Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1960

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1960 based on NOAA data.

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1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	August 29
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	December 28
Highest daily low	70 °F	August 30
Lowest daily high	12 °F	December 23
Most daily precipitation	2.5 inches	September 12
Most daily snow	13.2 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	39.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	67.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1960?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1960 was 90 °F which happened on August 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Aug 29
2	88 °F	Jun 17
2	88 °F	Jun 5
4	87 °F	Sep 1
4	87 °F	Jul 13
4	87 °F	Jul 9
4	87 °F	Apr 24
8	86 °F	Aug 28
8	86 °F	Aug 8
8	86 °F	Jul 12

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1960?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1960 was -4 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	December 28
1	-4 °F	December 24
3	-2 °F	December 23
4	1 °F	March 12
4	1 °F	March 7
6	2 °F	December 13
7	3 °F	December 22
7	3 °F	December 20
7	3 °F	December 12
10	5 °F	December 27
10	5 °F	March 11
10	5 °F	March 9

January 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 2	40	19	0.00	0.0
January 3	43	34	1.31	0.0
January 4	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 5	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 8	42	25	0.00	0.0
January 9	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	34	26	0.02	0.4
January 11	33	16	0.00	0.0
January 12	32	13	0.51	2.2
January 13	34	28	0.54	0.4
January 14	31	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	27	0.04	0.0
January 16	31	25	0.00	0.0
January 17	33	26	0.00	0.0
January 18	33	26	0.21	1.7
January 19	34	24	0.05	0.7
January 20	28	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	25	21	0.00	0.0
January 22	25	20	0.06	0.8
January 23	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 24	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 25	32	13	0.00	0.0
January 26	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 27	42	23	0.05	0.0
January 28	38	34	0.15	0.0
January 29	43	32	0.00	0.0
January 30	42	27	0.00	0.0
January 31	37	25	0.00	0.0

February 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	38	30	0.00	0.0
February 2	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 3	29	13	0.00	0.0
February 4	40	14	0.00	0.0
February 5	46	25	0.07	0.0
February 6	45	36	0.19	0.0
February 7	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	21	0.00	0.1
February 9	48	30	0.05	0.7
February 10	54	42	0.02	0.0
February 11	57	35	0.66	0.0
February 12	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 13	25	16	0.03	0.7
February 14	17	13	0.51	4.1
February 15	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	22	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	46	30	0.58	4.3
February 19	34	25	0.35	3.2
February 20	32	27	0.01	0.1
February 21	28	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	31	21	0.02	0.7
February 23	29	21	0.00	0.0
February 24	30	18	0.00	0.0
February 25	36	15	0.09	0.3
February 26	36	28	0.01	0.0
February 27	33	25	0.01	0.2
February 28	31	21	0.00	0.1
February 29	26	16	0.04	0.9

March 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	25	16	0.00	0.0
March 2	26	12	0.00	0.0
March 3	19	13	0.55	13.2
March 4	21	13	0.18	3.7
March 5	22	14	0.06	1.1
March 6	24	13	0.00	0.0
March 7	23	1	0.02	0.7
March 8	23	7	0.00	0.0
March 9	25	5	0.00	0.0
March 10	25	9	0.00	0.0
March 11	23	5	0.00	0.0
March 12	26	1	0.00	0.0
March 13	27	14	0.00	0.0
March 14	30	12	0.00	0.0
March 15	32	12	0.00	0.0
March 16	35	10	0.01	0.2
March 17	36	28	0.09	1.6
March 18	38	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	35	27	0.01	0.2
March 20	35	19	0.00	0.0
March 21	29	21	0.00	0.0
March 22	31	21	0.05	0.8
March 23	31	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	36	25	0.02	0.6
March 25	25	10	0.00	0.0
March 26	34	8	0.02	0.2
March 27	48	21	0.00	0.0
March 28	59	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	59	34	0.02	0.0
March 30	60	45	0.12	0.0
March 31	59	47	0.34	0.0

