Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1968

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1968 based on NOAA data.

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1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	July 18
Lowest temperature	-10 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	73 °F	July 18
Lowest daily high	6 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	September 6
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	November 12
Total annual precipitation	30.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	28.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1968?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1968 was 94 °F which happened on July 18.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Jul 18
2	93 °F	Jul 17
2	93 °F	Jul 1
4	92 °F	Jul 16
5	91 °F	Aug 22
5	91 °F	Aug 17
5	91 °F	Jul 14
5	91 °F	Jun 30
9	90 °F	Aug 25
9	90 °F	Jul 13
9	90 °F	Jun 8
9	90 °F	Jun 6

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1968?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1968 was -10 °F which happened on Jan 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-10 °F	January 12
2	-8 °F	January 13
3	-7 °F	January 11
3	-7 °F	January 9
5	-6 °F	January 2
6	-3 °F	January 8
7	0 °F	January 1
8	1 °F	December 11
9	2 °F	February 21
9	2 °F	February 11

January 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	25	0	0.00	0.0
January 2	18	-6	0.00	0.0
January 3	24	12	0.01	0.2
January 4	29	12	0.02	0.4
January 5	14	4	0.00	0.0
January 6	21	6	0.06	0.9
January 7	21	4	0.00	0.2
January 8	6	-3	0.00	0.0
January 9	9	-7	0.08	1.3
January 10	16	5	0.01	0.3
January 11	9	-7	0.00	0.0
January 12	8	-10	0.00	0.0
January 13	33	-8	0.00	0.0
January 14	38	23	0.64	0.4
January 15	38	16	0.08	1.6
January 16	17	6	0.00	0.1
January 17	32	10	0.00	0.0
January 18	41	18	0.00	0.0
January 19	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 20	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	37	21	0.19	0.5
January 24	21	10	0.00	0.1
January 25	18	3	0.00	0.0
January 26	32	4	0.00	0.0
January 27	38	19	0.00	0.0
January 28	38	33	0.18	0.0
January 29	38	34	0.14	0.0
January 30	40	36	0.62	0.0
January 31	39	33	0.00	0.0

February 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	32	0.00	0.0
February 2	45	38	0.13	0.0
February 3	38	30	0.00	0.1
February 4	31	21	0.00	0.0
February 5	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 6	42	22	0.00	0.0
February 7	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	20	0.05	0.9
February 10	22	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	15	2	0.00	0.0
February 12	22	12	0.00	0.0
February 13	18	5	0.01	0.1
February 14	34	14	0.00	0.0
February 15	34	20	0.00	0.1
February 16	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 17	38	11	0.01	0.1
February 18	29	10	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	11	0.00	0.0
February 20	28	4	0.01	0.5
February 21	16	2	0.00	0.0
February 22	25	6	0.00	0.0
February 23	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 24	30	8	0.00	0.0
February 25	31	8	0.00	0.0
February 26	38	12	0.00	0.0
February 27	38	17	0.00	0.0
February 28	45	23	0.00	0.0
February 29	35	31	0.09	1.1

March 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	31	24	0.00	0.2
March 2	35	19	0.01	0.3
March 3	20	9	0.01	0.1
March 4	44	13	0.00	0.0
March 5	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	42	21	0.00	0.0
March 7	36	14	0.00	0.0
March 8	55	18	0.00	0.0
March 9	44	40	0.10	0.0
March 10	47	37	0.22	0.0
March 11	43	28	0.00	0.0
March 12	37	26	0.42	0.7
March 13	35	20	0.08	0.3
March 14	36	17	0.00	0.0
March 15	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 16	54	36	0.01	0.0
March 17	51	39	1.05	0.0
March 18	44	39	0.12	0.0
March 19	58	41	0.00	0.0
March 20	62	37	0.00	0.0
March 21	60	49	0.05	0.0
March 22	56	42	0.01	0.0
March 23	60	29	0.52	0.4
March 24	43	27	0.03	0.7
March 25	50	26	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	37	0.00	0.0
March 27	70	38	0.00	0.0
March 28	75	42	0.00	0.0
March 29	78	47	0.08	0.0
March 30	63	40	0.00	0.0
March 31	74	39	0.02	0.0

