Climate averages 1991–2020
Scranton weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Scranton: daytime highs average 0.9°C and nights cool to about -7.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 75 mm of precipitation on roughly 9 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (90 km away). In January its highs average 2.8°C, 1.9°C warmer than Scranton, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Scranton ranks 422nd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 252nd of 498 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Scranton is 8.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 2.5°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 75 mm to 64 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Allentown in JanuaryUnited States · 90 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 87 mm rain
- Bethlehem, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 91 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -5.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Reading, United States in JanuaryUnited States · 121 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.4°C · 82 mm rain
- Paterson in JanuaryUnited States · 136 kmHigh 3.0°C · Low -4.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Passaic in JanuaryUnited States · 143 kmHigh 2.9°C · Low -4.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Edison in JanuaryUnited States · 144 kmHigh 3.7°C · Low -4.1°C · 83 mm rain
- Newark in JanuaryUnited States · 146 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -4.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Trenton in JanuaryUnited States · 154 kmHigh 4.2°C · Low -3.8°C · 83 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.