All-time weather records — Wilkes-Barre, PA

Record high
100.9°F
July 3, 1966
Record low
-20.9°F
January 21, 1994
Wettest day
5.98 in
September 27, 1985

Climate change signal in Wilkes-Barre

22.4%

of Wilkes-Barre's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (82 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1940s
10
4
1950s
56
67
1960s
38
66
1970s
25
73
1980s
37
48
1990s
53
37
2000s
46
42
2010s
55
23
2020s
46
6

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1949, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1949-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 68.0°F — Jan 12, 2020 -20.9°F — Jan 21, 1994 2.06 in — Jan 19, 1996
February 75.9°F — Feb 21, 2018 -16.1°F — Feb 18, 1979 2.86 in — Feb 11, 1981
March 84.9°F — Mar 31, 1998 -4.0°F — Mar 19, 1967 2.43 in — Mar 14, 2017
April 93.0°F — Apr 27, 2009 14.0°F — Apr 7, 1982 3.06 in — Apr 30, 2023
May 93.0°F — May 18, 1962 27.0°F — May 5, 1974 2.90 in — May 31, 1950
June 97.0°F — Jun 21, 1953 34.0°F — Jun 11, 1972 2.85 in — Jun 1, 1982
July 100.9°F — Jul 3, 1966 43.0°F — Jul 6, 1979 2.97 in — Jul 9, 1952
August 98.1°F — Aug 4, 2022 37.9°F — Aug 29, 1982 4.40 in — Aug 18, 1955
September 100.9°F — Sep 3, 1953 28.9°F — Sep 29, 2000 5.98 in — Sep 27, 1985
October 88.0°F — Oct 5, 1951 19.0°F — Oct 20, 1972 4.01 in — Oct 21, 1995
November 80.1°F — Nov 2, 1982 5.2°F — Nov 23, 2018 4.29 in — Nov 25, 1950
December 71.1°F — Dec 1, 2006 -9.0°F — Dec 24, 1989 3.60 in — Dec 4, 1950

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Wilkes-Barre.