Climate & Weather in Scranton
Scranton's climate is a real, genuine four-season Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) pattern, with cold, snowy winters and warm summers.
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Scranton's July average high runs approximately 83.5°F; the January average low runs approximately 18.8°F.
Real, above-average snowfall
Annual snowfall runs approximately 51 inches -- meaningfully above the roughly 27.8-inch national average, though genuinely less than the substantial Great Lakes lake-effect totals documented in this project's companion erie-pa.js record.
A shared NEPA climate with Wilkes-Barre
Scranton's climate is essentially identical to Wilkes-Barre's, given the two cities' shared Wyoming Valley/Lackawanna Valley geography.
Key takeaways
- Scranton's July average high runs approximately 83.5°F; January average low approximately 18.8°F.
- Annual snowfall (~51 inches) runs meaningfully above the national average.
- Scranton's climate is essentially shared with this project's companion wilkes-barre.js market.
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