Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1953

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1953 based on NOAA data.

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1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	September 3
Lowest temperature	9 °F	December 18
Highest daily low	74 °F	September 4
Lowest daily high	19 °F	December 17
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	September 6
Most daily snow	7.0 inches	November 7
Total annual precipitation	36.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	20.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1953?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1953 was 101 °F which happened on September 3.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1953

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Sep 3
2	99 °F	Jul 18
3	98 °F	Sep 2
4	97 °F	Jun 21
5	96 °F	Aug 31
5	96 °F	Aug 30
5	96 °F	Jul 17
8	95 °F	Aug 29
8	95 °F	Aug 28
8	95 °F	Jun 20

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1953?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1953 was 9 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1953

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	9 °F	December 18
1	9 °F	February 2
3	10 °F	December 17
3	10 °F	February 1
5	12 °F	March 2
6	14 °F	December 24
6	14 °F	March 1
6	14 °F	February 5
6	14 °F	January 27
6	14 °F	January 26

January 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 2	43	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	37	33	0.12	0.0
January 4	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 6	27	22	0.00	0.0
January 7	27	22	0.01	0.6
January 8	34	22	0.24	2.5
January 9	33	29	0.53	0.5
January 10	38	31	0.42	0.0
January 11	38	33	0.06	0.0
January 12	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	44	25	0.00	0.0
January 14	51	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	56	37	0.00	0.0
January 16	50	20	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	16	0.08	0.0
January 18	42	31	0.46	0.0
January 19	41	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	32	0.15	0.7
January 22	35	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	25	0.01	0.0
January 24	59	39	0.92	0.0
January 25	39	22	0.04	0.2
January 26	25	14	0.00	0.2
January 27	36	14	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	26	0.17	0.0
January 29	30	23	0.05	0.5
January 30	33	15	0.00	0.0
January 31	51	30	0.06	0.0

February 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	45	10	0.03	0.0
February 2	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 4	30	19	0.00	0.0
February 5	44	14	0.00	0.0
February 6	45	30	0.06	0.0
February 7	47	34	0.47	0.0
February 8	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	37	28	0.00	0.0
February 10	32	21	0.00	0.0
February 11	31	20	0.00	0.0
February 12	35	29	0.08	0.0
February 13	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 14	45	24	0.00	0.0
February 15	40	30	0.75	2.0
February 16	33	23	0.00	0.0
February 17	30	20	0.01	0.0
February 18	31	19	0.00	0.0
February 19	48	25	0.00	0.0
February 20	53	33	0.00	0.0
February 21	65	31	0.39	0.0
February 22	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 23	41	18	0.00	0.0
February 24	52	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	45	36	0.00	0.0
February 26	46	34	0.00	0.0
February 27	49	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	36	24	0.00	0.0

March 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	24	14	0.14	2.5
March 2	32	12	0.00	0.0
March 3	38	27	0.04	0.0
March 4	52	34	0.56	0.0
March 5	37	29	0.00	0.0
March 6	35	22	0.00	0.0
March 7	29	21	0.00	0.0
March 8	29	17	0.02	0.3
March 9	37	15	0.00	0.0
March 10	32	19	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	49	35	0.02	0.0
March 13	61	45	0.03	0.0
March 14	56	43	0.00	0.0
March 15	50	45	0.66	0.0
March 16	50	40	0.00	0.0
March 17	46	36	0.00	0.0
March 18	47	28	0.26	0.0
March 19	54	36	0.15	0.0
March 20	43	33	0.03	0.0
March 21	57	27	0.00	0.0
March 22	60	35	0.00	0.0
March 23	66	45	0.00	0.0
March 24	57	40	0.85	0.0
March 25	60	35	0.28	0.0
March 26	41	36	0.29	0.0
March 27	43	36	0.11	0.0
March 28	52	37	0.03	0.0
March 29	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 30	45	38	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	40	0.00	0.0

