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January 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 | 61 | 1973 | 12 | 1918 | 42 | (1979) | -3 | (1918) | 0.93 | 1961 | 7.8 | 1971 |
| 02 | 58 | 1930 | 10 | 1922 | 45 | (1911) | -6 | (1968) | 0.85 | 1979 | 8.9 | 1987 |
| 03 | 60 | 2000 | 6 | 1918 | 50 | (2000) | -5 | (1918) | 1.31 | 1960 | 6.3 | 1919 |
| 04 | 67 | 1950 | 9 | 1904 | 54 | (1950) | -9 | (1981) | 0.72 | 2004 | 8.9 | 1994 |
| 05 | 61 | 1993 | 5 | 1904 | 50 | (2007) | -15 | (1904) | 1.35 | 1949 | 2.0 | 1912 |
| 06 | 64 | 2007 | 9 | 1912 | 52 | (1946) | -8 | (1904) | 1.09 | 1962 | 3.0 | 1948 |
| 07 | 63 | 1998 | 14 | 1942 | 50 | (1998) | 3 | (1988) | 1.13 | 1979 | 5.5 | 1996 |
| 08 | 67 | 2008 | 6 | 1968 | 52 | (1930) | -8 | (1942) | 0.85 | 1978 | 15.5 | 1996 |
| 09 | 62 | 1998 | 5 | 1970 | 48 | (1935) | -7 | (1968) | 1.11 | 1978 | 7.4 | 1926 |
| 10 | 57 | 1939 | 6 | 1982 | 39 | (2000) | -7 | (2004) | 0.61 | 2000 | 4.0 | 1974 |
| 11 | 66 | 1975 | 8 | 1982 | 46 | (1975) | -7 | (1968) | 1.08 | 1924 | 8.0 | 1922 |
| 12 | 54 | 1932 | 8 | 1968 | 37 | (1928) | -10 | (1981) | 0.81 | 1918 | 7.8 | 1996 |
| 13 | 69 | 1932 | 5 | 1914 | 54 | (1932) | -13 | (1981) | 0.87 | 1964 | 18.3 | 1964 |
| 14 | 69 | 1932 | 9 | 2004 | 49 | (1995) | -10 | (1914) | 1.38 | 2005 | 6.0 | 1923 |
| 15 | 66 | 1937 | 8 | 2004 | 60 | (1995) | -10 | (1957) | 1.52 | 1918 | 5.4 | 1983 |
| 16 | 62 | 1995 | 8 | 1994 | 42 | (1995) | -4 | (2004) | 1.74 | 1924 | 4.1 | 1954 |
| 17 | 60 | 1990 | 2 | 1977 | 42 | (1913) | -10 | (1977) | 1.05 | 1994 | 16.4 | 1994 |
| 18 | 60 | 2006 | 8 | 1977 | 39 | (1937) | -7 | (1982) | 1.33 | 2006 | 4.8 | 1930 |
| 19 | 62 | 1996 | -2 | 1994 | 46 | (1986) | -15 | (1904) | 2.06 | 1996 | 14.5 | 1936 |
| 20 | 63 | 1951 | 12 | 1984 | 38 | (1927) | -11 | (1994) | 0.77 | 1995 | 9.1 | 1978 |
| 21 | 67 | 1906 | 3 | 1985 | 40 | (1927) | -21 | (1994) | 1.39 | 1959 | 3.5 | 2011 |
| 22 | 66 | 1906 | 10 | 1961 | 54 | (1906) | -11 | (1984) | 0.90 | 1904 | 9.3 | 1987 |
| 23 | 68 | 1906 | 10 | 1936 | 41 | (1999) | -8 | (1936) | 1.02 | 1915 | 8.5 | 1966 |
| 24 | 62 | 1967 | 8 | 1935 | 42 | (1969) | -8 | (2011) | 1.11 | 1979 | 8.0 | 1948 |
| 25 | 67 | 1967 | 6 | 1945 | 51 | (1967) | -5 | (1961) | 1.23 | 2010 | 8.7 | 1905 |
| 26 | 67 | 1950 | 11 | 1945 | 44 | (1950) | -5 | (1961) | 0.98 | 1986 | 7.4 | 1986 |
| 27 | 69 | 1916 | 11 | 2005 | 46 | (1916) | -6 | (1927) | 1.09 | 1996 | 2.8 | 1986 |
