Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1970

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	88 °F	September 24
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	January 20
Highest daily low	72 °F	July 31
Lowest daily high	5 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	1.5 inches	April 2
Most daily snow	11.1 inches	March 29
Total annual precipitation	31.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	52.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1970 was 88 °F which happened 4 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	88 °F	Sep 24
1	88 °F	Aug 16
1	88 °F	Aug 15
1	88 °F	Jun 9
5	87 °F	Sep 25
5	87 °F	Jul 27
5	87 °F	Jun 10
8	86 °F	Sep 23
8	86 °F	Sep 22
8	86 °F	Sep 16
8	86 °F	Aug 14
8	86 °F	Jul 28
8	86 °F	Jun 11

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1970 was -4 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	January 20
1	-4 °F	January 9
3	-2 °F	January 23
3	-2 °F	January 22
5	-1 °F	January 8
6	0 °F	January 21
7	1 °F	February 26
7	1 °F	February 4
7	1 °F	January 10
10	2 °F	February 14
10	2 °F	January 2

January 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	18	6	0.00	0.0
January 2	22	2	0.00	0.0
January 3	28	13	0.07	2.2
January 4	21	10	0.01	0.5
January 5	27	9	0.00	0.1
January 6	27	22	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	6	0.05	1.3
January 8	12	-1	0.02	0.8
January 9	5	-4	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	1	0.00	0.0
January 11	21	13	0.01	0.4
January 12	23	14	0.10	1.6
January 13	26	17	0.00	0.0
January 14	19	9	0.00	0.1
January 15	15	5	0.00	0.0
January 16	31	6	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	24	0.01	0.0
January 18	39	11	0.01	0.0
January 19	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 20	16	-4	0.03	0.6
January 21	10	0	0.01	0.1
January 22	15	-2	0.00	0.0
January 23	21	-2	0.03	0.6
January 24	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 25	32	18	0.04	0.4
January 26	37	25	0.02	0.0
January 27	32	25	0.05	0.8
January 28	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	45	38	0.06	0.0
January 30	39	16	0.00	0.0
January 31	33	11	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	45	27	0.00	0.0
February 2	50	40	0.85	0.0
February 3	46	9	0.30	0.9
February 4	11	1	0.00	0.0
February 5	29	9	0.01	0.5
February 6	34	22	0.04	0.7
February 7	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	33	24	0.04	0.9
February 9	35	32	0.01	0.4
February 10	40	34	0.76	0.1
February 11	35	28	0.09	1.4
February 12	28	18	0.00	0.0
February 13	24	7	0.02	0.6
February 14	18	2	0.03	0.4
February 15	29	17	0.13	1.2
February 16	27	15	0.00	0.0
February 17	37	12	0.00	0.0
February 18	48	23	0.00	0.0
February 19	37	17	0.02	0.2
February 20	26	15	0.00	0.1
February 21	26	13	0.00	0.0
February 22	51	23	0.03	0.0
February 23	40	22	0.01	0.3
February 24	47	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	41	6	0.01	0.4
February 26	18	1	0.00	0.0
February 27	31	17	0.06	1.4
February 28	29	19	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	36	15	0.00	0.0
March 2	41	32	0.02	0.1
March 3	35	32	0.00	0.0
March 4	35	32	0.14	0.0
March 5	37	32	0.03	0.1
March 6	34	26	0.00	0.0
March 7	42	24	0.01	0.3
March 8	35	17	0.00	0.1
March 9	29	14	0.00	0.0
March 10	32	14	0.00	0.0
March 11	39	20	0.00	0.0
March 12	32	23	0.32	2.2
March 13	32	29	0.19	2.0
March 14	33	25	0.00	0.0
March 15	30	17	0.00	0.1
March 16	29	17	0.00	0.0
March 17	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	35	29	0.06	0.8
March 19	43	32	0.01	0.1
March 20	41	28	0.17	0.1
March 21	41	32	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	29	0.42	2.1
March 23	38	32	0.03	0.4
March 24	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	48	34	0.00	0.0
March 26	58	39	0.35	0.0
March 27	45	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	52	28	0.00	0.0
March 29	35	16	0.48	11.1
March 30	38	6	0.00	0.0
March 31	39	27	0.10	1.1

