Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1973

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1973 based on NOAA data.

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1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	August 28
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 28
Lowest daily high	11 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	June 28
Most daily snow	8.0 inches	December 21
Total annual precipitation	39.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	27.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1973?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1973 was 93 °F which happened on August 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Aug 28
2	91 °F	Aug 31
2	91 °F	Aug 29
4	90 °F	Aug 30
4	90 °F	Aug 10
4	90 °F	Jul 9
7	89 °F	Sep 4
7	89 °F	Sep 3
7	89 °F	Sep 2
7	89 °F	Aug 9
7	89 °F	Jul 8

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1973?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1973 was -4 °F which happened on Feb 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1973

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	February 17
2	-2 °F	February 18
3	0 °F	February 12
4	1 °F	February 11
5	2 °F	February 16
6	3 °F	January 9
7	4 °F	February 13
7	4 °F	January 30
9	5 °F	February 10
9	5 °F	January 8

January 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	61	35	0.08	0.0
January 2	36	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	33	20	0.11	0.3
January 4	38	30	0.30	0.3
January 5	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 6	26	9	0.00	0.0
January 7	17	7	0.00	0.0
January 8	13	5	0.00	0.0
January 9	23	3	0.00	0.0
January 10	23	13	0.00	0.0
January 11	27	13	0.00	0.1
January 12	25	12	0.00	0.0
January 13	32	10	0.00	0.0
January 14	39	16	0.00	0.0
January 15	37	29	0.00	0.0
January 16	43	30	0.00	0.0
January 17	55	29	0.00	0.0
January 18	56	29	0.00	0.0
January 19	50	37	0.33	0.0
January 20	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 21	35	14	0.00	0.0
January 22	53	31	0.42	0.0
January 23	51	34	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	29	0.00	0.1
January 25	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 26	49	27	0.00	0.0
January 27	42	31	0.49	0.0
January 28	39	32	0.06	0.4
January 29	33	8	0.34	3.8
January 30	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 31	19	10	0.00	0.0

February 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	34	12	0.00	0.0
February 2	55	33	0.50	0.0
February 3	46	31	0.00	0.0
February 4	41	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	29	0.01	0.1
February 8	37	18	0.22	0.2
February 9	19	10	0.00	0.0
February 10	24	5	0.00	0.0
February 11	19	1	0.00	0.0
February 12	24	0	0.00	0.0
February 13	32	4	0.00	0.0
February 14	41	10	0.21	0.7
February 15	35	27	0.22	0.0
February 16	27	2	0.02	0.5
February 17	11	-4	0.00	0.0
February 18	24	-2	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 20	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	30	0.06	0.7
February 22	30	18	0.02	0.5
February 23	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 24	30	16	0.00	0.0
February 25	32	14	0.00	0.0
February 26	33	19	0.02	0.4
February 27	34	15	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	12	0.00	0.0

March 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	51	22	0.00	0.0
March 2	60	32	0.00	0.0
March 3	46	37	0.03	0.0
March 4	54	39	0.01	0.0
March 5	49	40	0.00	0.0
March 6	44	35	0.06	0.0
March 7	50	38	0.01	0.0
March 8	61	40	0.25	0.0
March 9	60	34	0.00	0.0
March 10	58	34	0.00	0.0
March 11	51	42	0.02	0.0
March 12	57	44	0.02	0.0
March 13	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 14	46	33	0.20	0.0
March 15	57	42	0.19	0.0
March 16	62	42	0.04	0.0
March 17	69	28	0.48	0.2
March 18	28	25	0.07	1.7
March 19	32	27	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	24	0.00	0.0
March 21	41	18	0.00	0.0
March 22	33	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	45	24	0.00	0.0
March 24	56	21	0.00	0.0
March 25	57	28	0.20	0.0
March 26	50	41	0.09	0.0
March 27	54	32	0.00	0.0
March 28	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 29	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 30	47	38	0.09	0.0
March 31	62	42	0.03	0.0

