Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1972

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1972 based on NOAA data.

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1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 23
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	February 23
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 23
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 16
Most daily precipitation	2.8 inches	November 8
Most daily snow	11.8 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	45.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	48.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1972?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1972 was 92 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 23
1	92 °F	Jul 21
3	91 °F	Aug 25
3	91 °F	Jul 22
3	91 °F	Jul 20
6	90 °F	Jul 19
7	89 °F	Aug 24
7	89 °F	Aug 23
9	88 °F	Aug 26
9	88 °F	Jul 24
9	88 °F	Jul 15

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1972?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1972 was -1 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1972

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	February 23
1	-1 °F	January 16
3	0 °F	February 21
4	1 °F	January 15
5	2 °F	January 17
6	3 °F	February 8
7	4 °F	February 22
7	4 °F	February 20
7	4 °F	January 6
10	5 °F	February 9

January 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 2	36	28	0.47	1.2
January 3	38	27	0.00	0.0
January 4	42	30	0.01	0.0
January 5	36	9	0.11	1.2
January 6	25	4	0.00	0.0
January 7	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 8	30	18	0.00	0.1
January 9	38	23	0.14	0.2
January 10	44	37	0.00	0.0
January 11	47	32	0.12	0.2
January 12	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 13	60	30	0.41	0.0
January 14	30	18	0.03	0.4
January 15	22	1	0.00	0.1
January 16	10	-1	0.00	0.0
January 17	31	2	0.00	0.0
January 18	47	18	0.00	0.0
January 19	51	28	0.01	0.0
January 20	37	25	0.02	0.4
January 21	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 22	41	28	0.02	0.0
January 23	44	36	0.21	0.0
January 24	43	35	0.25	0.0
January 25	46	19	0.11	0.0
January 26	23	13	0.00	0.0
January 27	22	10	0.03	0.5
January 28	25	18	0.11	1.6
January 29	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 30	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 31	24	10	0.00	0.0

February 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	16	0.00	0.0
February 2	29	25	0.00	0.1
February 3	36	28	0.70	1.7
February 4	33	12	0.02	0.6
February 5	17	6	0.00	0.0
February 6	24	12	0.10	1.1
February 7	24	8	0.04	0.4
February 8	17	3	0.00	0.0
February 9	21	5	0.00	0.0
February 10	23	10	0.00	0.0
February 11	26	7	0.00	0.0
February 12	37	9	0.00	0.0
February 13	44	29	0.66	0.0
February 14	39	31	0.04	0.1
February 15	50	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	36	21	0.00	0.1
February 17	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 18	36	27	0.00	0.0
February 19	33	21	0.56	11.8
February 20	22	4	0.01	0.2
February 21	34	0	0.00	0.0
February 22	35	4	0.00	0.1
February 23	20	-1	0.03	0.7
February 24	36	19	0.00	0.1
February 25	36	28	0.00	0.0
February 26	35	23	0.23	2.3
February 27	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 28	43	29	0.03	0.4
February 29	54	32	0.00	0.0

March 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	68	38	0.00	0.0
March 2	66	35	0.21	0.0
March 3	35	11	0.68	1.0
March 4	31	9	0.01	0.3
March 5	34	20	0.02	0.4
March 6	25	14	0.00	0.0
March 7	53	21	0.01	0.4
March 8	51	15	0.02	0.5
March 9	24	12	0.00	0.0
March 10	29	12	0.00	0.1
March 11	34	11	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	32	0.81	0.1
March 13	43	35	0.04	0.0
March 14	35	27	0.55	2.1
March 15	37	26	0.08	1.1
March 16	45	28	0.65	0.0
March 17	42	37	0.31	0.0
March 18	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	36	24	0.00	0.0
March 20	48	17	0.00	0.0
March 21	53	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	56	35	0.47	0.0
March 23	35	27	0.04	0.4
March 24	29	23	0.00	0.1
March 25	31	19	0.00	0.0
March 26	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 27	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 28	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	23	0.01	0.0
March 30	41	34	0.09	0.1
March 31	51	32	0.00	0.0

