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

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October 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	87	1905	49	1966	67	(1954)	30	(1993)	1.17	1902	0.0	2011
02	91	1927	46	1974	63	(1927)	30	(1997)	2.97	1929	0.0	2011
03	84	1919	44	1974	64	(1927)	30	(2003)	2.60	1927	0.2	1974
04	85	2007	45	1965	67	(1954)	27	(1974)	1.54	1962	0.0	2011
05	89	1941	45	1965	67	(1919)	30	(1965)	1.53	1932	0.0	2011
06	87	1922	48	1901	69	(1941)	26	(1958)	2.30	1932	0.0	2011
07	89	1941	48	1953	68	(1941)	28	(1999)	2.09	1951	0.0	2011
08	87	2007	48	1989	65	(1913)	28	(1935)	1.83	2005	0.0	2011
09	84	2007	43	2000	64	(1913)	26	(2000)	3.27	1903	0.0	2011
10	87	1949	37	1925	65	(1990)	28	(1925)	1.21	1971	0.1	1925
11	86	1949	41	1906	62	(1914)	26	(1956)	2.08	2007	0.0	2011
12	86	1954	46	1919	61	(1954)	26	(1996)	1.58	1927	0.0	2011
13	81	1995	43	1988	65	(1990)	29	(2006)	0.98	1990	0.0	2011
14	84	1954	44	1945	59	(1975)	29	(1991)	1.31	2011	0.0	2011
15	81	1947	40	2009	61	(1975)	29	(2006)	1.88	1955	0.0	2011
16	84	1947	42	2009	60	(1936)	28	(1944)	1.73	2002	0.2	2009
17	87	1908	41	2009	61	(1928)	24	(1937)	1.35	1989	0.6	1977
18	80	1963	40	1972	65	(1947)	24	(1972)	1.85	1927	0.6	1972
19	81	1963	38	1972	63	(1947)	22	(1974)	3.09	1996	0.2	1972
20	79	1963	39	1974	59	(1915)	19	(1972)	1.97	1976	0.9	1952
21	81	1979	39	1940	59	(1979)	22	(1972)	4.01	1995	0.0	2011
22	83	1979	40	1988	60	(1935)	22	(1940)	1.12	1984	0.0	2011
23	82	1947	38	1969	58	(1956)	25	(1969)	2.20	1937	0.2	1964
24	77	2001	42	1909	58	(1975)	21	(1969)	1.23	1917	0.3	1960
25	77	1963	38	1962	61	(1908)	27	(1962)	1.38	1980	0.3	1955
26	79	1963	34	1962	58	(1918)	24	(1952)	2.53	1943	4.4	1962
27	78	1984	35	1914	61	(1984)	23	(1936)	1.75	2003	0.0	2010
28	80	1984	38	2008	61	(1984)	21	(1936)	1.79	1902	1.0	2008
29	76	1946	37	1925	63	(1946)	22	(1940)	1.39	1953	0.2	1925
30	78	1946	35	1925	64	(1946)	25	(1969)	2.12	1917	2.1	1925
31	75	1950	38	1917	58	(1956)	22	(1988)	1.16	1935	1.9	1993

October Extremes: Daily

Record High: 91 °F on the 2^nd in 1927
Record Low: 19 °F on the 20^th in 1972
Lowest Maximum: 34 °F on the 26^th in 1962
Highest Minimum: 69 °F on the 6^th in 1941
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Daily Top Five:

Highest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	91	2	1927
2	89	7	1941
3	89	10	1941
4	88	5	1951
5	87	8	2007

Lowest Temperature (°F)

Rank	Lowest	Date	Year
1	19	20	1972
2	21	24	1969
3	21	28	1936
4	22	31	1988
5	22	28	1976

Highest Rainfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	4.01	21	1995
2	3.27	9	1903
3	3.09	19	1996
4	2.97	2	1929
5	2.88	9	1976

Highest Snowfall (inches)

Rank	Highest	Date	Year
1	9.1	29	2011
2	4.4	26	1962
3	2.1	30	1925
4	1.9	31	1993
5	1.0	28	2008

Month's Top Five:

Month's Average Temperature (Normal: 50.9 °F):

Warmest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	59.1	1947
2	59.0	2007
3	58.0	1984
4	57.7	1949
5	57.5	1920

Coldest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	45.3	1972
2	45.5	1925
3	46.3	1988
4	47.4	1917
5	47.4	1987

Month's Precipitation (Normal: 3.34"):

Wettest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	9.16	1927
2	8.12	1976
3	7.87	2007
4	7.66	2005
5	7.15	1995

Driest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	0.03	1963
2	0.08	1924
3	0.66	1928
4	0.76	1994
5	0.84	1982

Month's Snowfall (Normal: 0.1"):

Greatest:

Rank	Value	Year
1	9.1	2011
2	4.4	1962
3	2.7	1925
4	1.9	1993
5	1.0	2008

Page last updated: 11.08.2011

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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