Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1961

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	90 °F	July 2
Lowest temperature	-11 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	71 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	8 °F	February 2
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	July 24
Most daily snow	12.5 inches	February 4
Total annual precipitation	34.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	68.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1961 was 90 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	90 °F	Jul 2
1	90 °F	Jun 13
3	89 °F	Sep 13
3	89 °F	Jul 23
3	89 °F	Jul 22
6	88 °F	Sep 12
6	88 °F	Sep 1
6	88 °F	Jul 21
9	87 °F	Sep 11
9	87 °F	Aug 31
9	87 °F	Aug 10
9	87 °F	Jul 30
9	87 °F	Jul 28
9	87 °F	Jul 24
9	87 °F	Jul 12

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1961 was -11 °F which happened on Feb 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-11 °F	February 2
2	-10 °F	January 22
3	-8 °F	January 21
4	-5 °F	February 3
4	-5 °F	February 1
4	-5 °F	January 26
4	-5 °F	January 25
4	-5 °F	January 23
9	-1 °F	January 30
10	0 °F	December 30
10	0 °F	January 20

January 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	35	28	0.93	2.7
January 2	28	21	0.00	0.0
January 3	28	21	0.00	0.0
January 4	23	13	0.00	0.0
January 5	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	21	0.00	0.0
January 7	48	31	0.00	0.0
January 8	39	17	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	9	0.00	0.1
January 10	27	9	0.00	0.0
January 11	38	13	0.00	0.0
January 12	34	21	0.00	0.0
January 13	43	15	0.00	0.0
January 14	45	27	0.00	0.0
January 15	36	28	0.04	0.6
January 16	31	26	0.15	2.2
January 17	37	18	0.00	0.0
January 18	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 19	17	12	0.25	4.8
January 20	12	0	0.30	5.3
January 21	12	-8	0.00	0.0
January 22	10	-10	0.00	0.0
January 23	17	-5	0.00	0.0
January 24	15	6	0.06	1.3
January 25	13	-5	0.00	0.0
January 26	13	-5	0.08	1.7
January 27	15	6	0.00	0.2
January 28	15	2	0.00	0.0
January 29	23	8	0.00	0.0
January 30	18	-1	0.00	0.0
January 31	23	7	0.01	0.1

February 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	14	-5	0.00	0.0
February 2	8	-11	0.00	0.0
February 3	24	-5	0.08	2.0
February 4	34	23	1.02	12.5
February 5	29	9	0.00	0.0
February 6	31	6	0.00	0.0
February 7	29	4	0.00	0.0
February 8	29	4	0.00	0.0
February 9	40	11	0.00	0.0
February 10	36	28	0.00	0.1
February 11	28	11	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	12	0.00	0.1
February 13	33	25	0.00	0.0
February 14	44	31	0.00	0.0
February 15	37	31	0.05	1.2
February 16	32	19	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	15	0.07	0.0
February 18	49	35	0.11	0.0
February 19	55	33	0.00	0.0
February 20	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 22	44	33	0.10	0.0
February 23	42	36	0.01	0.0
February 24	60	38	0.00	0.0
February 25	59	43	0.44	0.0
February 26	48	31	0.02	0.6
February 27	54	34	0.00	0.0
February 28	40	28	0.02	0.4

March 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	34	23	0.01	0.2
March 2	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 4	48	34	0.07	0.0
March 5	64	39	0.01	0.0
March 6	53	41	0.15	0.0
March 7	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 8	34	26	0.66	1.8
March 9	34	24	0.17	2.2
March 10	26	14	0.00	0.1
March 11	33	12	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 13	35	27	0.18	1.7
March 14	35	32	0.35	0.1
March 15	46	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	33	15	0.00	0.2
March 17	24	9	0.00	0.0
March 18	44	7	0.03	0.0
March 19	34	28	0.26	0.2
March 20	41	25	0.00	0.0
March 21	46	19	0.00	0.0
March 22	43	28	0.07	1.0
March 23	34	30	0.43	0.7
March 24	38	32	0.03	0.0
March 25	35	31	0.02	0.0
March 26	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 27	69	34	0.00	0.0
March 28	70	43	0.30	0.0
March 29	52	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 31	46	20	0.13	1.1

