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New Year's Day Weather in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre

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Based on records from 1901 to 2023 from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport


New Years Day Normals:
  • Average high temperature = 36.7°F
  • Average low temperature = 21.8°F
New Year's Day Snowfall  (snowfall and snow depth amounts are incomplete) 
  • 38% of New Years days have an inch or more of snow on the ground (or about 2 out of every 5 years)
  • 8% of New Years days have an inch or more of snowfall (or about 1 in every 12 years)
  • 23% of New Years days see more than a trace of snowfall (or about 1 out of every 4 years)
New Years Extremes:
 
Highest Maximum Temperature
  1. 61°F in 1973
  2. 58°F in 2023
  3. 58°F in 1966
  4. 57°F in 1979
  5. 56°F in 1985
  6. 56°F in 1919
  7. 55°F in 2022
  8. 53°F in 2011
  9. 53°F in 1905
  10. 52°F in 2019
Highest Minimum Temperature
  1. 47°F in 2022
  2. 42°F in 1979
  3. 41°F in 2023
  4. 40°F in 1905
  5. 39°F in 2012
  6. 39°F in 2007
  7. 39°F in 1966
  8. 38°F in 1985
  9. 38°F in 1907
  10. 36°F in 1919
Lowest Maximum Temperature
  1. 12°F in 1918
  2. 15°F in 2018
  3. 18°F in 1970
  4. 18°F in 1963
  5. 22°F in 2009
  6. 22°F in 1999
  7. 22°F in 1977
  8. 22°F in 1940
  9. 22°F in 1902
  10. 23°F in 1998
Lowest Minimum Temperature
  1. -3°F in 1918
  2. -1°F in 2018
  3. 0°F in 1968
  4. 3°F in 1999
  5. 5°F in 1998
  6. 5°F in 1969
  7. 5°F in 1902
  8. 6°F in 1970
  9. 6°F in 1957
  10. 7°F in 1963
 
Most Snowfall on New Year's Day
  1. 7.8 inches in 1971
  2. 5.5 inches in 1935
  3. 2.7 inches in 1961
  4. 2.2 inches in 1964
  5. 1.5 inches in 1932
  6. 1.3 inches in 1927
  7. 1.2 inches in 1978
  8. 1.2 inches in 1943
  9. 1.0 inches in 2010
  10. 0.7 inches in 1987
Most Snow on Ground on New Year's Day
  1. 12 inches in 1970
  2. 10 inches in 1968
  3. 7 inches in 1971
  4. 6 inches in 1931
  5. 5 inches in 1962
  6. 4 inches in 1996
  7. 4 inches in 1967
  8. 4 inches in 1964
  9. 4 inches in 1961
  10. 4 inches in 1935
Two-day Snowfall (New Years Eve / Day)
  1. 7.8 inches in 1971
  2. 5.5 inches in 1935
  3. 4.5 inches in 2010
  4. 3.4 inches in 1949
  5. 2.9 inches in 2008
  6. 2.7 inches in 1961
  7. 2.3 inches in 1968
  8. 2.2 inches in 1964
  9. 1.5 inches in 1932
  10. 1.5 inches in 1927
Liquid Equiv. Precipitation
  1. 0.93 inches in 1961
  2. 0.91 inches in 1945
  3. 0.76 inches in 2003
  4. 0.73 inches in 1923
  5. 0.66 inches in 1948
  6. 0.51 inches in 1938
  7. 0.44 inches in 1971
  8. 0.44 inches in 1929
  9. 0.43 inches in 2007
  10. 0.41 inches in 1964

 

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