Scranton, PA 18503 Weather

Lackawanna County3:06 PM EDT41.41°N, 75.66°W

Current conditions

Clear
61°
Clear
Feels like 61°
High 63°·Low 33°
WindNNE 8 mph
Humidity36%
Dew point34°
Pressure30.19 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover0%
UV index2 Low
Sunrise7:22 AM
Sunset6:14 PM

Observed at Wilkes-Barre - Scranton, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton… · 41 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    Sunny, with a high near 63. North wind around 7 mph.

  • Tonight

    Patchy fog after midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 2 to 6 mph.

  • Thursday

    Patchy fog before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 5 to 12 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 35 min ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 63°
  2. 4 PM Sunny 63°
  3. 5 PM Sunny 61°
  4. 6 PM Mostly Clear 57°
  5. 7 PM Mostly Clear 52°
  6. 8 PM Mostly Clear 48°
  7. 9 PM Mostly Clear 46°
  8. 10 PM Mostly Clear 43°
  9. 11 PM Mostly Clear 41°
  10. Thu12 AM Patchy Fog 39°
  11. 1 AM Patchy Fog 38°
  12. 2 AM Patchy Fog 37°
  13. 3 AM Patchy Fog 36°
  14. 4 AM Patchy Fog 35°
  15. 5 AM Patchy Fog 35°
  16. 6 AM Patchy Fog 34°
  17. 7 AM Patchy Fog 33°
  18. 8 AM Patchy Fog 34°
  19. 9 AM Sunny 39°
  20. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 44°
  21. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 50°
  22. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 56°
  23. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 60°
  24. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 63°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 21 Sunny Sunny33°63°
  2. ThuOct 22 Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny35°64°
  3. FriOct 23 Patchy Fog then Sunny Patchy Fog then Sunny32°60°
  4. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny34°62°
  5. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny38°65°
  6. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny42°68°
  7. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny39°63°
  8. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy47°59°
  9. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy0.03 in45°59°
  10. FriOct 30 Rain Rain0.22 in51°60°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

27
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • WedGood (40)
  • ThuGood (40)
  • FriGood

Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:22 AM
Sunset 6:14 PM
Daylight 10 h 52 min (−2 min 37 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 79% lit
Moonrise 3:55 PM Moonset 2:18 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low61° / 42°
Record high81° (1979)
Record low22° (1972)
Wettest4.01 in (1995)
Yesterday69° / 37°
Month to date2.27 in (normal 2.47 in)

Avoca Area, records since 1901. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BGM, issued 1 hr ago

What Has Changed

Slightly adjusted some of the temperature and dewpoint values for the next couple of days.

Key Messages

1) High pressure will remain over the region for at least the next week with dry conditions, warm afternoon temperatures, and cool mornings.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...

The ongoing weather pattern is as uneventful as it gets for our region and for the most part, a persistence forecast was used. In fact, with a very similar setup to last night, tonight's forecast low temperatures were mostly copied over from last night's observed lows with a few minor tweaks around the Lake Plain.

A moisture-starved cold front will move through the area on Thursday, but precipitation is not expected from this front. The only visible impact from this front will be partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies Thursday instead of the abundant sunshine we have seen the last several days, followed by slightly cooler temperatures and a return to abundant sunshine on Friday.

Another weak cold front will move through the area during the Monday/Tuesday timeframe next week, but chances are that this will also be moisture-starved with little to no precipitation.

Aviation

VFR conditions are expected across much of the region through the TAF period with high pressure overhead. With temperatures and dew points expected to be similar to last night, patchy valley fog is likely with temporary IFR/LIFR restrictions at ELM. The timing for restrictions there is based off of persistence the past couple of nights with low clouds/fog breaking around 13Z.

A moisture-starved front moving through the area tomorrow can lead to some scattered clouds and north-northwest winds gusting around 15-20 knots in the afternoon.

Outlook...

Thursday afternoon through Monday...Mainly VFR. Morning fog at KELM possible each morning.

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