April 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	49	40	0.00	0.0
April 2	50	38	0.00	0.0
April 3	46	37	0.87	0.0
April 4	65	44	0.77	0.0
April 5	45	32	0.31	0.0
April 6	41	29	0.00	0.0
April 7	42	30	0.26	3.4
April 8	50	32	0.10	0.0
April 9	38	31	0.01	0.2
April 10	41	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	54	26	0.00	0.0
April 12	65	45	0.00	0.0
April 13	56	40	0.00	0.0
April 14	79	48	0.00	0.0
April 15	79	57	0.00	0.0
April 16	76	54	0.00	0.0
April 17	81	52	0.00	0.0
April 18	70	37	0.15	0.0
April 19	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 20	68	33	0.00	0.0
April 21	74	48	0.00	0.0
April 22	76	57	0.00	0.0
April 23	85	49	0.00	0.0
April 24	87	52	0.00	0.0
April 25	83	64	0.02	0.0
April 26	72	56	0.55	0.0
April 27	58	48	0.35	0.0
April 28	60	39	0.00	0.0
April 29	70	37	0.00	0.0
April 30	61	53	0.01	0.0

May 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	42	0.17
May 2	61	35	0.00
May 3	71	41	0.00
May 4	75	43	0.00
May 5	77	44	0.00
May 6	79	50	0.00
May 7	74	51	0.00
May 8	65	59	0.00
May 9	65	39	0.28
May 10	52	35	0.06
May 11	58	45	0.15
May 12	52	46	0.77
May 13	57	40	0.01
May 14	57	42	0.04
May 15	70	41	0.03
May 16	75	51	0.15
May 17	77	49	0.52
May 18	62	55	0.17
May 19	80	49	0.00
May 20	69	54	0.02
May 21	77	55	0.01
May 22	64	53	0.25
May 23	60	51	0.23
May 24	64	48	0.57
May 25	70	44	0.00
May 26	75	51	0.00
May 27	84	51	0.00
May 28	73	53	0.02
May 29	62	51	0.17
May 30	70	56	0.30
May 31	69	58	0.40

June 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	55	0.00
June 2	83	51	0.00
June 3	84	61	0.29
June 4	85	68	0.00
June 5	88	64	0.13
June 6	75	54	0.03
June 7	73	48	0.00
June 8	76	42	0.00
June 9	75	44	0.00
June 10	78	47	0.00
June 11	84	48	0.00
June 12	69	60	0.93
June 13	76	52	0.00
June 14	68	60	0.54
June 15	72	60	0.22
June 16	84	57	0.00
June 17	88	64	0.82
June 18	68	53	0.15
June 19	78	49	0.00
June 20	72	53	0.00
June 21	76	50	0.00
June 22	71	56	0.02
June 23	80	62	0.10
June 24	83	66	0.04
June 25	77	61	0.00
June 26	81	51	0.00
June 27	84	55	0.00
June 28	85	58	0.00
June 29	77	64	0.06
June 30	84	63	0.00

July 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	68	59	0.23
July 2	78	62	0.00
July 3	84	58	1.07
July 4	71	53	0.00
July 5	74	53	0.00
July 6	75	57	0.00
July 7	77	53	0.00
July 8	82	52	0.00
July 9	87	60	0.00
July 10	84	60	0.00
July 11	81	63	0.00
July 12	86	60	0.00
July 13	87	63	0.54
July 14	69	56	0.84
July 15	75	55	0.00
July 16	79	52	0.00
July 17	82	57	0.00
July 18	84	59	0.10
July 19	83	63	0.42
July 20	77	58	0.05
July 21	76	51	0.00
July 22	83	57	0.00
July 23	82	66	0.81
July 24	77	58	0.00
July 25	80	53	0.00
July 26	78	61	0.00
July 27	80	64	0.43
July 28	84	60	0.00
July 29	84	62	0.00
July 30	75	62	1.06
July 31	75	57	0.00

August 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	53	0.00
August 2	84	66	0.00
August 3	80	66	0.90
August 4	79	65	0.06
August 5	77	61	0.58
August 6	79	54	0.00
August 7	77	60	0.00
August 8	86	65	0.14
August 9	80	59	0.00
August 10	81	64	0.50
August 11	76	58	0.00
August 12	79	54	0.00
August 13	78	64	0.00
August 14	79	63	0.01
August 15	82	65	0.18
August 16	79	60	0.00
August 17	80	61	0.00
August 18	82	56	0.00
August 19	68	61	0.42
August 20	82	60	0.00
August 21	84	67	0.00
August 22	80	66	0.01
August 23	78	62	0.02
August 24	74	54	0.00
August 25	76	48	0.00
August 26	79	50	0.00
August 27	85	60	0.00
August 28	86	61	0.00
August 29	90	69	0.11
August 30	84	70	0.16
August 31	75	68	0.45

