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December 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 | 71 | 2006 | 24 | 1964 | 51 | (1914) | 5 | (1936) | 1.58 | 2010 | 3.0 | 1935 |
| 02 | 69 | 1914 | 20 | 1930 | 47 | (1982) | 6 | (1976) | 0.97 | 1936 | 3.0 | 1949 |
| 03 | 65 | 1998 | 14 | 1976 | 49 | (1982) | 3 | (1976) | 1.47 | 1905 | 8.0 | 1901 |
| 04 | 69 | 1998 | 18 | 1906 | 52 | (1982) | 4 | (1926) | 2.58 | 1950 | 4.0 | 1950 |
| 05 | 67 | 2001 | 19 | 1901 | 55 | (1951) | 4 | (1926) | 1.37 | 1938 | 5.5 | 1902 |
| 06 | 66 | 1998 | 20 | 1926 | 48 | (2001) | -5 | (1901) | 1.91 | 1953 | 5.9 | 1910 |
| 07 | 69 | 1998 | 23 | 1970 | 43 | (1998) | -1 | (1901) | 1.72 | 1914 | 6.2 | 1914 |
| 08 | 61 | 1980 | 20 | 1934 | 46 | (1924) | 6 | (1906) | 1.35 | 1963 | 1.3 | 1904 |
| 09 | 64 | 1966 | 14 | 1902 | 47 | (1923) | 3 | (1902) | 1.03 | 1973 | 5.0 | 1903 |
| 10 | 65 | 1966 | 12 | 1917 | 54 | (1966) | 4 | (1958) | 1.43 | 1907 | 3.8 | 1904 |
| 11 | 64 | 1979 | 16 | 1934 | 51 | (1911) | -1 | (1958) | 1.49 | 2008 | 4.4 | 1960 |
| 12 | 65 | 1911 | 14 | 1988 | 56 | (1911) | -5 | (1988) | 1.71 | 1983 | 6.7 | 1960 |
| 13 | 60 | 1923 | 12 | 1962 | 45 | (1991) | 2 | (1960) | 2.16 | 1983 | 7.6 | 1915 |
| 14 | 65 | 1901 | 16 | 2005 | 48 | (2001) | -5 | (2005) | 1.26 | 1956 | 7.8 | 1917 |
| 15 | 60 | 1971 | 14 | 1914 | 43 | (2008) | 2 | (1904) | 1.86 | 1901 | 4.2 | 1907 |
| 16 | 57 | 1971 | 14 | 1951 | 40 | (1928) | 1 | (1917) | 1.46 | 1902 | 3.0 | 1980 |
| 17 | 61 | 2000 | 15 | 1973 | 43 | (1928) | -4 | (1919) | 1.47 | 2000 | 5.6 | 1973 |
| 18 | 58 | 1928 | 10 | 1919 | 42 | (1912) | -6 | (1919) | 0.93 | 1961 | 8.3 | 1951 |
| 19 | 60 | 1929 | 17 | 1919 | 40 | (1957) | -1 | (1919) | 0.69 | 1995 | 9.4 | 1995 |
| 20 | 63 | 1988 | 5 | 1942 | 53 | (1957) | -10 | (1942) | 1.46 | 1957 | 4.6 | 1910 |
| 21 | 57 | 1953 | 13 | 1955 | 43 | (1923) | -5 | (1942) | 1.57 | 1973 | 8.0 | 1973 |
| 22 | 60 | 1949 | 12 | 1989 | 52 | (1990) | -1 | (1989) | 1.09 | 1916 | 12.2 | 1969 |
| 23 | 64 | 1990 | 12 | 1960 | 45 | (1931) | -2 | (1960) | 1.24 | 2004 | 6.9 | 1930 |
| 24 | 62 | 1933 | 9 | 1906 | 47 | (1931) | -9 | (1989) | 0.92 | 1910 | 5.9 | 1966 |
| 25 | 62 | 1964 | 4 | 1983 | 45 | (1964) | -7 | (1980) | 0.89 | 2002 | 3.8 | 1909 |
| 26 | 60 | 1964 | 10 | 1983 | 41 | (1964) | -2 | (1983) | 1.22 | 1957 | 10.3 | 1969 |
| 27 | 57 | 1949 | 14 | 1939 | 47 | (1949) | -3 | (1914) | 1.38 | 1964 | 6.5 | 1984 |
| 28 | 63 | 2008 | 16 | 1935 | 47 | (1940) | -4 | (1960) | 1.27 | 1942 | 9.7 | 1967 |
