Climate averages 1991–2020
Scranton weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Scranton: daytime highs average 14.2°C and nights cool to about 3.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (90 km away). In April its highs average 15.8°C, 1.5°C warmer than Scranton, with 99 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Scranton ranks joint 396th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 262nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Scranton is 5.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.8°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 89 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Scranton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.9°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 75 | 9.4 | 9.610 h |
| February | 2.5°C-6.8°C | -6.8°C | 64 | 9.1 | 10.611 h |
| March | 7.2°C-2.6°C | -2.6°C | 91 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.2°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 89 | 11.7 | 13.313 h |
| May | 20.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 89 | 12.6 | 14.514 h |
| June | 24.6°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 97 | 12.0 | 15.115 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 76 | 10.9 | 14.815 h |
| August | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 84 | 9.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 22.6°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 95 | 9.3 | 12.513 h |
| October | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 93 | 9.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 9.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 77 | 8.7 | 9.910 h |
| December | 3.4°C-3.4°C | -3.4°C | 83 | 10.5 | 9.29 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Allentown in AprilUnited States · 90 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 4.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Bethlehem, United States in AprilUnited States · 91 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 4.5°C · 99 mm rain
- Reading, United States in AprilUnited States · 121 kmHigh 16.4°C · Low 5.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Paterson in AprilUnited States · 136 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 96 mm rain
- Passaic in AprilUnited States · 143 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 5.2°C · 94 mm rain
- Edison in AprilUnited States · 144 kmHigh 16.0°C · Low 6.0°C · 93 mm rain
- Newark in AprilUnited States · 146 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Trenton in AprilUnited States · 154 kmHigh 16.6°C · Low 5.9°C · 92 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Scranton) is explained once on the Scranton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.