September 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	67	0.46
September 2	75	55	0.00
September 3	70	44	0.00
September 4	71	54	0.11
September 5	75	54	0.00
September 6	78	50	0.00
September 7	82	59	0.00
September 8	84	60	0.00
September 9	79	64	0.12
September 10	73	57	0.00
September 11	59	54	1.71
September 12	61	55	2.54
September 13	67	50	0.10
September 14	65	45	0.00
September 15	72	42	0.00
September 16	72	56	0.00
September 17	65	58	0.12
September 18	66	58	0.03
September 19	67	58	0.88
September 20	69	57	0.34
September 21	71	57	0.00
September 22	69	53	0.00
September 23	72	51	0.00
September 24	76	54	0.00
September 25	72	51	0.00
September 26	70	45	0.00
September 27	73	46	0.00
September 28	70	55	0.00
September 29	64	60	0.76
September 30	74	49	0.61

October 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	54	38	0.00	0.0
October 2	60	37	0.00	0.0
October 3	62	39	0.00	0.0
October 4	60	35	0.00	0.0
October 5	65	37	0.00	0.0
October 6	63	48	0.17	0.0
October 7	60	39	0.00	0.0
October 8	65	35	0.00	0.0
October 9	69	38	0.00	0.0
October 10	69	40	0.00	0.0
October 11	74	50	0.00	0.0
October 12	62	43	0.00	0.0
October 13	69	38	0.00	0.0
October 14	75	45	0.00	0.0
October 15	78	54	0.00	0.0
October 16	69	50	0.00	0.0
October 17	67	44	0.00	0.0
October 18	60	40	0.00	0.0
October 19	61	39	0.26	0.0
October 20	63	37	0.36	0.0
October 21	48	32	0.00	0.0
October 22	54	30	0.00	0.0
October 23	48	40	0.22	0.0
October 24	47	32	0.11	0.3
October 25	44	32	0.06	0.1
October 26	55	35	0.00	0.0
October 27	59	37	0.00	0.0
October 28	60	43	0.00	0.0
October 29	58	41	0.00	0.0
October 30	64	38	0.00	0.0
October 31	54	44	0.04	0.0

November 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	57	43	0.07	0.0
November 2	54	37	0.00	0.0
November 3	46	37	0.02	0.0
November 4	55	40	0.00	0.0
November 5	46	36	0.22	0.0
November 6	39	29	0.05	0.7
November 7	35	23	0.00	0.0
November 8	44	18	0.00	0.0
November 9	44	33	0.04	0.0
November 10	48	35	0.14	0.0
November 11	41	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	46	25	0.00	0.0
November 13	53	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	55	34	0.00	0.0
November 15	64	50	0.00	0.0
November 16	64	47	0.01	0.0
November 17	53	38	0.00	0.0
November 18	56	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	50	29	0.00	0.0
November 20	48	27	0.00	0.0
November 21	53	27	0.00	0.0
November 22	57	35	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	27	0.15	0.0
November 24	44	20	0.00	0.0
November 25	49	29	0.00	0.0
November 26	54	26	0.00	0.0
November 27	59	37	0.00	0.0
November 28	63	48	0.00	0.0
November 29	59	33	1.07	0.0
November 30	33	24	0.00	0.0

December 1960 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	27	20	0.00	0.0
December 2	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	47	20	0.00	0.0
December 5	56	37	0.00	0.0
December 6	55	33	0.00	0.0
December 7	52	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	30	12	0.01	0.4
December 9	25	8	0.00	0.0
December 10	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 11	22	12	0.11	4.4
December 12	14	3	0.29	6.7
December 13	12	2	0.00	0.0
December 14	21	8	0.00	0.0
December 15	35	8	0.00	0.0
December 16	34	23	0.01	0.3
December 17	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 18	27	13	0.00	0.0
December 19	26	10	0.03	0.7
December 20	23	3	0.01	0.3
December 21	37	19	0.42	3.8
December 22	20	3	0.00	0.0
December 23	12	-2	0.00	0.0
December 24	16	-4	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	16	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	5	0.00	0.0
December 28	18	-4	0.00	0.0
December 29	23	12	0.13	2.4
December 30	32	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	16	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