April 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	51	47	0.43	0.0
April 2	51	44	0.52	0.0
April 3	51	40	0.01	0.0
April 4	44	36	0.85	0.0
April 5	43	35	0.05	0.0
April 6	53	33	0.00	0.0
April 7	57	39	0.01	0.0
April 8	47	33	0.40	0.0
April 9	55	26	0.00	0.0
April 10	43	32	0.73	0.2
April 11	39	26	0.00	0.0
April 12	43	27	0.00	0.0
April 13	41	25	0.00	0.0
April 14	52	24	0.00	0.0
April 15	65	26	0.00	0.0
April 16	72	38	0.00	0.0
April 17	65	56	0.00	0.0
April 18	70	55	0.00	0.0
April 19	72	55	0.02	0.0
April 20	73	47	0.00	0.0
April 21	69	42	0.00	0.0
April 22	83	54	0.02	0.0
April 23	69	44	0.46	0.0
April 24	66	41	0.00	0.0
April 25	55	37	0.18	0.0
April 26	48	44	0.06	0.0
April 27	49	43	0.17	0.0
April 28	47	42	0.47	0.0
April 29	54	39	0.00	0.0
April 30	61	32	0.00	0.0

May 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	70	42	0.00	0.0
May 2	73	55	0.00	0.0
May 3	69	48	0.10	0.0
May 4	49	39	0.05	0.0
May 5	52	38	0.00	0.0
May 6	61	39	0.00	0.0
May 7	71	35	0.00	0.0
May 8	54	49	0.01	0.0
May 9	68	51	0.36	0.0
May 10	76	46	1.07	0.0
May 11	66	45	0.04	0.0
May 12	58	44	0.14	0.0
May 13	53	44	0.00	0.0
May 14	60	39	0.00	0.0
May 15	51	40	0.59	0.0
May 16	63	34	0.00	0.0
May 17	63	31	0.25	0.4
May 18	49	33	0.04	0.0
May 19	65	35	0.00	0.0
May 20	57	49	0.12	0.0
May 21	55	48	0.21	0.0
May 22	69	43	0.00	0.0
May 23	57	48	0.05	0.0
May 24	59	50	0.11	0.0
May 25	63	49	0.04	0.0
May 26	61	48	0.06	0.0
May 27	54	46	0.12	0.0
May 28	71	50	0.20	0.0
May 29	72	55	0.10	0.0
May 30	75	50	0.14	0.0
May 31	67	52	0.00	0.0

June 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	74	50	0.22
June 2	71	55	0.06
June 3	73	54	0.05
June 4	81	58	0.33
June 5	85	59	0.00
June 6	85	65	0.24
June 7	79	64	0.33
June 8	83	57	0.00
June 9	86	62	0.00
June 10	84	59	0.00
June 11	88	63	0.00
June 12	87	66	0.21
June 13	75	58	0.06
June 14	74	52	0.00
June 15	76	49	0.00
June 16	70	58	0.29
June 17	70	50	0.00
June 18	59	52	0.13
June 19	78	56	0.00
June 20	80	62	0.01
June 21	78	63	0.17
June 22	72	64	0.04
June 23	81	61	0.00
June 24	76	59	0.21
June 25	80	57	0.01
June 26	79	61	0.00
June 27	82	63	0.00
June 28	79	63	2.12
June 29	75	62	1.49
June 30	78	60	0.02

July 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	57	0.00
July 2	81	62	0.00
July 3	78	68	0.14
July 4	83	67	0.02
July 5	78	62	0.44
July 6	77	57	0.00
July 7	83	57	0.00
July 8	89	64	0.00
July 9	90	65	0.00
July 10	87	64	0.00
July 11	77	56	0.00
July 12	73	52	0.00
July 13	80	55	1.15
July 14	88	70	0.00
July 15	73	61	0.40
July 16	79	57	0.00
July 17	80	56	0.00
July 18	81	56	0.00
July 19	85	58	0.00
July 20	83	66	0.00
July 21	73	64	1.14
July 22	83	63	0.00
July 23	84	63	0.00
July 24	83	59	0.00
July 25	82	59	0.00
July 26	82	66	0.18
July 27	86	72	0.14
July 28	87	65	0.26
July 29	78	62	0.00
July 30	82	58	0.00
July 31	84	63	0.00

August 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	73	70	1.21
August 2	84	68	0.36
August 3	79	65	0.00
August 4	79	60	0.00
August 5	81	57	0.00
August 6	84	58	0.00
August 7	86	61	0.00
August 8	87	68	0.00
August 9	89	70	0.00
August 10	90	68	0.42
August 11	83	68	0.03
August 12	79	64	0.00
August 13	79	60	0.00
August 14	73	60	0.06
August 15	78	66	0.41
August 16	76	64	0.05
August 17	79	64	0.00
August 18	78	62	0.00
August 19	77	61	0.00
August 20	73	59	0.00
August 21	72	57	0.00
August 22	69	54	0.00
August 23	73	44	0.00
August 24	72	54	0.00
August 25	81	51	0.00
August 26	83	63	0.00
August 27	84	66	0.01
August 28	93	73	0.00
August 29	91	69	0.00
August 30	90	66	0.00
August 31	91	64	0.06

