Climate averages 1991–2020
Scranton weather
in March.
A cold, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a cold month in Scranton: daytime highs average 7.2°C and nights cool to about -2.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes March a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (90 km away). In March its highs average 9.1°C, 1.9°C warmer than Scranton, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Scranton ranks joint 429th of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 307th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Scranton is 7.8°C cooler than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 7.1°C to 14.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 91 mm to 89 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Allentown in MarchUnited States · 90 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -1.3°C · 103 mm rain
- Bethlehem, United States in MarchUnited States · 91 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -1.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Reading, United States in MarchUnited States · 121 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Paterson in MarchUnited States · 136 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -0.6°C · 108 mm rain
- Passaic in MarchUnited States · 143 kmHigh 8.8°C · Low -0.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Edison in MarchUnited States · 144 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low 0.2°C · 108 mm rain
- Newark in MarchUnited States · 146 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -0.4°C · 107 mm rain
- Trenton in MarchUnited States · 154 kmHigh 10.2°C · Low 0.3°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.