Climate averages 1991–2020
Scranton weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Scranton: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 51 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (90 km away). In July its highs average 29.1°C, 1.6°C warmer than Scranton, with 98 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Scranton ranks joint 399th of 498 for the warmest July highs and 238th of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Scranton is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 84 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Allentown in JulyUnited States · 90 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 18.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Bethlehem, United States in JulyUnited States · 91 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Reading, United States in JulyUnited States · 121 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Paterson in JulyUnited States · 136 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Passaic in JulyUnited States · 143 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Edison in JulyUnited States · 144 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Newark in JulyUnited States · 146 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Trenton in JulyUnited States · 154 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.0°C · 106 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.