September 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	86	60	0.00
September 2	89	66	0.00
September 3	89	66	0.00
September 4	89	66	0.00
September 5	88	65	0.00
September 6	77	60	0.57
September 7	73	53	0.00
September 8	70	51	0.00
September 9	67	48	0.00
September 10	70	41	0.00
September 11	74	49	0.00
September 12	67	47	0.00
September 13	68	42	0.00
September 14	64	57	1.28
September 15	69	52	0.00
September 16	69	48	0.00
September 17	63	43	0.00
September 18	70	47	1.03
September 19	67	40	0.00
September 20	67	45	0.00
September 21	64	38	0.00
September 22	71	46	0.45
September 23	81	60	0.21
September 24	70	53	0.00
September 25	63	54	0.00
September 26	70	52	0.00
September 27	77	56	0.00
September 28	71	60	0.00
September 29	68	56	0.08
September 30	67	44	0.00

October 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	41	0.00
October 2	68	58	0.17
October 3	76	62	0.00
October 4	77	58	0.24
October 5	72	45	0.15
October 6	66	44	0.00
October 7	64	43	0.00
October 8	71	51	0.03
October 9	69	53	0.00
October 10	66	51	0.00
October 11	62	45	0.00
October 12	65	41	0.00
October 13	73	46	0.02
October 14	66	50	0.01
October 15	69	47	0.11
October 16	56	40	0.00
October 17	49	37	0.00
October 18	44	39	0.08
October 19	53	33	0.00
October 20	60	45	0.00
October 21	57	39	0.00
October 22	64	33	0.00
October 23	65	36	0.00
October 24	73	35	0.00
October 25	74	38	0.00
October 26	66	40	0.00
October 27	55	36	0.00
October 28	52	36	0.00
October 29	52	41	1.16
October 30	52	36	0.00
October 31	55	33	0.00

November 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	52	43	0.17	0.0
November 2	63	43	0.00	0.0
November 3	63	39	0.02	0.0
November 4	46	33	0.00	0.0
November 5	43	30	0.02	0.3
November 6	35	28	0.01	0.1
November 7	39	26	0.00	0.0
November 8	45	25	0.00	0.0
November 9	43	26	0.00	0.0
November 10	30	21	0.00	0.0
November 11	40	27	0.00	0.0
November 12	43	29	0.00	0.0
November 13	57	41	0.00	0.0
November 14	67	47	0.00	0.0
November 15	68	44	0.22	0.0
November 16	57	30	0.09	0.0
November 17	37	26	0.00	0.0
November 18	39	28	0.00	0.0
November 19	43	33	0.00	0.0
November 20	45	25	0.00	0.0
November 21	49	32	0.01	0.0
November 22	58	38	0.00	0.0
November 23	58	32	0.00	0.0
November 24	52	36	0.22	0.0
November 25	52	38	0.35	0.0
November 26	45	37	0.01	0.0
November 27	52	42	0.14	0.0
November 28	63	45	0.24	0.0
November 29	45	34	0.00	0.0
November 30	50	31	0.00	0.0

December 1973 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	51	28	0.00	0.0
December 4	61	38	0.00	0.0
December 5	63	51	0.75	0.0
December 6	51	35	0.00	0.0
December 7	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 8	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	31	1.03	0.0
December 10	41	29	0.02	0.1
December 11	30	26	0.03	0.3
December 12	30	21	0.00	0.0
December 13	41	20	0.10	0.0
December 14	41	25	0.06	0.0
December 15	26	18	0.00	0.0
December 16	22	15	0.12	1.9
December 17	15	10	0.32	5.6
December 18	16	8	0.00	0.0
December 19	23	7	0.00	0.0
December 20	51	22	0.94	0.0
December 21	50	15	1.57	8.0
December 22	23	14	0.00	0.0
December 23	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 24	25	12	0.00	0.0
December 25	40	15	0.02	0.0
December 26	52	36	0.66	0.0
December 27	55	38	0.14	0.0
December 28	42	30	0.21	0.0
December 29	45	30	0.03	0.0
December 30	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	32	27	0.07	0.1

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Weather Station Details

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