Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1979

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	July 25
Lowest temperature	-16 °F	February 18
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 1
Lowest daily high	2 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	May 24
Most daily snow	5.6 inches	February 7
Total annual precipitation	41.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	38.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1979 was 92 °F which happened on July 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Jul 25
2	90 °F	Aug 5
2	90 °F	Aug 1
2	90 °F	Jul 15
2	90 °F	Jul 14
2	90 °F	Jul 13
2	90 °F	May 9
8	87 °F	Aug 4
8	87 °F	Aug 2
8	87 °F	Jul 31
8	87 °F	Jun 16

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1979 was -16 °F which happened on Feb 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-16 °F	February 18
2	-12 °F	February 12
3	-10 °F	February 11
4	-9 °F	February 17
5	-6 °F	February 14
5	-6 °F	February 10
7	-5 °F	February 13
8	-2 °F	February 9
9	-1 °F	January 19
10	0 °F	February 16

January 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	57	42	0.28	0.0
January 2	53	25	0.85	0.1
January 3	25	5	0.03	0.5
January 4	18	4	0.00	0.1
January 5	19	11	0.02	0.4
January 6	26	15	0.06	1.2
January 7	42	24	1.13	1.0
January 8	37	17	0.44	1.3
January 9	17	8	0.00	0.0
January 10	19	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	14	2	0.00	0.0
January 12	21	2	0.00	0.0
January 13	33	19	0.07	0.0
January 14	37	20	0.13	0.0
January 15	20	12	0.00	0.1
January 16	29	15	0.00	0.0
January 17	26	11	0.11	1.4
January 18	27	4	0.01	0.5
January 19	12	-1	0.00	0.0
January 20	28	12	0.39	1.3
January 21	40	28	1.37	0.0
January 22	32	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	42	27	1.11	0.0
January 25	40	26	0.42	3.6
January 26	35	30	0.04	0.6
January 27	35	32	0.00	0.0
January 28	34	31	0.02	0.5
January 29	33	29	0.00	0.0
January 30	31	27	0.00	0.0
January 31	27	19	0.00	0.1

February 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	19	13	0.00	0.3
February 2	23	14	0.00	0.2
February 3	25	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	31	10	0.00	0.1
February 5	17	7	0.00	0.0
February 6	20	5	0.00	0.0
February 7	18	8	0.24	5.6
February 8	21	9	0.03	0.5
February 9	9	-2	0.00	0.0
February 10	12	-6	0.00	0.2
February 11	5	-10	0.00	0.0
February 12	11	-12	0.10	1.5
February 13	7	-5	0.00	0.0
February 14	6	-6	0.00	0.0
February 15	16	4	0.00	0.0
February 16	15	0	0.08	1.0
February 17	2	-9	0.00	0.1
February 18	10	-16	0.00	0.0
February 19	27	7	0.20	4.5
February 20	34	1	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	18	0.01	0.0
February 22	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	29	0.29	0.0
February 24	40	34	0.82	0.0
February 25	40	35	0.22	0.0
February 26	35	33	0.43	0.1
February 27	33	26	0.02	0.2
February 28	46	26	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	29	0.01	0.0
March 2	41	35	0.00	0.0
March 3	41	35	0.00	0.0
March 4	52	35	0.07	0.0
March 5	57	52	0.26	0.0
March 6	54	36	0.13	0.0
March 7	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 10	47	40	0.28	0.0
March 11	40	18	0.11	0.4
March 12	35	17	0.00	0.0
March 13	51	19	0.00	0.0
March 14	52	29	0.07	0.3
March 15	30	13	0.01	0.4
March 16	38	14	0.00	0.0
March 17	47	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	50	30	0.00	0.0
March 19	50	23	0.00	0.0
March 20	55	28	0.00	0.0
March 21	62	31	0.00	0.0
March 22	67	33	0.00	0.0
March 23	70	38	0.00	0.0
March 24	57	52	0.43	0.0
March 25	54	36	0.01	0.0
March 26	36	28	0.00	0.0
March 27	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 28	51	21	0.00	0.0
March 29	61	36	0.12	0.0
March 30	68	48	0.01	0.0
March 31	70	55	0.01	0.0

