Climate averages 1991–2020
Scranton weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Scranton: daytime highs average 2.5°C and nights cool to about -6.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 64 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 35 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (90 km away). In February its highs average 4.4°C, 1.9°C warmer than Scranton, with 77 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Scranton ranks joint 426th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 211th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Scranton is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 7.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 64 mm to 91 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Allentown in FebruaryUnited States · 90 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.2°C · 77 mm rain
- Bethlehem, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 91 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -5.3°C · 79 mm rain
- Reading, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 121 kmHigh 5.0°C · Low -4.0°C · 75 mm rain
- Paterson in FebruaryUnited States · 136 kmHigh 4.5°C · Low -4.4°C · 78 mm rain
- Passaic in FebruaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.5°C · 78 mm rain
- Edison in FebruaryUnited States · 144 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -3.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Newark in FebruaryUnited States · 146 kmHigh 4.9°C · Low -4.3°C · 78 mm rain
- Trenton in FebruaryUnited States · 154 kmHigh 5.8°C · Low -3.4°C · 77 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.