April 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	36	31	0.02	0.0
April 2	35	25	0.02	0.3
April 3	38	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	40	29	0.00	0.0
April 5	45	26	0.00	0.0
April 6	45	33	0.02	0.0
April 7	45	32	0.00	0.0
April 8	40	28	0.00	0.0
April 9	52	21	0.08	0.1
April 10	35	30	0.68	4.0
April 11	42	34	0.00	0.0
April 12	48	28	0.07	0.0
April 13	36	31	0.67	4.0
April 14	49	32	0.00	0.0
April 15	60	33	0.02	0.0
April 16	45	33	0.17	0.0
April 17	49	29	0.00	0.0
April 18	41	31	0.03	0.0
April 19	42	32	0.00	0.0
April 20	57	27	0.00	0.0
April 21	63	33	0.00	0.0
April 22	68	43	0.25	0.0
April 23	71	46	0.00	0.0
April 24	76	48	0.15	0.0
April 25	71	58	0.13	0.0
April 26	63	43	0.00	0.0
April 27	61	38	0.00	0.0
April 28	56	39	0.15	0.0
April 29	50	35	0.02	0.0
April 30	53	31	0.00	0.0

May 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	52	35	0.00
May 2	52	37	0.16
May 3	52	37	0.00
May 4	58	36	0.00
May 5	62	35	0.00
May 6	63	39	0.19
May 7	70	48	0.05
May 8	73	59	0.64
May 9	80	58	0.83
May 10	61	47	0.02
May 11	68	42	0.00
May 12	69	52	0.17
May 13	77	58	0.00
May 14	82	58	0.00
May 15	82	58	0.00
May 16	74	48	0.36
May 17	65	43	0.00
May 18	68	48	0.07
May 19	54	48	0.00
May 20	67	46	0.00
May 21	69	44	0.01
May 22	53	47	0.19
May 23	60	43	0.00
May 24	72	46	0.00
May 25	80	54	0.00
May 26	67	41	0.49
May 27	49	39	0.00
May 28	75	41	0.00
May 29	72	43	0.12
May 30	62	40	0.00
May 31	76	39	0.00

June 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	56	0.02
June 2	81	64	0.08
June 3	67	48	0.40
June 4	74	43	0.00
June 5	81	52	0.00
June 6	82	61	0.00
June 7	81	53	0.00
June 8	82	62	0.34
June 9	72	66	0.17
June 10	80	65	0.37
June 11	83	61	0.00
June 12	86	64	0.61
June 13	90	62	0.04
June 14	77	53	0.03
June 15	64	47	0.00
June 16	71	40	0.00
June 17	76	46	0.00
June 18	80	51	0.00
June 19	81	56	0.00
June 20	84	61	0.00
June 21	72	65	1.34
June 22	73	59	0.06
June 23	82	56	0.16
June 24	70	53	0.00
June 25	75	50	0.18
June 26	69	53	0.00
June 27	78	55	0.00
June 28	81	56	0.00
June 29	86	59	0.00
June 30	85	68	0.00

July 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	62	0.05
July 2	90	65	0.27
July 3	83	62	0.00
July 4	72	56	0.08
July 5	76	51	0.00
July 6	78	53	0.00
July 7	82	54	0.07
July 8	73	57	0.44
July 9	76	53	0.00
July 10	77	51	0.00
July 11	83	54	0.00
July 12	87	62	0.00
July 13	77	64	0.24
July 14	84	68	0.06
July 15	72	68	0.69
July 16	81	66	0.01
July 17	84	67	0.02
July 18	84	63	0.00
July 19	84	62	0.04
July 20	83	67	0.74
July 21	88	67	0.00
July 22	89	67	0.34
July 23	89	71	0.00
July 24	87	70	1.89
July 25	86	70	0.05
July 26	82	67	0.00
July 27	85	63	0.00
July 28	87	62	0.00
July 29	79	70	0.19
July 30	87	70	0.00
July 31	81	69	0.78