April 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	55	44	0.01	0.0
April 2	46	40	0.12	0.0
April 3	47	32	0.00	0.0
April 4	41	28	0.26	0.0
April 5	46	37	0.00	0.0
April 6	46	29	0.01	0.0
April 7	41	26	0.00	0.0
April 8	40	24	0.32	3.0
April 9	36	32	0.58	0.8
April 10	46	31	0.02	0.6
April 11	58	27	0.00	0.0
April 12	55	34	0.00	0.0
April 13	52	38	0.01	0.0
April 14	51	36	0.36	0.0
April 15	47	39	0.08	0.0
April 16	43	39	0.08	0.0
April 17	51	38	0.00	0.0
April 18	54	36	0.00	0.0
April 19	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 20	61	29	0.00	0.0
April 21	71	32	0.00	0.0
April 22	75	49	0.00	0.0
April 23	73	48	0.00	0.0
April 24	77	45	0.00	0.0
April 25	76	57	0.00	0.0
April 26	66	56	0.26	0.0
April 27	64	46	1.57	0.0
April 28	66	42	0.00	0.0
April 29	58	41	0.00	0.0
April 30	66	35	0.01	0.0

May 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	56	39	0.02
May 2	61	32	0.00
May 3	67	40	0.32
May 4	58	45	0.00
May 5	57	39	0.00
May 6	67	41	0.00
May 7	79	46	0.00
May 8	86	55	0.00
May 9	90	58	0.00
May 10	84	61	0.00
May 11	83	61	0.00
May 12	74	59	0.00
May 13	67	58	0.13
May 14	68	53	0.01
May 15	76	47	0.20
May 16	63	44	0.00
May 17	68	40	0.00
May 18	69	43	0.08
May 19	66	56	0.18
May 20	74	56	0.02
May 21	63	52	0.01
May 22	64	48	0.00
May 23	57	48	0.88
May 24	60	54	2.00
May 25	70	53	0.45
May 26	63	46	0.07
May 27	59	45	0.32
May 28	66	49	0.20
May 29	65	47	0.20
May 30	66	50	0.07
May 31	74	49	0.00

June 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	55	0.00
June 2	75	60	0.05
June 3	71	59	1.21
June 4	81	57	0.00
June 5	81	55	0.12
June 6	71	58	0.02
June 7	84	60	0.00
June 8	83	68	0.00
June 9	83	68	0.00
June 10	75	68	0.00
June 11	68	45	0.10
June 12	64	41	0.00
June 13	68	40	0.00
June 14	75	43	0.00
June 15	84	51	0.00
June 16	87	63	0.00
June 17	84	62	0.00
June 18	75	56	0.00
June 19	77	52	0.00
June 20	81	50	0.00
June 21	77	54	0.00
June 22	75	56	0.81
June 23	74	52	0.00
June 24	61	48	0.00
June 25	69	41	0.00
June 26	75	43	0.00
June 27	77	53	0.00
June 28	73	54	0.00
June 29	79	50	0.21
June 30	76	62	0.02

July 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	57	0.00
July 2	70	57	0.16
July 3	78	56	0.00
July 4	62	50	0.26
July 5	61	45	0.00
July 6	72	43	0.00
July 7	75	44	0.00
July 8	80	50	0.00
July 9	82	55	0.00
July 10	76	62	0.00
July 11	84	61	0.00
July 12	86	66	0.00
July 13	90	62	0.00
July 14	90	67	0.00
July 15	90	67	0.00
July 16	86	65	1.45
July 17	85	65	0.00
July 18	79	62	0.01
July 19	82	57	0.00
July 20	81	61	0.00
July 21	81	65	0.00
July 22	83	65	0.00
July 23	83	67	0.50
July 24	85	67	0.00
July 25	92	71	0.00
July 26	86	71	0.21
July 27	79	64	0.00
July 28	82	60	0.00
July 29	75	65	0.38
July 30	84	66	0.00
July 31	87	70	0.00

