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

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May 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	88	1942	43	1943	61	(1983)	29	(1978)	1.65	1989	0.2	1963
02	87	2001	46	1909	66	(2010)	27	(1903)	1.20	1985	0.0	2011
03	88	2001	47	1971	60	(1983)	28	(1957)	1.44	1934	0.0	2011
04	90	1913	45	1935	62	(1934)	32	(2002)	1.28	1972	0.0	2011
05	90	1949	43	1917	62	(1955)	27	(1974)	0.98	1989	0.0	2011
06	90	1949	48	1974	67	(1944)	34	(1910)	1.38	1989	0.4	1967
07	90	1930	44	1967	63	(1941)	31	(1996)	1.50	1908	0.0	2011
08	90	1936	42	1947	63	(1964)	30	(1956)	1.38	1923	0.4	1977
09	90	1979	40	1977	66	(1964)	31	(1966)	1.05	1939	2.0	1977
10	89	1993	43	1913	63	(1965)	29	(1966)	1.24	1954	0.0	2011
11	91	1948	46	1907	61	(2007)	31	(2010)	1.20	1996	0.0	2011
12	87	1953	48	2010	65	(1936)	29	(1907)	1.19	1952	0.0	2011
13	88	2004	51	2003	63	(2004)	32	(2005)	1.54	1971	0.0	2011
14	87	1907	53	1948	64	(2004)	29	(1996)	1.15	1978	0.0	2011
15	87	2007	48	1959	64	(1976)	32	(1936)	1.45	1981	0.0	2011
16	90	1998	48	1915	63	(1911)	34	(1973)	1.19	1942	0.0	2011
17	90	1962	50	1994	66	(1943)	30	(1956)	0.74	1970	0.4	1973
18	93	1962	49	2002	65	(1962)	32	(1983)	0.93	2002	0.0	2011
19	92	1962	47	1976	64	(1996)	30	(2009)	1.84	1988	0.0	2011
20	91	1996	48	1957	72	(1996)	33	(2002)	1.36	1949	0.0	2011
21	92	1934	50	1929	68	(1975)	30	(2002)	1.52	1947	0.0	2011
22	93	1911	50	1909	68	(1959)	31	(2002)	2.67	1942	0.0	2011
23	93	1911	53	1963	66	(2004)	36	(1998)	1.08	1913	0.0	2011
24	88	1975	53	1956	68	(1902)	32	(1963)	2.00	1979	0.0	2011
25	91	1904	48	1925	68	(1991)	30	(1956)	2.18	1952	0.0	2011
26	92	2010	49	1907	68	(1991)	39	(1972)	0.98	1943	0.0	2011
27	90	1914	49	1961	67	(1991)	35	(1969)	2.00	1946	0.0	2011
28	91	1908	50	1902	70	(1939)	36	(1994)	1.05	1984	0.0	2011
29	91	1969	56	1967	71	(1969)	36	(2008)	1.62	1990	0.0	2011
30	93	2006	52	1953	67	(2011)	37	(1996)	0.84	1972	0.0	2011
31	91	2011	55	1910	69	(1991)	36	(1996)	2.30	1972	0.0	2011

May Extremes: Daily

Record High: 93 °F on the 30^th in 2006
Record Low: 27 °F on the 5^th in 1974
Lowest Maximum: 40 °F on the 9^th in 1977
Highest Minimum: 72 °F on the 20^th in 1996
Highest Rainfall: 2.67" on the 33^nd in 1942
Highest Snowfall: 2.0" on the 9^th in 1977

Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	93	30	2006
2	93	18	1962
3	93	23	1911
4	93	22	1911
5	92	26	2010

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	27	5	1974
2	27	2	1903
3	28	3	1957
4	29	14	1996
5	29	1	1978

Highest Rainfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.67	22	1942
2	2.30	31	1972
3	2.29	25	1952
4	2.18	25	1952
5	2.00	24	1979

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	2.0	9	1977
2	0.6	9	1966
3	0.4	8	1977
4	0.4	17	1973
5	0.4	6	1967

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 58.6 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	66.1	1944
2	65.8	1911
3	65.7	1991
4	65.0	2012
5	64.9	1975

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	51.5	1917
2	52.7	1967
3	53.3	1973
4	53.7	1907
5	54.2	1997

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 3.52"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	8.02	1989
2	7.62	1946
3	7.33	1972
4	6.99	1947
5	6.73	1942

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.77	1959
2	0.84	1962
3	0.96	1903
4	0.98	1964
5	1.25	1905

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 0.0"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	2.4	1977
2	0.6	1966
3	0.4	1973
4	0.4	1967
5	0.2	1963

Page last updated: 08.13.2012

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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