August 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	80	65	0.00
August 2	69	64	0.15
August 3	81	64	0.15
August 4	84	62	0.00
August 5	80	65	0.03
August 6	79	65	0.00
August 7	82	62	0.00
August 8	83	60	0.00
August 9	85	64	0.00
August 10	87	68	0.00
August 11	80	64	0.07
August 12	83	65	0.00
August 13	72	55	0.00
August 14	73	50	0.00
August 15	85	59	0.00
August 16	82	55	0.00
August 17	81	49	0.00
August 18	84	52	0.00
August 19	85	57	0.00
August 20	83	61	0.00
August 21	65	58	1.03
August 22	82	62	0.00
August 23	75	64	0.04
August 24	82	66	0.00
August 25	82	67	1.53
August 26	74	68	0.90
August 27	80	67	0.00
August 28	83	65	0.00
August 29	81	63	0.08
August 30	80	62	0.00
August 31	87	64	0.00

September 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	88	64	0.03
September 2	85	69	0.06
September 3	82	66	0.07
September 4	86	65	0.02
September 5	84	68	0.00
September 6	83	63	0.11
September 7	78	67	0.34
September 8	82	66	0.00
September 9	84	63	0.00
September 10	85	66	0.00
September 11	87	62	0.00
September 12	88	67	0.00
September 13	89	68	0.00
September 14	85	69	0.00
September 15	74	49	0.12
September 16	70	44	0.00
September 17	70	42	0.00
September 18	73	40	0.00
September 19	70	54	0.00
September 20	72	62	0.01
September 21	80	63	0.23
September 22	84	59	0.00
September 23	85	61	0.00
September 24	86	61	0.00
September 25	82	62	0.00
September 26	69	49	0.00
September 27	70	43	0.00
September 28	67	45	0.00
September 29	61	40	0.00
September 30	69	37	0.00

October 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	48	0.00
October 2	70	53	0.00
October 3	55	45	0.38
October 4	48	34	0.08
October 5	63	31	0.00
October 6	72	42	0.00
October 7	76	45	0.00
October 8	67	49	0.00
October 9	78	52	0.00
October 10	79	45	0.00
October 11	78	54	0.00
October 12	71	50	0.00
October 13	77	49	0.00
October 14	64	38	0.49
October 15	42	35	0.00
October 16	50	33	0.02
October 17	65	30	0.00
October 18	73	40	0.00
October 19	74	44	0.00
October 20	72	42	0.00
October 21	57	44	0.06
October 22	61	37	0.00
October 23	58	29	0.00
October 24	58	31	0.00
October 25	70	35	0.03
October 26	54	40	0.11
October 27	45	29	0.02
October 28	54	25	0.00
October 29	66	43	0.00
October 30	69	52	0.39
October 31	64	51	0.00

November 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	30	0.00	0.0
November 2	56	25	0.00	0.0
November 3	70	50	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	52	0.17	0.0
November 5	62	52	0.27	0.0
November 6	58	46	0.55	0.0
November 7	47	32	0.32	0.0
November 8	40	28	0.00	0.0
November 9	36	27	0.01	0.2
November 10	31	21	0.02	0.4
November 11	44	19	0.00	0.0
November 12	56	28	0.00	0.0
November 13	54	45	0.04	0.0
November 14	56	46	0.71	0.0
November 15	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 16	52	29	0.43	0.0
November 17	53	37	0.00	0.0
November 18	41	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	39	27	0.00	0.0
November 20	35	29	0.11	1.8
November 21	35	33	0.00	0.0
November 22	42	32	0.00	0.0
November 23	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 24	47	40	0.91	0.0
November 25	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 26	53	27	0.00	0.0
November 27	44	28	0.03	0.0
November 28	29	24	0.00	0.0
November 29	35	27	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	28	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 2	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 3	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 4	46	28	0.02	0.0
December 5	51	28	0.17	0.0
December 6	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 7	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 9	30	21	0.07	1.1
December 10	34	27	0.15	0.2
December 11	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 12	43	35	0.07	0.0
December 13	42	22	0.00	0.0
December 14	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 15	31	12	0.00	0.0
December 16	28	7	0.02	0.1
December 17	37	25	0.18	0.0
December 18	40	34	0.93	0.0
December 19	39	35	0.14	0.0
December 20	41	31	0.01	0.0
December 21	35	27	0.00	0.2
December 22	30	21	0.01	0.3
December 23	29	15	0.07	1.3
December 24	28	20	0.43	5.3
December 25	31	20	0.01	0.2
December 26	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	50	23	0.01	0.3
December 28	34	20	0.23	3.8
December 29	21	8	0.00	0.0
December 30	18	0	0.00	0.0
December 31	27	12	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