| 28 | 60 | 1916 | 10 | 1966 | 40 | (1944) | -11 | (1925) | 0.70 | 2009 | 7.5 | 1943 |
| 29 | 62 | 2002 | 6 | 1977 | 38 | (1970) | -7 | (1977) | 1.36 | 1990 | 5.4 | 1925 |
| 30 | 66 | 1947 | 8 | 1908 | 39 | (1989) | -3 | (1948) | 1.09 | 1939 | 9.0 | 1966 |
| 31 | 63 | 1916 | 14 | 1920 | 37 | (1916) | -7 | (1948) | 0.46 | 1982 | 4.0 | 1949 |
January Extremes:
Daily
- Record High: 69 °F on the 8th in 1932
- Record Low: -21 °F on the 21th in 1994
- Lowest Maximum: -2 °F on the 19th in 1994
- Highest Minimum: 60 °F on the 15th in 1995
- Highest Rainfall: 2.06" on the 19th in 1996
- Highest Snowfall: 18.3" on the 13th in 1964
Daily Top Five:
Highest Temperature (°F)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 69 | 14 | 1932 |
| 2 | 69 | 13 | 1932 |
| 3 | 69 | 27 | 1916 |
| 4 | 68 | 23 | 1906 |
| 5 | 67 | 8 | 2008 |
Lowest Temperature (°F)
| Rank | Lowest | Date | Year |
| 1 | -21 | 21 | 1994 |
| 2 | -15 | 19 | 1904 |
| 3 | -15 | 5 | 1904 |
| 4 | -14 | 21 | 1985 |
| 5 | -13 | 19 | 1994 |
Highest Rainfall (inches)
| Rank | Highest | Date | Year |
| 1 | 2.06 | 19 | 1996 |
| 2 | 1.86 | 19 | 1936 |
| 3 | 1.74 | 16 | 1924 |
| 4 | 1.52 | 15 | 1918 |
| 5 | 1.39 | 21 | 1959 |
Month's Top Five:
Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 25.8 °F):
Warmest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 39.5 | 1932 |
| 2 | 37.6 | 1950 |
| 3 | 37.2 | 1913 |
| 4 | 35.4 | 1937 |
| 5 | 35.3 | 1933 |
Coldest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 15.0 | 1977 |
| 2 | 17.5 | 1918 |
| 3 | 17.7 | 1970 |
| 4 | 18.5 | 1904 |
| 5 | 18.7 | 2004 |
Month's Precipitation (Normal: 2.37"):
Wettest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 6.48 | 1979 |
| 2 | 6.40 | 1996 |
| 3 | 5.35 | 2005 |
| 4 | 5.33 | 1978 |
| 5 | 4.85 | 1999 |
Driest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 0.39 | 1980 |
| 2 | 0.47 | 1940 |
| 4 | 0.52 | 1970 |
| 3 | 0.57 | 1955 |
| 5 | 0.61 | 1985 |
Month's Snowfall (Normal: 14.2"):
Greatest:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 42.3 | 1994 |
| 2 | 37.5 | 1996 |
| 3 | 29.6 | 1987 |
| 4 | 28.8 | 1978 |
| 5 | 27.9 | 1964 |
Least:
| Rank | Value | Year |
| 1 | 0.3 | 2005 |
| 2 | 0.7 | 1947 |
| 3 | 0.8 | 1911 |
| 4 | 1.1 | 1944 |
| 5 | 1.4 | 1980 |
Page last updated: 02.07.2012
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can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
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