Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1959

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1959 based on NOAA data.

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1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	74 °F	June 29
Lowest daily high	14 °F	December 23
Most daily precipitation	1.7 inches	July 10
Most daily snow	5.6 inches	March 12
Total annual precipitation	34.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	33.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1959?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1959 was 96 °F which happened on June 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jun 29
2	95 °F	Sep 9
3	94 °F	Aug 15
4	93 °F	Aug 26
4	93 °F	Aug 21
6	92 °F	Sep 8
6	92 °F	Aug 20
6	92 °F	Aug 16
6	92 °F	Jul 29
6	92 °F	Jun 9

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1959?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1959 was -1 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	January 19
2	0 °F	February 20
3	2 °F	February 19
3	2 °F	February 2
5	3 °F	December 23
5	3 °F	January 18
7	4 °F	January 28
8	5 °F	February 1
9	6 °F	January 17
10	7 °F	February 25

January 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	17	0.19	0.2
January 2	42	32	0.08	0.0
January 3	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	15	0.02	0.3
January 5	16	9	0.00	0.0
January 6	16	9	0.01	0.2
January 7	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 8	22	14	0.00	0.0
January 9	24	15	0.00	0.0
January 10	24	13	0.00	0.0
January 11	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	24	0.00	0.0
January 13	34	26	0.01	0.2
January 14	34	25	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	32	0.36	0.0
January 16	37	11	0.43	3.3
January 17	19	6	0.00	0.0
January 18	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 19	27	-1	0.04	1.9
January 20	37	23	0.26	0.4
January 21	64	36	1.39	0.0
January 22	62	17	0.16	0.0
January 23	23	13	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	12	0.00	0.0
January 25	42	21	0.01	0.1
January 26	26	13	0.01	0.3
January 27	30	10	0.02	0.3
January 28	33	4	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	48	30	0.12	0.0
January 31	31	13	0.00	0.0

February 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	19	5	0.00	0.0
February 2	21	2	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	9	0.06	0.1
February 4	39	32	0.49	0.0
February 5	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 6	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 7	41	8	0.00	0.0
February 8	41	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	31	12	0.09	0.3
February 10	40	30	0.87	0.0
February 11	40	15	0.01	0.2
February 12	33	11	0.00	0.0
February 13	40	30	0.05	0.0
February 14	36	28	0.41	0.0
February 15	39	18	0.01	0.0
February 16	38	15	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	19	0.17	1.4
February 19	20	2	0.01	0.4
February 20	14	0	0.00	0.0
February 21	29	9	0.00	0.0
February 22	29	11	0.00	0.0
February 23	35	21	0.05	1.6
February 24	35	14	0.01	0.2
February 25	32	7	0.00	0.0
February 26	43	15	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	49	30	0.00	0.0

March 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	51	31	0.00	0.0
March 2	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 3	47	22	0.01	0.0
March 4	38	27	0.08	1.3
March 5	50	22	0.00	0.0
March 6	55	33	0.73	0.0
March 7	34	22	0.00	0.0
March 8	38	21	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	33	0.03	0.1
March 10	34	20	0.10	1.0
March 11	37	15	0.01	0.2
March 12	29	21	0.25	5.6
March 13	32	21	0.00	0.0
March 14	46	25	0.02	0.4
March 15	51	37	0.02	0.0
March 16	43	30	0.00	0.0
March 17	42	24	0.02	0.4
March 18	33	18	0.00	0.0
March 19	57	22	0.00	0.0
March 20	65	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	55	25	0.04	0.1
March 22	n/a	14	0.00	0.0
March 23	44	14	0.00	0.0
March 24	60	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	70	35	0.00	0.0
March 26	55	38	0.02	0.0
March 27	41	28	0.40	1.7
March 28	31	17	0.00	0.0
March 29	43	12	0.00	0.0
March 30	42	31	0.04	0.7
March 31	56	37	0.00	0.0

