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

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March 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	68	1972	17	1980	43	(1910)	2	(1980)	1.56	1914	9.0	1914
02	68	1991	20	1912	50	(1991)	3	(1980)	1.10	1914	6.0	1914
03	70	1991	19	1960	46	(1991)	3	(2003)	1.53	1906	13.2	1960
04	68	1974	20	1904	46	(1934)	0	(1943)	1.09	1917	7.6	1917
05	69	1976	19	1926	52	(1979)	2	(1948)	1.91	1920	11.4	1902
06	71	1946	13	1901	42	(1946)	0	(1948)	1.73	2011	8.2	1916
07	67	2009	16	1913	46	(1921)	0	(2003)	0.98	1926	8.0	1996
08	74	2000	19	1996	47	(2000)	7	(2007)	1.09	1995	6.0	1941
09	73	2000	18	1996	49	(2002)	2	(1943)	0.78	1998	5.9	1976
10	68	1955	25	2003	48	(2006)	-1	(1996)	1.80	1964	2.4	1993
11	71	1977	22	1934	48	(1936)	5	(1996)	1.10	1952	5.0	1941
12	72	1990	23	1984	51	(1990)	1	(1960)	0.96	1912	5.6	1959
13	80	1990	24	1926	55	(1990)	8	(1948)	1.58	1977	18.7	1993
14	80	1990	18	1993	53	(1913)	11	(1993)	2.22	1986	3.4	1956
15	79	1990	20	1932	51	(1990)	7	(1993)	1.73	1916	11.6	1916
16	76	1990	20	1911	62	(1990)	7	(1916)	0.80	2007	5.5	2004
17	81	1945	18	1916	50	(1990)	4	(1916)	1.05	1968	4.7	1967
18	73	1927	14	1967	48	(1927)	-1	(1916)	0.75	1936	5.7	1928
19	74	1918	24	1956	46	(1983)	-4	(1967)	1.01	2008	5.2	1906
20	76	1918	24	1914	54	(1945)	8	(1949)	0.72	1958	7.1	1958
21	78	1921	26	1932	51	(1913)	10	(1986)	2.10	1912	8.0	1950
22	82	1938	25	1959	53	(2010)	11	(1988)	1.34	1977	5.3	1916
23	81	1938	20	1906	58	(1929)	9	(1934)	2.05	1903	9.0	2011
24	77	1910	24	1940	52	(1979)	5	(1906)	1.51	1912	2.1	1966
25	76	1913	25	1960	58	(1913)	10	(1974)	1.14	1909	2.8	1909
26	76	1945	27	1937	55	(1913)	8	(1960)	1.19	2002	1.0	1982
27	80	1921	31	1966	57	(1949)	15	(2001)	1.39	1913	5.0	1940
28	83	1945	28	1937	61	(1998)	9	(1923)	1.62	2005	7.0	1932
29	84	1905	26	1919	56	(1998)	7	(1923)	0.82	1984	11.1	1970
30	84	1998	32	1915	56	(1981)	6	(1970)	3.14	1940	2.0	1974
31	85	1998	24	1923	58	(1998)	12	(1923)	0.99	1962	2.8	1974

March Extremes: Daily

Record High: 85 °F on the 31^st in 1998
Record Low: -4 °F on the 19^th in 1967
Lowest Maximum: 13 °F on the 6^th in 1901
Highest Minimum: 62 °F on the 16^th in 1990
Highest Rainfall: 3.14" on the 30^th in 1940
Highest Snowfall: 18.7" on the 13^th in 1993

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	85	31	1998
2	84	30	1998
3	84	29	1905
4	83	30	1977
5	83	28	1945

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	-4	19	1967
2	-3	19	1993
3	-1	10	1996
4	-1	18	1916
5	0	7	2003

Highest Rainfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	3.14	30	1940
2	2.22	14	1986
3	2.10	21	1912
4	2.05	23	1903
5	1.91	5	1920

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	18.7	13	1993
2	13.2	3	1960
3	11.6	15	1916
4	11.4	5	1902
5	11.1	29	1970

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 36.9 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	48.8	2012
2	47.8	1945
3	47.2	1946
4	45.9	1903
5	45.8	1921

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	25.3	1960
2	28.9	1916
3	30.5	1906
4	30.5	1941
5	30.8	1940

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 2.55"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	7.02	1912
2	6.52	1940
3	5.74	1916
4	5.25	1936
5	5.21	2008

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.49	1981
2	0.77	1910
3	0.93	1924
4	1.13	2009
5	1.18	1987

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 9.0"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	38.0	1916
2	32.0	1993
3	29.7	1967
4	22.3	1960
5	22.3	1906

Least:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.0	1946
2	0.0	1945
3	0.0	1927
4	0.0	1921
5	0.0	1903

Page last updated: 4.17.2012

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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