Climate averages 1991–2020
Scranton weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Scranton: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (90 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Scranton, with 93 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Scranton ranks joint 412th of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 283rd of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Scranton is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.9°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 95 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Allentown in AugustUnited States · 90 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Bethlehem, United States in AugustUnited States · 91 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Reading, United States in AugustUnited States · 121 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Paterson in AugustUnited States · 136 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Passaic in AugustUnited States · 143 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 102 mm rain
- Edison in AugustUnited States · 144 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Newark in AugustUnited States · 146 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Trenton in AugustUnited States · 154 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 102 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.