| 29 | 67 | 1984 | 2 | 1917 | 47 | (1984) | -10 | (1933) | 1.14 | 1948 | 3.2 | 1915 |
| 30 | 57 | 1984 | 3 | 1917 | 41 | (1927) | -13 | (1917) | 1.17 | 1948 | 2.5 | 1989 |
| 31 | 63 | 1965 | 5 | 1917 | 43 | (1972) | -7 | (1917) | 1.22 | 1947 | 3.5 | 2009 |
December Extremes:
Daily
- Record High: 71 °F on the 1st in 2006
- Record Low: -13 °F on the 30th in 1917
- Lowest Maximum: 2 °F on the 29th in 1917
- Highest Minimum: 56 °F on the 12th in 1911
- Highest Rainfall: 2.58" on the 4th in 1950
- Highest Snowfall: 12.2" on the 22nd in 1969
Daily Top Five:
Highest Temperature (°F)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 71 | 1 | 2006 |
| 2 | 69 | 7 | 1998 |
| 3 | 69 | 4 | 1998 |
| 4 | 69 | 2 | 1914 |
| 5 | 67 | 5 | 2001 |
Lowest Temperature (°F)
| Rank | Lowest | Date | Year |
| 1 | -13 | 30 | 1917 |
| 2 | -10 | 20 | 1942 |
| 3 | -10 | 29 | 1933 |
| 4 | -10 | 29 | 1917 |
| 5 | -9 | 24 | 1989 |
Highest Rainfall (inches)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 2.58 | 4 | 1950 |
| 2 | 2.16 | 13 | 1983 |
| 3 | 1.91 | 6 | 1953 |
| 4 | 1.86 | 15 | 1901 |
| 5 | 1.72 | 7 | 1914 |
Highest Snowfall (inches)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 12.2 | 22 | 1969 |
| 2 | 10.3 | 26 | 1969 |
| 3 | 9.7 | 28 | 1967 |
| 4 | 9.4 | 19 | 1995 |
| 5 | 8.3 | 18 | 1951 |
Month's Top Five:
Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 30.6 °F):
Warmest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 38.7 | 1923 |
| 2 | 37.9 | 2006 |
| 3 | 37.5 | 1911 |
| 4 | 37.3 | 1984 |
| 5 | 36.9 | 2001 |
Coldest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 18.6 | 1989 |
| 2 | 21.3 | 1917 |
| 3 | 21.9 | 1960 |
| 4 | 22.4 | 1958 |
| 5 | 22.9 | 1976 |
Month's Precipitation (Normal: 2.68"):
Wettest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 6.58 | 1983 |
| 2 | 6.07 | 1973 |
| 3 | 5.64 | 1901 |
| 4 | 5.37 | 1996 |
| 5 | 5.09 | 2008 |
Driest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 0.35 | 1958 |
| 2 | 0.37 | 1955 |
| 3 | 0.49 | 1928 |
| 4 | 0.79 | 1943 |
| 5 | 0.86 | 1998 |
Month's Snowfall (Normal: 7.4"):
Greatest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 33.9 | 1969 |
| 2 | 25.6 | 1904 |
| 3 | 20.1 | 1907 |
| 4 | 19.2 | 1910 |
| 5 | 19.0 | 1960 |
Least:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 0.0 | 2006 |
| 2 | 0.0 | 2003 |
| 3 | 0.0 | 1941 |
| 4 | 0.1 | 1953 |
| 5 | 0.3 | 2005 |
Page last updated: 02.02.2012
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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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