Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1939

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1939 based on NOAA data.

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1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	September 8
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	January 27
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 29
Lowest daily high	11 °F	January 26
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	July 30
Most daily snow	4.0 inches	January 13
Total annual precipitation	30.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	25.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1939?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1939 was 95 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Sep 8
1	95 °F	Jul 25
1	95 °F	Jul 8
4	93 °F	Jul 24
4	93 °F	May 31
6	92 °F	Aug 1
6	92 °F	Jul 26
6	92 °F	Jul 7
6	92 °F	Jun 11
10	91 °F	Aug 18
10	91 °F	Aug 16
10	91 °F	Aug 13
10	91 °F	Aug 3
10	91 °F	Jul 4

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1939?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1939 was -5 °F which happened on Jan 27.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1939

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	January 27
2	-2 °F	January 20
3	0 °F	January 15
4	2 °F	February 17
5	4 °F	December 15
5	4 °F	January 28
5	4 °F	January 26
8	6 °F	December 28
9	7 °F	January 23
10	8 °F	December 27
10	8 °F	January 16

January 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	28	0.00	0.0
January 2	50	29	0.00	0.0
January 3	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 4	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 5	45	31	0.00	0.0
January 6	53	39	0.39	0.0
January 7	52	36	0.00	0.0
January 8	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 9	48	22	0.00	0.0
January 10	59	32	0.00	0.0
January 11	50	35	0.00	0.0
January 12	37	28	0.00	0.0
January 13	29	23	0.31	4.0
January 14	29	21	0.11	3.0
January 15	32	0	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	8	0.00	0.0
January 17	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 18	26	19	0.11	1.0
January 19	27	14	0.11	1.0
January 20	30	-2	0.00	0.0
January 21	30	16	0.07	0.7
January 22	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 23	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	36	15	0.00	0.0
January 25	36	10	0.02	0.2
January 26	11	4	0.02	1.0
January 27	21	-5	0.02	0.2
January 28	32	4	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	26	0.04	0.0
January 30	38	33	1.44	0.0
January 31	33	19	0.12	0.0

February 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 3	37	35	0.79	0.0
February 4	35	26	0.05	0.0
February 5	34	10	0.00	0.0
February 6	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	41	33	0.24	0.0
February 8	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 9	36	29	0.00	0.0
February 10	41	28	0.11	0.0
February 11	35	33	0.17	0.0
February 12	39	13	0.00	0.0
February 13	60	27	0.00	0.0
February 14	53	27	0.00	0.0
February 15	61	37	0.92	2.0
February 16	37	12	0.00	0.0
February 17	33	2	0.00	0.0
February 18	52	26	0.00	0.0
February 19	48	27	0.09	0.0
February 20	64	39	0.10	0.0
February 21	40	31	0.00	0.0
February 22	31	14	0.18	1.0
February 23	27	10	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	17	0.03	0.0
February 25	34	12	0.00	0.0
February 26	49	31	0.49	0.0
February 27	48	32	0.00	0.0
February 28	48	30	0.64	0.0

March 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 2	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	19	0.00	0.0
March 4	52	34	0.00	0.0
March 5	52	38	0.21	0.0
March 6	59	40	0.42	0.0
March 7	41	26	0.00	0.0
March 8	36	16	0.00	0.0
March 9	54	25	0.16	1.6
March 10	44	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	29	17	0.11	1.1
March 12	35	24	0.52	0.8
March 13	38	28	0.14	1.4
March 14	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 15	44	25	0.09	0.0
March 16	44	33	0.19	0.0
March 17	35	22	0.00	0.0
March 18	29	18	0.00	0.0
March 19	30	13	0.00	0.0
March 20	51	28	0.00	0.0
March 21	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 22	36	22	0.05	0.5
March 23	52	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	68	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	74	36	0.07	0.0
March 26	75	49	0.00	0.0
March 27	59	42	0.00	0.0
March 28	43	34	0.39	0.0
March 29	48	24	0.00	0.0
March 30	46	32	0.38	0.4
March 31	45	40	0.01	0.0