April 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	63	35	0.48
April 2	59	29	0.00
April 3	67	36	0.00
April 4	70	47	0.01
April 5	63	31	0.03
April 6	52	26	0.00
April 7	63	32	0.00
April 8	59	44	0.04
April 9	69	49	0.00
April 10	64	38	0.00
April 11	58	39	0.00
April 12	70	33	0.00
April 13	82	45	0.00
April 14	84	49	0.00
April 15	58	40	0.02
April 16	64	36	0.00
April 17	71	34	0.00
April 18	77	40	0.00
April 19	77	50	0.00
April 20	76	47	0.00
April 21	73	52	0.00
April 22	61	54	0.00
April 23	67	46	0.00
April 24	56	46	1.50
April 25	48	40	0.00
April 26	65	40	0.00
April 27	56	41	0.00
April 28	62	34	0.00
April 29	68	36	0.00
April 30	62	39	0.29

May 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	38	0.00
May 2	62	41	0.00
May 3	79	49	0.20
May 4	62	44	0.13
May 5	57	38	0.00
May 6	57	36	0.00
May 7	63	36	0.00
May 8	70	40	0.00
May 9	74	55	0.00
May 10	71	54	0.03
May 11	67	47	0.62
May 12	72	53	0.56
May 13	57	50	0.04
May 14	67	46	0.00
May 15	60	52	0.02
May 16	66	57	0.03
May 17	73	57	0.00
May 18	69	54	0.42
May 19	67	50	0.54
May 20	54	46	0.05
May 21	65	46	0.01
May 22	69	43	0.00
May 23	61	46	0.16
May 24	62	50	0.15
May 25	70	42	0.00
May 26	75	42	0.00
May 27	63	48	0.00
May 28	54	48	0.54
May 29	66	53	0.70
May 30	74	53	0.28
May 31	63	53	0.16

June 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	54	0.00
June 2	73	59	0.26
June 3	72	56	0.11
June 4	73	52	0.00
June 5	81	50	0.00
June 6	90	59	0.00
June 7	88	63	0.00
June 8	90	63	0.00
June 9	87	68	0.00
June 10	88	62	0.00
June 11	75	61	0.00
June 12	81	64	1.16
June 13	67	57	0.08
June 14	71	54	0.00
June 15	84	53	0.25
June 16	71	55	0.51
June 17	64	52	0.01
June 18	75	46	0.00
June 19	74	59	0.62
June 20	66	52	0.00
June 21	70	45	0.00
June 22	83	59	0.00
June 23	78	59	0.00
June 24	81	57	0.15
June 25	85	68	0.01
June 26	75	60	0.59
June 27	62	58	0.92
June 28	72	56	0.15
June 29	83	56	0.00
June 30	91	68	0.00

July 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	93	70	0.00
July 2	87	70	0.00
July 3	75	63	0.01
July 4	73	56	0.00
July 5	79	50	0.00
July 6	77	56	0.00
July 7	81	50	0.00
July 8	88	57	0.00
July 9	87	68	0.00
July 10	87	64	0.24
July 11	79	69	0.00
July 12	85	68	0.00
July 13	90	67	0.00
July 14	91	68	0.00
July 15	89	71	0.00
July 16	92	71	0.00
July 17	93	71	0.00
July 18	94	73	0.02
July 19	87	67	0.38
July 20	82	60	0.00
July 21	85	55	0.00
July 22	88	61	0.00
July 23	88	68	0.00
July 24	73	66	0.58
July 25	82	64	0.00
July 26	83	57	0.00
July 27	81	61	0.00
July 28	83	61	0.00
July 29	77	55	0.00
July 30	80	51	0.00
July 31	83	64	0.00

August 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	75	63	0.23
August 2	82	61	0.09
August 3	87	63	0.00
August 4	82	70	0.00
August 5	86	64	0.00
August 6	84	67	0.44
August 7	88	70	0.03
August 8	87	65	0.00
August 9	89	68	0.00
August 10	81	62	0.07
August 11	71	52	0.00
August 12	77	49	0.00
August 13	81	52	0.00
August 14	87	65	0.00
August 15	79	56	0.00
August 16	77	54	0.01
August 17	91	70	0.02
August 18	81	62	0.00
August 19	74	60	0.00
August 20	88	67	0.00
August 21	86	69	0.00
August 22	91	61	0.01
August 23	84	72	0.04
August 24	89	72	0.49
August 25	90	71	0.00
August 26	72	57	0.00
August 27	70	50	0.00
August 28	72	46	0.00
August 29	73	46	0.00
August 30	75	47	0.00
August 31	78	46	0.00