April 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	59	28	0.02	0.0
April 2	42	31	0.14	1.9
April 3	43	26	0.00	0.0
April 4	39	29	0.01	0.2
April 5	48	22	0.00	0.0
April 6	63	27	0.20	0.1
April 7	32	21	0.23	0.9
April 8	30	19	0.03	0.7
April 9	44	21	0.00	0.0
April 10	48	27	0.00	0.0
April 11	57	36	0.04	0.0
April 12	62	34	0.00	0.0
April 13	51	42	0.45	0.0
April 14	51	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	49	40	0.16	0.0
April 16	52	44	1.04	0.0
April 17	66	43	0.06	0.0
April 18	72	38	0.00	0.0
April 19	80	44	0.00	0.0
April 20	66	37	0.62	0.0
April 21	57	30	0.00	0.0
April 22	45	38	0.16	0.0
April 23	63	38	0.11	0.0
April 24	51	40	0.04	0.0
April 25	50	33	0.00	0.0
April 26	52	26	0.00	0.0
April 27	53	32	0.00	0.0
April 28	62	27	0.00	0.0
April 29	67	37	0.00	0.0
April 30	73	38	0.00	0.0

May 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	69	50	0.03
May 2	69	58	0.01
May 3	65	57	0.81
May 4	58	48	1.28
May 5	57	44	0.18
May 6	69	36	0.00
May 7	69	51	0.00
May 8	64	46	0.01
May 9	50	42	0.41
May 10	59	38	0.22
May 11	71	34	0.00
May 12	70	44	0.00
May 13	77	42	0.00
May 14	62	57	0.05
May 15	73	55	0.52
May 16	74	52	0.05
May 17	71	48	0.00
May 18	76	51	0.05
May 19	78	53	0.00
May 20	60	56	0.55
May 21	80	58	0.02
May 22	81	57	0.00
May 23	83	47	0.00
May 24	86	50	0.00
May 25	72	49	0.00
May 26	70	39	0.00
May 27	75	41	0.00
May 28	79	45	0.00
May 29	81	49	0.00
May 30	78	61	0.84
May 31	76	60	2.30

June 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	65	49	0.35
June 2	65	46	0.01
June 3	78	48	0.00
June 4	79	58	0.12
June 5	77	58	0.00
June 6	70	57	0.00
June 7	69	52	0.00
June 8	78	47	0.00
June 9	79	61	0.67
June 10	61	39	0.09
June 11	62	34	0.00
June 12	67	43	0.00
June 13	69	61	0.00
June 14	79	62	0.00
June 15	82	68	0.50
June 16	68	63	0.20
June 17	72	60	0.00
June 18	69	59	0.47
June 19	77	63	0.01
June 20	78	66	0.00
June 21	72	63	1.73
June 22	67	53	2.01
June 23	54	50	0.41
June 24	59	51	0.01
June 25	65	53	0.18
June 26	66	56	0.08
June 27	73	52	0.00
June 28	80	55	0.00
June 29	69	62	0.03
June 30	76	61	0.17

July 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	81	60	0.07
July 2	83	60	0.00
July 3	79	58	0.01
July 4	71	55	0.00
July 5	59	52	0.33
July 6	68	52	0.00
July 7	74	51	0.00
July 8	73	53	0.01
July 9	78	49	0.26
July 10	80	62	0.02
July 11	86	65	0.00
July 12	86	65	0.00
July 13	84	67	0.01
July 14	86	64	0.00
July 15	88	69	0.05
July 16	87	68	0.16
July 17	85	69	0.00
July 18	86	67	0.00
July 19	90	69	0.00
July 20	91	69	0.06
July 21	92	69	0.00
July 22	91	71	0.00
July 23	92	75	0.00
July 24	88	71	0.00
July 25	83	65	0.00
July 26	76	58	0.00
July 27	75	60	0.00
July 28	75	57	0.00
July 29	80	53	0.00
July 30	76	56	0.00
July 31	69	63	0.25

August 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	63	0.00
August 2	85	63	0.01
August 3	79	66	0.05
August 4	74	53	0.00
August 5	77	45	0.00
August 6	78	52	0.00
August 7	78	65	0.74
August 8	77	63	0.00
August 9	83	57	0.00
August 10	69	49	0.00
August 11	75	46	0.00
August 12	80	61	0.01
August 13	83	63	0.00
August 14	85	61	0.06
August 15	74	56	0.06
August 16	74	54	0.00
August 17	63	59	0.03
August 18	79	62	0.22
August 19	81	60	0.00
August 20	80	53	0.00
August 21	84	52	0.00
August 22	85	57	0.00
August 23	89	62	0.00
August 24	89	69	0.00
August 25	91	67	0.00
August 26	88	67	0.00
August 27	82	68	0.46
August 28	77	63	0.00
August 29	81	58	0.00
August 30	80	58	0.00
August 31	84	53	0.00