April 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	69	38	0.00	0.0
April 2	58	39	0.83	0.0
April 3	59	34	0.17	0.0
April 4	50	37	0.00	0.0
April 5	61	34	0.00	0.0
April 6	57	37	0.04	0.1
April 7	58	32	0.00	0.0
April 8	75	48	0.00	0.0
April 9	70	46	0.01	0.0
April 10	47	43	0.76	0.0
April 11	47	36	0.07	0.0
April 12	37	29	0.02	0.3
April 13	51	25	0.00	0.0
April 14	58	27	0.00	0.0
April 15	70	42	0.00	0.0
April 16	73	48	0.00	0.0
April 17	78	51	0.00	0.0
April 18	72	57	0.00	0.0
April 19	63	52	0.01	0.0
April 20	53	40	0.23	0.0
April 21	55	37	0.00	0.0
April 22	61	30	0.00	0.0
April 23	63	36	0.00	0.0
April 24	70	36	0.00	0.0
April 25	77	50	0.00	0.0
April 26	64	47	0.75	0.0
April 27	49	42	0.56	0.0
April 28	44	40	0.21	0.0
April 29	67	39	0.00	0.0
April 30	68	48	0.10	0.0

May 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	60	44	0.04
May 2	58	43	0.02
May 3	67	48	0.00
May 4	73	38	0.00
May 5	78	44	0.00
May 6	85	49	0.00
May 7	86	56	0.20
May 8	63	43	0.00
May 9	70	34	0.00
May 10	76	50	0.00
May 11	86	59	0.03
May 12	84	61	0.00
May 13	67	56	0.05
May 14	58	45	0.09
May 15	48	40	0.01
May 16	57	37	0.00
May 17	60	39	0.09
May 18	76	45	0.01
May 19	71	57	0.12
May 20	91	63	0.00
May 21	84	65	0.00
May 22	85	68	0.08
May 23	78	56	0.02
May 24	63	44	0.01
May 25	77	39	0.00
May 26	76	54	0.00
May 27	85	61	0.00
May 28	87	65	0.00
May 29	89	62	0.00
May 30	83	64	0.00
May 31	83	57	0.00

June 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	68	56	0.00
June 2	65	60	1.05
June 3	77	56	0.00
June 4	85	52	0.00
June 5	84	54	0.00
June 6	83	57	0.01
June 7	82	51	0.00
June 8	91	54	0.00
June 9	92	64	0.00
June 10	90	67	0.00
June 11	90	64	0.00
June 12	77	57	0.35
June 13	77	51	0.32
June 14	65	45	0.00
June 15	71	49	0.00
June 16	59	50	0.00
June 17	63	49	0.03
June 18	66	46	0.00
June 19	66	52	0.04
June 20	85	52	0.01
June 21	83	60	0.00
June 22	73	64	0.11
June 23	77	56	0.02
June 24	80	50	0.00
June 25	80	62	0.60
June 26	89	67	0.69
June 27	90	67	0.00
June 28	91	71	0.00
June 29	96	74	0.00
June 30	89	70	0.00

July 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	65	0.00
July 2	77	60	1.05
July 3	82	54	0.00
July 4	84	50	0.00
July 5	82	62	0.00
July 6	75	55	0.19
July 7	77	52	0.00
July 8	83	50	0.00
July 9	88	59	0.00
July 10	81	63	1.70
July 11	84	62	0.00
July 12	83	61	0.33
July 13	86	59	0.00
July 14	81	65	0.00
July 15	77	64	0.00
July 16	86	62	0.00
July 17	88	62	0.00
July 18	82	62	0.00
July 19	86	70	0.05
July 20	79	69	0.72
July 21	86	67	0.00
July 22	87	68	0.00
July 23	89	67	0.14
July 24	84	69	0.28
July 25	75	58	0.00
July 26	84	53	0.00
July 27	83	60	0.00
July 28	91	59	0.00
July 29	92	65	0.00
July 30	86	70	0.00
July 31	88	70	0.00