April 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	40	20	0.11	0.4
April 2	51	34	1.48	0.0
April 3	47	34	0.00	0.0
April 4	47	31	0.00	0.0
April 5	42	29	0.00	0.0
April 6	46	30	0.00	0.0
April 7	50	35	0.00	0.0
April 8	63	32	0.00	0.0
April 9	67	44	0.00	0.0
April 10	45	30	0.00	0.0
April 11	44	23	0.00	0.2
April 12	52	25	0.00	0.0
April 13	62	30	0.00	0.0
April 14	49	42	0.00	0.0
April 15	66	43	0.00	0.0
April 16	69	35	0.00	0.0
April 17	71	48	0.04	0.0
April 18	52	38	0.00	0.0
April 19	54	30	0.00	0.0
April 20	46	39	0.63	0.0
April 21	55	40	0.01	0.0
April 22	62	45	0.00	0.0
April 23	53	46	0.48	0.0
April 24	59	46	0.32	0.0
April 25	66	41	0.00	0.0
April 26	76	46	0.00	0.0
April 27	72	50	0.00	0.0
April 28	79	54	0.00	0.0
April 29	83	55	0.00	0.0
April 30	80	57	0.00	0.0

May 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	82	57	0.00
May 2	78	53	1.08
May 3	58	45	0.28
May 4	64	46	0.00
May 5	72	47	0.08
May 6	48	38	0.00
May 7	58	32	0.00
May 8	78	41	0.02
May 9	85	56	0.00
May 10	85	60	0.01
May 11	80	59	0.02
May 12	80	58	0.00
May 13	80	58	0.09
May 14	65	55	0.11
May 15	58	52	0.01
May 16	60	50	0.00
May 17	58	48	0.74
May 18	62	46	0.00
May 19	75	48	0.00
May 20	77	48	0.00
May 21	78	44	0.00
May 22	83	55	0.00
May 23	71	60	0.03
May 24	63	56	0.10
May 25	61	55	0.18
May 26	74	59	0.00
May 27	59	48	0.00
May 28	67	43	0.00
May 29	73	45	0.00
May 30	72	47	0.00
May 31	78	52	0.00

June 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	59	0.00
June 2	85	65	0.00
June 3	83	56	0.08
June 4	68	54	0.00
June 5	70	57	0.25
June 6	65	47	0.05
June 7	72	44	0.00
June 8	84	50	0.00
June 9	88	60	0.00
June 10	87	59	0.00
June 11	86	61	0.04
June 12	80	55	0.11
June 13	75	47	0.00
June 14	77	48	0.00
June 15	61	56	0.02
June 16	70	58	0.00
June 17	78	64	0.00
June 18	80	61	0.92
June 19	79	57	0.00
June 20	68	49	0.00
June 21	60	47	0.08
June 22	71	54	0.03
June 23	79	48	0.00
June 24	81	54	0.00
June 25	73	57	0.00
June 26	66	55	0.53
June 27	64	48	0.45
June 28	73	45	0.00
June 29	76	47	0.00
June 30	85	64	0.00

July 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	60	0.40
July 2	80	67	0.00
July 3	84	65	0.69
July 4	84	65	0.47
July 5	73	60	0.00
July 6	78	59	0.00
July 7	80	52	0.00
July 8	82	59	0.03
July 9	77	65	0.01
July 10	79	67	0.34
July 11	77	62	0.90
July 12	79	59	0.00
July 13	75	52	0.00
July 14	72	61	0.00
July 15	78	65	0.51
July 16	80	63	0.17
July 17	79	56	0.00
July 18	83	61	0.04
July 19	82	58	0.02
July 20	81	65	0.93
July 21	72	57	0.00
July 22	75	54	0.00
July 23	75	53	0.00
July 24	82	62	0.00
July 25	84	66	0.15
July 26	82	63	0.00
July 27	87	62	0.00
July 28	86	65	0.47
July 29	84	68	0.00
July 30	84	66	0.01
July 31	80	72	0.05

August 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	69	0.51
August 2	80	64	0.01
August 3	80	59	0.01
August 4	72	56	0.00
August 5	75	52	0.00
August 6	79	56	0.00
August 7	79	58	0.00
August 8	82	55	0.00
August 9	81	60	0.00
August 10	83	60	0.00
August 11	84	59	0.00
August 12	84	60	0.00
August 13	84	62	0.03
August 14	86	61	0.00
August 15	88	63	0.00
August 16	88	64	0.00
August 17	84	63	0.13
August 18	80	56	0.00
August 19	80	55	0.00
August 20	83	68	0.00
August 21	76	55	0.27
August 22	79	49	0.37
August 23	76	60	0.86
August 24	74	55	0.00
August 25	79	53	0.00
August 26	80	55	0.00
August 27	82	61	0.00
August 28	84	59	0.00
August 29	77	64	0.00
August 30	78	62	0.38
August 31	71	54	0.15