April 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	54	38	0.25
April 2	55	38	0.17
April 3	60	32	0.00
April 4	55	40	0.02
April 5	54	33	0.00
April 6	52	33	0.20
April 7	50	45	0.32
April 8	53	40	0.00
April 9	57	37	0.00
April 10	58	47	0.40
April 11	58	45	0.00
April 12	46	43	0.22
April 13	43	34	0.26
April 14	43	31	0.00
April 15	58	35	0.00
April 16	53	38	0.25
April 17	55	35	0.00
April 18	37	34	0.55
April 19	45	31	0.00
April 20	43	29	0.04
April 21	46	33	0.00
April 22	63	33	0.00
April 23	69	50	0.05
April 24	66	45	0.00
April 25	80	51	0.08
April 26	76	48	1.46
April 27	50	41	0.06
April 28	54	39	0.00
April 29	60	34	0.00
April 30	64	41	0.07

May 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	46	0.47
May 2	52	45	0.02
May 3	65	47	0.00
May 4	78	43	0.00
May 5	65	57	0.52
May 6	75	52	0.02
May 7	70	58	0.04
May 8	74	52	0.12
May 9	78	54	0.02
May 10	87	52	0.00
May 11	89	53	0.00
May 12	86	60	1.02
May 13	81	61	0.19
May 14	74	55	0.01
May 15	70	55	0.20
May 16	75	53	0.13
May 17	75	62	0.33
May 18	74	57	0.10
May 19	72	54	0.00
May 20	82	52	0.00
May 21	78	60	0.00
May 22	78	59	0.37
May 23	68	48	0.16
May 24	70	43	0.00
May 25	64	46	0.10
May 26	63	51	0.41
May 27	62	47	0.08
May 28	55	44	0.00
May 29	63	38	0.02
May 30	53	46	0.42
May 31	59	47	0.03

June 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	70	49	0.07
June 2	74	48	0.00
June 3	75	47	0.00
June 4	78	55	0.00
June 5	87	62	0.00
June 6	89	65	1.22
June 7	76	58	0.11
June 8	82	50	0.00
June 9	90	62	0.00
June 10	74	56	0.00
June 11	69	49	0.00
June 12	65	46	0.00
June 13	60	52	0.11
June 14	67	50	0.00
June 15	78	47	0.00
June 16	82	51	0.00
June 17	80	55	0.00
June 18	82	55	0.00
June 19	87	65	0.00
June 20	95	64	0.00
June 21	97	74	0.00
June 22	86	67	0.00
June 23	81	59	0.00
June 24	77	51	0.00
June 25	86	60	0.00
June 26	92	68	0.45
June 27	85	62	0.01
June 28	88	59	0.00
June 29	88	69	0.00
June 30	90	64	0.00

July 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	91	69	0.15
July 2	89	67	0.98
July 3	77	59	0.00
July 4	80	50	0.00
July 5	85	55	0.00
July 6	81	69	0.10
July 7	82	66	0.00
July 8	84	61	0.03
July 9	75	57	0.00
July 10	74	48	0.00
July 11	82	50	0.00
July 12	84	57	0.00
July 13	80	63	0.00
July 14	88	60	0.00
July 15	90	60	0.00
July 16	91	61	0.00
July 17	96	64	0.00
July 18	99	67	0.00
July 19	86	72	0.00
July 20	86	67	0.20
July 21	90	65	0.00
July 22	84	69	0.06
July 23	81	66	0.57
July 24	74	58	0.00
July 25	81	48	0.00
July 26	88	58	0.00
July 27	89	69	0.25
July 28	84	62	0.00
July 29	81	57	0.00
July 30	88	68	0.07
July 31	83	60	0.00

August 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	59	0.00
August 2	67	52	0.08
August 3	78	51	0.00
August 4	68	59	0.15
August 5	74	57	0.39
August 6	81	54	0.00
August 7	80	61	0.00
August 8	76	60	0.01
August 9	75	66	0.01
August 10	76	63	0.00
August 11	84	59	0.00
August 12	88	58	0.00
August 13	90	65	0.00
August 14	80	66	0.00
August 15	84	61	0.00
August 16	81	56	0.00
August 17	76	60	0.02
August 18	75	49	0.00
August 19	74	47	0.00
August 20	75	50	0.00
August 21	78	50	0.00
August 22	84	55	0.00
August 23	85	55	0.00
August 24	86	58	0.00
August 25	91	59	0.00
August 26	87	60	0.00
August 27	94	65	0.03
August 28	95	62	0.00
August 29	95	63	0.00
August 30	96	62	0.00
August 31	96	70	0.00

