Climate averages 1991–2020
Scranton weather
in October.
A mild, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a mild month in Scranton: daytime highs average 15.7°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 93 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Allentown (90 km away). In October its highs average 17.2°C, 1.5°C warmer than Scranton, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Scranton ranks joint 430th of 498 for the warmest October highs and joint 355th of 498 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 498 cities is 21.4°C; Scranton is 5.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 6.6°C to 9.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 93 mm to 77 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Allentown in OctoberUnited States · 90 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Bethlehem, United States in OctoberUnited States · 91 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 7.8°C · 105 mm rain
- Reading, United States in OctoberUnited States · 121 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 8.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Paterson in OctoberUnited States · 136 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Passaic in OctoberUnited States · 143 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 9.2°C · 99 mm rain
- Edison in OctoberUnited States · 144 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.7°C · 95 mm rain
- Newark in OctoberUnited States · 146 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.3°C · 99 mm rain
- Trenton in OctoberUnited States · 154 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.5°C · 92 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.