August 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	63	0.00
August 2	78	54	0.00
August 3	82	47	0.00
August 4	75	59	0.00
August 5	67	59	0.78
August 6	68	57	0.06
August 7	83	55	0.00
August 8	75	62	0.15
August 9	80	60	0.53
August 10	78	57	0.00
August 11	84	61	0.00
August 12	85	57	0.00
August 13	89	65	0.00
August 14	89	67	0.00
August 15	94	70	0.00
August 16	92	71	0.00
August 17	90	69	0.15
August 18	87	67	0.03
August 19	88	60	0.00
August 20	92	60	0.00
August 21	93	67	0.06
August 22	85	70	0.00
August 23	71	63	0.00
August 24	75	63	0.09
August 25	91	66	0.00
August 26	93	61	0.74
August 27	86	67	0.06
August 28	90	65	0.00
August 29	90	67	0.01
August 30	84	68	0.00
August 31	76	69	0.34

September 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	85	70	0.01
September 2	81	71	0.43
September 3	86	67	0.00
September 4	87	61	0.00
September 5	89	56	0.00
September 6	87	60	0.00
September 7	84	59	0.00
September 8	92	64	0.00
September 9	95	68	0.00
September 10	85	63	0.26
September 11	71	51	0.00
September 12	74	43	0.00
September 13	75	45	0.00
September 14	70	43	0.00
September 15	74	50	0.14
September 16	60	45	0.00
September 17	58	38	0.00
September 18	59	37	0.05
September 19	66	34	0.00
September 20	73	43	0.00
September 21	80	55	0.00
September 22	84	60	0.00
September 23	87	58	0.00
September 24	85	63	0.01
September 25	80	57	0.00
September 26	74	58	0.00
September 27	77	62	0.00
September 28	81	65	0.00
September 29	78	69	0.18
September 30	80	67	0.01

October 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	60	0.70
October 2	74	58	0.00
October 3	66	55	0.00
October 4	83	59	0.00
October 5	84	62	0.00
October 6	84	66	0.54
October 7	73	59	0.35
October 8	78	56	0.58
October 9	79	63	0.39
October 10	67	50	0.00
October 11	74	53	0.02
October 12	55	45	0.00
October 13	54	44	0.13
October 14	49	42	0.05
October 15	54	41	0.00
October 16	61	36	0.00
October 17	66	43	0.19
October 18	56	34	0.03
October 19	47	30	0.00
October 20	64	32	0.00
October 21	54	34	0.00
October 22	52	35	0.09
October 23	64	48	0.16
October 24	71	52	0.65
October 25	57	43	0.06
October 26	49	41	0.00
October 27	45	37	0.01
October 28	41	29	0.00
October 29	49	26	0.00
October 30	57	32	0.00
October 31	54	46	0.30

November 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	54	40	0.12	0.0
November 2	45	31	0.04	0.0
November 3	45	31	0.00	0.0
November 4	54	42	0.11	0.0
November 5	65	54	0.00	0.0
November 6	67	37	0.69	0.0
November 7	39	25	0.00	0.0
November 8	40	22	0.00	0.0
November 9	45	23	0.00	0.0
November 10	48	24	0.00	0.0
November 11	52	34	0.00	0.0
November 12	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 13	54	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	66	37	0.32	0.0
November 15	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	30	0.01	0.0
November 17	44	16	0.13	0.0
November 18	25	11	0.00	0.0
November 19	32	20	0.00	0.2
November 20	36	22	0.00	0.0
November 21	45	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 23	45	30	0.00	0.0
November 24	50	43	0.33	0.0
November 25	44	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	36	28	0.00	0.0
November 27	53	36	0.90	0.0
November 28	59	28	1.07	0.0
November 29	29	20	0.05	0.3
November 30	33	19	0.00	0.0

December 1959 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	49	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	45	25	0.00	0.0
December 5	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 6	46	39	0.29	0.0
December 7	42	26	0.62	2.4
December 8	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 10	39	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 12	57	38	0.52	0.0
December 13	53	27	0.17	1.0
December 14	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 16	52	35	0.00	0.0
December 17	45	34	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	31	0.05	0.0
December 19	34	21	0.02	0.3
December 20	26	16	0.00	0.0
December 21	26	16	0.17	4.2
December 22	20	8	0.06	1.3
December 23	14	3	0.00	0.0
December 24	27	8	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	24	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	30	0.08	0.0
December 27	44	33	0.04	0.0
December 28	48	35	0.63	0.0
December 29	38	34	0.06	0.0
December 30	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	26	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