September 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	94	63	0.00	0.0
September 2	98	66	0.00	0.0
September 3	101	69	0.00	0.0
September 4	92	74	0.00	0.0
September 5	87	58	1.86	0.0
September 6	60	56	2.02	0.0
September 7	74	57	0.11	0.0
September 8	71	52	0.00	0.0
September 9	70	45	0.00	0.0
September 10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
September 11	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
September 12	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
September 13	60	47	0.00	0.0
September 14	67	43	0.00	0.0
September 15	74	51	0.00	0.0
September 16	75	53	0.00	0.0
September 17	63	46	0.00	0.0
September 18	74	38	0.00	0.0
September 19	70	55	0.00	0.0
September 20	71	64	0.00	0.0
September 21	76	49	0.00	0.0
September 22	60	44	0.00	0.0
September 23	60	40	0.00	0.0
September 24	67	40	0.00	0.0
September 25	66	48	0.00	0.0
September 26	76	57	0.00	0.0
September 27	76	56	0.00	0.0
September 28	72	51	0.00	0.0
September 29	80	51	0.00	0.0
September 30	87	60	0.00	0.0

October 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	74	50	0.00
October 2	79	42	0.00
October 3	80	46	0.00
October 4	77	49	0.08
October 5	57	48	0.21
October 6	50	43	0.67
October 7	48	37	0.02
October 8	57	30	0.00
October 9	66	34	0.00
October 10	67	38	0.00
October 11	68	41	0.07
October 12	59	43	0.07
October 13	61	31	0.00
October 14	66	31	0.00
October 15	72	40	0.00
October 16	72	44	0.00
October 17	75	40	0.00
October 18	79	42	0.00
October 19	77	52	0.00
October 20	75	51	0.00
October 21	70	46	0.00
October 22	66	44	0.00
October 23	69	42	0.00
October 24	59	39	0.22
October 25	55	48	0.01
October 26	65	46	0.00
October 27	62	49	0.09
October 28	66	55	0.52
October 29	55	45	1.67
October 30	59	43	0.00
October 31	64	37	0.00

November 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	65	37	0.00	0.0
November 2	66	42	0.00	0.0
November 3	64	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	53	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	37	28	0.00	0.0
November 6	34	20	0.12	3.0
November 7	33	26	0.73	7.0
November 8	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 9	44	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	29	0.00	0.0
November 11	48	25	0.00	0.0
November 12	48	36	0.00	0.0
November 13	44	33	0.00	0.0
November 14	46	33	0.00	0.0
November 15	54	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	59	35	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	38	0.00	0.0
November 18	64	36	0.00	0.0
November 19	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	66	32	0.00	0.0
November 21	61	48	0.00	0.0
November 22	68	56	0.25	0.0
November 23	65	37	0.77	0.0
November 24	54	34	0.00	0.0
November 25	50	36	0.35	0.0
November 26	40	29	0.00	0.0
November 27	37	25	0.00	0.0
November 28	36	30	0.00	0.0
November 29	38	26	0.00	0.0
November 30	41	33	0.00	0.0

December 1953 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	34	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	28	0.00	0.0
December 3	53	25	0.00	0.0
December 4	60	37	0.16	0.0
December 5	60	35	0.03	0.0
December 6	54	35	1.73	0.0
December 7	51	37	0.16	0.0
December 8	56	34	0.00	0.0
December 9	53	34	0.31	0.0
December 10	57	33	0.40	0.0
December 11	44	29	0.00	0.0
December 12	40	36	0.30	0.0
December 13	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 14	49	35	0.62	0.0
December 15	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 16	30	17	0.00	0.0
December 17	19	10	0.00	0.0
December 18	21	9	0.04	0.1
December 19	31	15	0.01	0.0
December 20	47	30	0.00	0.0
December 21	54	32	0.00	0.0
December 22	53	39	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	20	0.00	0.0
December 24	25	14	0.00	0.0
December 25	42	23	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 27	36	29	0.00	0.0
December 28	41	32	0.02	0.0
December 29	45	33	0.00	0.0
December 30	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 31	30	19	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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