April 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	53	35	0.04
April 2	43	36	0.52
April 3	41	31	0.00
April 4	38	29	0.00
April 5	49	32	0.00
April 6	48	37	0.52
April 7	44	30	0.00
April 8	48	24	0.00
April 9	44	29	0.03
April 10	58	30	0.00
April 11	65	40	0.50
April 12	46	28	0.23
April 13	50	26	0.00
April 14	48	28	0.01
April 15	52	39	0.13
April 16	59	28	0.00
April 17	44	39	0.09
April 18	64	37	0.04
April 19	56	47	0.35
April 20	54	36	0.00
April 21	67	32	0.00
April 22	60	45	0.23
April 23	72	35	0.00
April 24	80	42	0.00
April 25	84	48	0.00
April 26	72	58	0.00
April 27	76	54	0.00
April 28	70	45	0.10
April 29	61	40	0.02
April 30	55	36	0.17

May 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	40	0.00
May 2	60	31	0.00
May 3	62	41	0.00
May 4	67	38	0.00
May 5	78	43	0.00
May 6	89	46	0.00
May 7	90	52	0.00
May 8	83	56	0.00
May 9	78	63	0.72
May 10	80	46	0.04
May 11	74	56	0.00
May 12	62	40	0.00
May 13	54	37	0.05
May 14	67	42	0.00
May 15	67	35	0.00
May 16	70	36	0.00
May 17	75	39	0.00
May 18	68	52	0.00
May 19	87	39	0.00
May 20	81	57	0.13
May 21	84	60	0.04
May 22	76	61	0.69
May 23	82	59	0.02
May 24	75	48	0.00
May 25	84	52	0.00
May 26	88	58	0.00
May 27	88	60	0.00
May 28	86	70	0.14
May 29	84	63	0.01
May 30	86	55	0.01
May 31	93	57	0.02

June 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	65	0.00
June 2	76	62	0.00
June 3	80	59	0.00
June 4	78	60	0.10
June 5	84	46	0.00
June 6	79	60	0.00
June 7	82	49	0.00
June 8	90	54	0.00
June 9	88	67	0.00
June 10	78	52	0.00
June 11	92	56	0.46
June 12	79	56	0.00
June 13	73	54	0.10
June 14	71	57	0.07
June 15	78	46	0.00
June 16	81	66	0.02
June 17	88	63	0.00
June 18	75	60	0.00
June 19	67	61	0.00
June 20	85	64	0.06
June 21	85	52	0.00
June 22	84	54	0.00
June 23	85	69	0.00
June 24	72	50	0.00
June 25	76	57	0.00
June 26	82	51	0.00
June 27	84	58	0.00
June 28	88	61	0.00
June 29	79	68	0.00
June 30	88	69	0.28

July 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	62	0.00
July 2	79	51	0.00
July 3	85	44	0.00
July 4	91	58	0.23
July 5	80	70	0.00
July 6	88	71	0.08
July 7	92	67	0.00
July 8	95	69	0.08
July 9	90	68	0.00
July 10	89	62	0.10
July 11	83	52	0.00
July 12	85	53	0.00
July 13	84	56	0.02
July 14	89	64	0.10
July 15	78	55	0.00
July 16	76	46	0.00
July 17	82	53	0.00
July 18	86	51	0.00
July 19	88	52	0.00
July 20	86	59	0.00
July 21	84	56	0.00
July 22	84	52	0.00
July 23	88	50	0.00
July 24	93	62	0.05
July 25	95	63	0.00
July 26	92	58	0.03
July 27	78	69	0.60
July 28	87	69	0.99
July 29	86	72	0.00
July 30	83	65	1.77
July 31	87	66	0.01

August 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	92	66	0.00
August 2	87	59	0.00
August 3	91	64	0.56
August 4	81	65	0.49
August 5	85	54	0.00
August 6	87	55	0.00
August 7	89	62	0.00
August 8	83	67	0.05
August 9	88	66	0.10
August 10	85	59	0.00
August 11	88	54	0.00
August 12	89	62	0.00
August 13	91	68	0.10
August 14	86	64	0.61
August 15	89	58	0.00
August 16	91	64	0.00
August 17	90	64	0.00
August 18	91	63	0.00
August 19	79	71	0.21
August 20	85	66	0.02
August 21	87	70	0.07
August 22	83	63	0.00
August 23	87	55	0.00
August 24	86	64	0.36
August 25	84	67	0.08
August 26	80	61	0.00
August 27	83	54	0.00
August 28	82	55	0.00
August 29	81	56	0.00
August 30	83	55	0.01
August 31	84	53	0.01