September 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	59	0.00
September 2	71	59	0.03
September 3	76	60	0.00
September 4	72	53	0.00
September 5	71	44	0.00
September 6	77	44	0.00
September 7	81	50	0.00
September 8	83	54	0.00
September 9	73	50	0.00
September 10	70	43	0.00
September 11	77	44	0.00
September 12	75	62	0.02
September 13	77	60	0.54
September 14	72	55	0.06
September 15	70	46	0.00
September 16	75	47	0.00
September 17	86	55	0.00
September 18	82	62	0.08
September 19	66	53	0.02
September 20	63	47	0.00
September 21	59	46	0.37
September 22	64	44	0.00
September 23	63	38	0.00
September 24	58	49	0.09
September 25	75	58	0.00
September 26	79	63	0.00
September 27	72	53	0.00
September 28	72	47	0.00
September 29	64	55	0.00
September 30	67	43	0.36

October 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	57	36	0.00	0.0
October 2	65	35	0.00	0.0
October 3	70	42	0.00	0.0
October 4	72	45	0.00	0.0
October 5	69	46	0.00	0.0
October 6	70	57	1.02	0.0
October 7	58	44	0.55	0.0
October 8	63	38	0.00	0.0
October 9	51	35	0.00	0.0
October 10	50	32	0.00	0.0
October 11	59	31	0.00	0.0
October 12	54	48	0.01	0.0
October 13	49	34	0.00	0.0
October 14	60	33	0.12	0.0
October 15	47	32	0.04	0.0
October 16	55	35	0.00	0.0
October 17	55	33	0.01	0.0
October 18	40	24	0.11	0.6
October 19	38	25	0.02	0.2
October 20	42	19	0.00	0.0
October 21	47	22	0.00	0.0
October 22	50	36	0.03	0.0
October 23	59	46	0.04	0.0
October 24	57	44	0.00	0.0
October 25	45	32	0.00	0.0
October 26	51	28	0.00	0.0
October 27	58	27	0.00	0.0
October 28	60	48	1.07	0.0
October 29	57	42	0.28	0.0
October 30	42	32	0.00	0.0
October 31	45	30	0.00	0.0

November 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	44	35	0.03	0.0
November 2	56	43	0.60	0.0
November 3	58	39	0.05	0.0
November 4	48	35	0.11	0.0
November 5	43	40	0.00	0.0
November 6	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 7	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 8	55	44	2.82	0.0
November 9	44	38	0.12	0.0
November 10	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 11	44	40	0.08	0.0
November 12	44	39	0.00	0.0
November 13	45	39	0.02	0.0
November 14	40	32	1.75	0.3
November 15	32	23	0.03	0.3
November 16	33	24	0.00	0.0
November 17	38	24	0.00	0.0
November 18	37	22	0.00	0.0
November 19	37	21	0.53	0.7
November 20	34	27	0.15	0.0
November 21	31	24	0.00	0.0
November 22	28	17	0.02	0.3
November 23	30	13	0.00	0.0
November 24	41	24	0.00	0.0
November 25	42	20	0.03	0.0
November 26	47	36	0.58	0.0
November 27	42	34	0.00	0.0
November 28	38	31	0.31	0.4
November 29	34	22	0.00	0.0
November 30	30	20	0.46	5.9

December 1972 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	35	27	0.07	0.4
December 2	41	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 4	34	27	0.11	0.0
December 5	42	32	0.09	0.0
December 6	54	31	0.82	0.0
December 7	31	18	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	20	0.33	0.4
December 9	41	35	0.00	0.0
December 10	44	33	0.04	0.0
December 11	33	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	35	23	0.04	0.1
December 13	41	31	0.02	0.0
December 14	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 15	32	25	0.43	2.0
December 16	32	15	0.03	0.7
December 17	16	9	0.00	0.0
December 18	30	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	39	28	0.05	0.0
December 20	36	34	0.16	0.0
December 21	36	34	0.23	0.0
December 22	41	34	0.49	0.0
December 23	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 24	41	31	0.01	0.0
December 25	43	37	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	34	0.16	0.3
December 27	35	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 29	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 30	47	29	0.04	0.0
December 31	62	43	0.49	0.0

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Weather Station Details

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