September 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	53	0.00
September 2	76	56	0.33
September 3	79	52	0.00
September 4	81	52	0.00
September 5	73	62	0.01
September 6	76	63	2.11
September 7	75	52	0.00
September 8	77	52	0.00
September 9	77	56	0.00
September 10	72	59	1.07
September 11	72	60	0.60
September 12	67	53	0.02
September 13	74	50	0.00
September 14	74	48	0.00
September 15	77	52	0.00
September 16	79	53	0.00
September 17	79	55	0.00
September 18	78	56	0.00
September 19	78	49	0.00
September 20	80	47	0.00
September 21	81	54	0.00
September 22	82	56	0.05
September 23	75	59	0.00
September 24	83	60	0.00
September 25	83	63	0.01
September 26	72	52	0.00
September 27	71	45	0.00
September 28	68	45	0.00
September 29	60	42	0.00
September 30	70	46	0.00

October 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	77	51	0.00
October 2	82	56	0.00
October 3	73	54	0.15
October 4	54	40	0.01
October 5	53	36	0.00
October 6	57	34	0.07
October 7	61	51	0.14
October 8	58	44	0.00
October 9	63	44	0.00
October 10	57	44	0.04
October 11	62	51	0.00
October 12	67	50	0.00
October 13	71	51	0.00
October 14	71	48	0.00
October 15	70	54	0.00
October 16	76	50	0.00
October 17	78	53	0.00
October 18	73	58	0.00
October 19	68	51	0.74
October 20	64	42	0.00
October 21	58	44	0.00
October 22	66	37	0.00
October 23	62	42	0.00
October 24	50	40	0.05
October 25	55	45	0.35
October 26	47	41	0.00
October 27	59	36	0.00
October 28	56	42	0.07
October 29	47	33	0.03
October 30	44	29	0.00
October 31	50	29	0.00

November 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	61	28	0.00	0.0
November 2	69	47	0.00	0.0
November 3	49	41	0.01	0.0
November 4	50	36	0.00	0.0
November 5	51	43	0.00	0.0
November 6	48	42	0.18	0.0
November 7	47	42	0.55	0.0
November 8	43	41	0.04	0.0
November 9	43	38	0.10	0.0
November 10	38	33	0.45	1.1
November 11	38	36	0.00	0.0
November 12	36	29	0.54	8.0
November 13	33	29	0.00	0.1
November 14	40	31	0.00	0.0
November 15	46	34	0.12	0.0
November 16	44	36	0.26	0.0
November 17	40	36	0.12	0.0
November 18	55	39	0.47	0.0
November 19	41	32	0.00	0.0
November 20	33	29	0.03	1.4
November 21	37	28	0.00	0.1
November 22	49	37	0.00	0.0
November 23	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 24	55	38	0.16	0.0
November 25	44	34	0.04	0.2
November 26	42	33	0.00	0.0
November 27	45	32	0.00	0.0
November 28	62	32	0.10	0.0
November 29	62	36	0.23	0.0
November 30	37	26	0.00	0.0

December 1968 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	24	0.09	0.0
December 2	48	36	0.05	0.0
December 3	48	37	0.01	0.0
December 4	49	39	0.26	0.0
December 5	40	29	0.01	0.2
December 6	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 7	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 8	27	21	0.01	0.3
December 9	21	9	0.00	0.0
December 10	17	7	0.00	0.0
December 11	28	1	0.00	0.0
December 12	39	14	0.00	0.0
December 13	49	30	0.01	0.0
December 14	48	28	0.41	0.1
December 15	28	12	0.06	1.7
December 16	26	12	0.00	0.0
December 17	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 18	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 19	36	24	0.02	0.0
December 20	34	31	0.07	0.8
December 21	33	29	0.00	0.1
December 22	33	27	0.14	0.4
December 23	37	25	0.05	0.0
December 24	25	12	0.04	1.3
December 25	12	5	0.00	0.0
December 26	14	4	0.00	0.0
December 27	26	14	0.12	0.7
December 28	53	26	0.59	0.0
December 29	38	21	0.00	0.0
December 30	28	18	0.00	0.0
December 31	34	21	0.01	0.2

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Weather Station Details

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