Scranton, AR
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SUBIACO, AR US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Scranton has an annual average temperature of 60.7°F with about 49.3 inches of precipitation per year and 2.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 28.6°F). May is typically the wettest month (5.06 in) and February the driest (2.93 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →24 of 366 (6.6%) of Scranton's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 6 | |
| 1900s | 28 | |
| 1910s | 31 | |
| 1920s | 60 | |
| 1930s | 74 | |
| 1940s | 16 | |
| 1950s | 69 | |
| 1960s | 18 | |
| 1970s | 11 | |
| 1980s | 13 | |
| 1990s | 1 | |
| 2000s | 7 | |
| 2010s | 19 | |
| 2020s | 13 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48.7°F | 28.6°F | 38.7°F | 3.49 in | 0.4 in | 7 |
| February | 54.1°F | 31.9°F | 43.0°F | 2.93 in | 1.0 in | 7 |
| March | 63.0°F | 40.0°F | 51.5°F | 4.39 in | 0.6 in | 9 |
| April | 72.4°F | 48.4°F | 60.4°F | 4.79 in | — | 8 |
| May | 80.1°F | 58.5°F | 69.3°F | 5.06 in | — | 10 |
| June | 87.9°F | 66.8°F | 77.4°F | 3.96 in | — | 8 |
| July | 92.4°F | 70.5°F | 81.5°F | 3.76 in | — | 8 |
| August | 91.8°F | 68.9°F | 80.4°F | 4.06 in | — | 7 |
| September | 84.6°F | 61.6°F | 73.1°F | 3.93 in | — | 6 |
| October | 73.8°F | 50.2°F | 62.0°F | 3.96 in | — | 7 |
| November | 61.2°F | 38.9°F | 50.1°F | 4.88 in | — | 8 |
| December | 51.2°F | 31.5°F | 41.3°F | 4.07 in | 0.2 in | 7 |
Climate twins of Scranton
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