Scranton, PA 18512 Weather

Lackawanna County4:37 PM EDT41.44°N, 75.61°W

Current conditions

Clear
61°
Clear
Feels like 61°
High 59°·Low 31°
WindNNW 6 mph
Humidity23%
Dew point23°
Pressure30.36 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover10%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:24 AM
Sunset6:11 PM

Observed at Wilkes-Barre - Scranton, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton… · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Areas of fog before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 1 to 5 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northeast wind around 1 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind around 1 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 59°
  2. 5 PM Sunny 57°
  3. 6 PM Mostly Clear 54°
  4. 7 PM Mostly Clear 50°
  5. 8 PM Partly Cloudy 44°
  6. 9 PM Partly Cloudy 42°
  7. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 40°
  8. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 39°
  9. Sat12 AM Partly Cloudy 38°
  10. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 36°
  11. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 35°
  12. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 34°
  13. 4 AM Mostly Clear 33°
  14. 5 AM Mostly Clear 32°
  15. 6 AM Sunny 31°
  16. 7 AM Sunny 31°
  17. 8 AM Sunny 32°
  18. 9 AM Sunny 37°
  19. 10 AM Sunny 43°
  20. 11 AM Sunny 49°
  21. 12 PM Sunny 54°
  22. 1 PM Sunny 57°
  23. 2 PM Sunny 59°
  24. 3 PM Sunny 61°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. ThuOct 22 Sunny Sunny35°63°
  2. TodayOct 23 Areas Of Fog then Sunny Areas Of Fog then Sunny31°59°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny33°61°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny36°64°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny42°67°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny41°64°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny42°62°
  8. ThuOct 29 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy44°62°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy0.11 in37°54°
  10. SatOct 31 Sunny Sunny34°53°

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

31
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

  • FriGood (30)
  • SatGood (40)
  • SunGood (45)

Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:24 AM
Sunset 6:11 PM
Daylight 10 h 47 min (−2 min 35 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 93% lit
Moonrise 4:38 PM Moonset 4:29 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low60° / 41°
Record high82° (1947)
Record low25° (1969)
Wettest2.20 in (1937)
Yesterday64° / 32°
Month to date2.27 in (normal 2.72 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 3 hrs ago

What Has Changed

There were no significant changes with this update.

Key Messages

1) High pressure over the region will generally keep the region warm and dry. A couple of cold fronts will move through next week with brief cool periods to follow.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...

The blue letter H will stay on the weather maps throughout the forecast period as atmospheric pressure will be as high as 1034 millibars. Thermodynamically, the days will be mild with high temperatures in the 60s. The exception comes around midweek, Tuesday into Wednesday, when temperatures only climb into the 50s after a cold front passage late Monday. At night, radiational cooling will take place under clear skies, so lows will be in the 20s and 30s through the weekend and into early next week. The return of southerly flow later in the week will keep the overnight periods more mild. Patchy fog will also be possible each night.

Hydrologically, precipitation chances will be minimal for another week. The aforementioned cold front on Monday will dry out as it moves into the region though some models are hinting at some sprinkles or even light rain for the Tug Hill and Mohawk Valley. There will be quite a bit of dry air to overcome though, so PoPs are not high enough yet to mention in the forecast. Rain chances may be better late in the week but even then, it does not look like a guarantee. A warm front/cold front combo will pass through. Some models have showers with the warm front while others do not. Then with the cold front, it runs into the drier air and showers fall apart, similar to the front earlier in the week.

Aviation

VFR flight conditions expected through Saturday with high pressure continuing over the region. Light and variable winds through Saturday as well. Morning valley and lake fog will be possible, causing reductions to VSBYs at times to IFR or lower, especially for ELM and possibly ITH.

Outlook...

Saturday night through Wednesday...Mainly VFR. Morning fog at KELM possible each morning.

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