September 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	68	47	0.00
September 2	70	43	0.00
September 3	71	56	0.08
September 4	82	66	0.04
September 5	81	58	0.00
September 6	74	53	0.00
September 7	75	48	0.00
September 8	73	55	0.03
September 9	67	61	0.02
September 10	82	64	0.45
September 11	69	50	0.00
September 12	72	44	0.00
September 13	76	52	0.00
September 14	62	56	0.58
September 15	79	58	0.02
September 16	86	57	0.00
September 17	76	49	0.00
September 18	68	62	0.66
September 19	67	51	0.00
September 20	74	45	0.00
September 21	79	60	0.00
September 22	86	65	0.00
September 23	86	66	0.00
September 24	88	66	0.00
September 25	87	67	0.00
September 26	83	62	0.00
September 27	74	48	0.98
September 28	58	42	0.13
September 29	52	39	0.00
September 30	54	42	0.04

October 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	59	43	0.00	0.0
October 2	61	40	0.02	0.0
October 3	67	45	0.44	0.0
October 4	54	39	0.00	0.0
October 5	59	33	0.00	0.0
October 6	68	49	0.01	0.0
October 7	77	51	0.00	0.0
October 8	73	52	0.00	0.0
October 9	71	54	0.00	0.0
October 10	72	54	0.00	0.0
October 11	67	58	0.04	0.0
October 12	68	56	0.00	0.0
October 13	70	58	0.00	0.0
October 14	75	58	0.61	0.0
October 15	65	50	0.48	0.0
October 16	50	35	0.00	0.0
October 17	42	29	0.01	0.3
October 18	60	39	0.00	0.0
October 19	56	38	0.00	0.0
October 20	58	35	0.00	0.0
October 21	58	49	0.34	0.0
October 22	64	55	0.27	0.0
October 23	57	54	0.02	0.0
October 24	56	44	0.00	0.0
October 25	59	43	0.00	0.0
October 26	57	48	0.00	0.0
October 27	50	35	0.00	0.0
October 28	54	27	0.00	0.0
October 29	55	30	0.00	0.0
October 30	50	41	0.00	0.0
October 31	51	46	0.00	0.0

November 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	60	44	0.00
November 2	57	41	0.02
November 3	59	40	0.18
November 4	52	41	0.00
November 5	45	35	0.02
November 6	45	35	0.00
November 7	59	34	0.00
November 8	54	33	0.00
November 9	49	40	0.00
November 10	58	45	0.00
November 11	62	52	0.31
November 12	58	51	0.22
November 13	51	43	0.57
November 14	46	39	0.04
November 15	48	35	0.47
November 16	38	30	0.00
November 17	42	28	0.00
November 18	42	28	0.00
November 19	50	38	0.01
November 20	48	36	0.75
November 21	49	32	0.00
November 22	51	30	0.00
November 23	49	16	0.00
November 24	27	14	0.00
November 25	28	19	0.00
November 26	38	23	0.00
November 27	45	36	0.00
November 28	46	39	0.01
November 29	45	38	0.27
November 30	45	30	0.00

December 1970 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	57	37	0.00	0.0
December 3	53	30	0.19	0.0
December 4	50	24	0.13	0.0
December 5	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 6	29	20	0.03	1.0
December 7	23	9	0.00	0.0
December 8	31	9	0.00	0.0
December 9	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 11	32	28	0.32	0.5
December 12	32	27	0.22	0.0
December 13	33	27	0.01	0.2
December 14	32	27	0.06	1.4
December 15	31	19	0.01	0.2
December 16	30	18	0.16	2.7
December 17	32	28	0.36	1.9
December 18	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 19	44	23	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 21	28	24	0.04	0.8
December 22	32	23	0.12	1.6
December 23	32	25	0.04	0.3
December 24	30	23	0.13	0.8
December 25	27	19	0.00	0.0
December 26	26	18	0.03	0.7
December 27	21	12	0.00	0.2
December 28	24	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	21	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	19	9	0.00	0.0
December 31	25	11	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