 1976 |
| 5 | 91 | 20 | 1941 |
Lowest Temperature (°F)
| Rank | Lowest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 8 | 1 | 1923 |
| 2 | 14 | 7 | 1982 |
| 3 | 15 | 1 | 1964 |
| 4 | 17 | 5 | 1995 |
| 5 | 18 | 6 | 1982 |
Highest Rainfall (inches)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 2.83 | 15 | 1983 |
| 2 | 2.46 | 2 | 2005 |
| 3 | 2.35 | 4 | 1947 |
| 4 | 2.07 | 5 | 1987 |
| 5 | 1.75 | 28 | 1923 |
Highest Snowfall (inches)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 10.0 | 16 | 2007 |
| 2 | 9.1 | 19 | 1983 |
| 3 | 7.0 | 6 | 1938 |
| 4 | 6.9 | 4 | 1957 |
| 5 | 6.2 | 6 | 1982 |
Month's Top Five:
Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 48.6 °F):
Warmest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 55.6 | 1921 |
| 2 | 55.0 | 1941 |
| 3 | 53.9 | 1915 |
| 4 | 53.4 | 2010 |
| 5 | 52.9 | 1968 |
Coldest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 41.4 | 1943 |
| 2 | 42.0 | 1961 |
| 3 | 42.0 | 1907 |
| 4 | 43.3 | 1926 |
| 5 | 43.5 | 1972 |
Month's Precipitation (Normal: 3.33"):
Wettest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 9.56 | 1983 |
| 2 | 7.47 | 1993 |
| 3 | 6.64 | 1947 |
| 4 | 6.51 | 2011 |
| 5 | 5.81 | 1957 |
Driest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 0.64 | 1932 |
| 2 | 0.96 | 1997 |
| 3 | 0.97 | 1989 |
| 4 | 1.02 | 1946 |
| 5 | 1.02 | 1907 |
Month's Snowfall (Normal: 3.3"):
Greatest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 26.7 | 1983 |
| 2 | 12.1 | 1938 |
| 3 | 12.1 | 1918 |
| 4 | 12.0 | 1956 |
| 5 | 10.6 | 2007 |
Page last updated: 05.25.2012
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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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