September 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	53	0.00
September 2	88	60	0.00
September 3	84	64	0.06
September 4	79	66	0.03
September 5	77	63	0.15
September 6	72	45	0.00
September 7	74	51	0.12
September 8	95	59	0.25
September 9	80	63	0.00
September 10	78	60	0.32
September 11	73	55	0.00
September 12	60	42	0.08
September 13	77	45	0.02
September 14	80	52	0.00
September 15	86	52	0.00
September 16	90	57	0.00
September 17	75	59	0.00
September 18	73	40	0.00
September 19	72	39	0.00
September 20	73	52	0.00
September 21	71	56	0.00
September 22	75	37	0.00
September 23	81	40	0.00
September 24	82	48	0.00
September 25	81	57	0.00
September 26	72	49	0.01
September 27	60	45	0.43
September 28	74	50	0.00
September 29	69	50	0.25
September 30	82	56	0.45

October 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	56	48	0.04
October 2	53	45	0.10
October 3	54	46	0.87
October 4	58	50	0.00
October 5	71	51	0.00
October 6	77	50	0.09
October 7	76	44	0.00
October 8	64	47	0.00
October 9	77	53	0.01
October 10	87	57	0.00
October 11	75	57	0.01
October 12	64	43	0.00
October 13	61	36	0.00
October 14	57	42	0.01
October 15	51	32	0.00
October 16	64	27	0.00
October 17	51	34	0.00
October 18	52	23	0.00
October 19	70	39	0.00
October 20	74	47	0.03
October 21	77	45	0.82
October 22	64	49	0.28
October 23	51	41	0.00
October 24	51	34	0.00
October 25	47	29	0.09
October 26	66	45	0.12
October 27	69	49	0.21
October 28	66	39	0.27
October 29	50	30	0.00
October 30	52	31	0.02
October 31	48	43	0.71

November 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	52	33	0.10
November 2	52	30	0.00
November 3	43	26	0.00
November 4	50	22	0.00
November 5	40	33	0.43
November 6	48	35	0.05
November 7	52	37	0.00
November 8	51	39	0.00
November 9	43	29	0.01
November 10	62	25	0.00
November 11	53	37	0.00
November 12	48	24	0.00
November 13	39	31	0.00
November 14	39	24	0.00
November 15	50	19	0.00
November 16	64	25	0.00
November 17	55	36	0.00
November 18	63	27	0.00
November 19	51	35	0.00
November 20	38	22	0.00
November 21	36	29	0.00
November 22	42	33	0.00
November 23	46	28	0.00
November 24	45	20	0.00
November 25	38	28	0.00
November 26	46	23	0.00
November 27	44	22	0.00
November 28	53	34	0.00
November 29	51	28	0.00
November 30	51	30	0.00

December 1939 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	44	23	0.07	0.0
December 2	50	40	0.46	0.0
December 3	48	40	0.15	0.0
December 4	41	37	0.00	0.0
December 5	40	34	0.00	0.0
December 6	38	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	54	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	53	33	0.03	0.0
December 9	48	22	0.00	0.0
December 10	50	36	0.05	0.0
December 11	45	20	0.06	0.0
December 12	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 13	34	25	0.35	3.0
December 14	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 15	36	4	0.00	0.0
December 16	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 17	48	25	0.00	0.0
December 18	49	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	46	30	0.00	0.0
December 20	50	38	0.98	0.0
December 21	40	27	0.02	0.2
December 22	32	25	0.03	0.3
December 23	33	21	0.00	0.0
December 24	27	16	0.00	0.0
December 25	35	18	0.02	0.2
December 26	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 27	24	8	0.00	0.0
December 28	26	6	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 30	33	26	0.10	2.0
December 31	29	14	0.01	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1949–2024	Wilkes-Barre International Airport	location
1893–1948	Wilkes-Barre	location