August 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	73	0.00
August 2	87	70	0.00
August 3	86	65	0.00
August 4	87	65	0.00
August 5	90	64	0.00
August 6	85	56	0.00
August 7	81	50	0.00
August 8	86	67	0.00
August 9	84	63	0.00
August 10	86	68	0.17
August 11	73	61	0.81
August 12	61	56	0.67
August 13	75	54	0.00
August 14	72	60	0.00
August 15	60	56	0.00
August 16	71	49	0.00
August 17	71	43	0.00
August 18	63	57	0.27
August 19	80	62	0.00
August 20	80	55	0.00
August 21	82	62	0.00
August 22	83	56	0.00
August 23	76	59	0.00
August 24	83	71	0.07
August 25	85	65	0.01
August 26	83	60	0.00
August 27	83	70	0.00
August 28	86	65	0.00
August 29	80	71	0.05
August 30	86	70	0.00
August 31	80	62	0.00

September 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	58	0.00
September 2	86	69	0.66
September 3	84	68	0.14
September 4	86	63	0.00
September 5	84	67	0.16
September 6	79	70	1.10
September 7	79	62	0.00
September 8	67	50	0.00
September 9	68	43	0.00
September 10	75	46	0.00
September 11	71	51	0.00
September 12	76	46	0.00
September 13	78	53	0.00
September 14	81	59	0.86
September 15	67	50	0.00
September 16	72	46	0.00
September 17	76	48	0.00
September 18	75	51	0.00
September 19	63	42	0.31
September 20	64	36	0.00
September 21	62	53	1.45
September 22	66	55	0.36
September 23	66	46	0.00
September 24	68	41	0.00
September 25	70	43	0.00
September 26	75	51	0.00
September 27	74	46	0.00
September 28	69	54	0.28
September 29	71	63	0.52
September 30	67	61	0.00

October 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	59	0.98
October 2	73	60	0.00
October 3	70	57	0.78
October 4	69	54	0.00
October 5	69	48	0.61
October 6	62	48	0.00
October 7	56	46	0.22
October 8	58	40	0.00
October 9	58	40	0.15
October 10	46	35	0.00
October 11	54	38	0.00
October 12	53	43	0.05
October 13	50	41	0.01
October 14	51	39	0.00
October 15	51	40	0.00
October 16	62	36	0.00
October 17	57	41	0.00
October 18	67	50	0.00
October 19	71	45	0.00
October 20	76	57	0.00
October 21	81	59	0.00
October 22	83	58	0.00
October 23	75	48	0.70
October 24	50	39	0.01
October 25	49	38	0.00
October 26	42	36	0.00
October 27	44	30	0.00
October 28	47	37	0.17
October 29	48	43	0.00
October 30	45	33	0.00
October 31	58	28	0.00

November 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	62	42	0.00
November 2	61	49	1.52
November 3	49	35	0.20
November 4	45	29	0.00
November 5	53	29	0.00
November 6	49	35	0.00
November 7	48	40	0.04
November 8	48	33	0.00
November 9	56	42	0.07
November 10	59	47	0.11
November 11	48	41	0.00
November 12	46	36	0.00
November 13	47	39	0.05
November 14	44	35	0.02
November 15	41	30	0.01
November 16	39	27	0.01
November 17	58	30	0.00
November 18	60	41	0.00
November 19	63	34	0.00
November 20	65	44	0.01
November 21	56	38	0.00
November 22	52	48	0.04
November 23	71	45	0.00
November 24	66	56	0.32
November 25	70	52	0.09
November 26	68	47	0.68
November 27	52	41	0.00
November 28	57	35	0.00
November 29	36	26	0.00
November 30	33	26	0.00

December 1979 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	36	25	0.00	0.0
December 2	33	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 4	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	29	0.00	0.0
December 6	57	36	0.01	0.0
December 7	46	37	0.00	0.0
December 8	44	28	0.06	0.3
December 9	35	24	0.00	0.0
December 10	46	34	0.00	0.0
December 11	64	38	0.00	0.0
December 12	64	38	0.17	0.0
December 13	39	30	0.34	0.0
December 14	34	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 16	48	31	0.12	0.0
December 17	42	13	0.01	0.1
December 18	26	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	23	16	0.26	4.9
December 20	29	18	0.00	0.2
December 21	36	17	0.00	0.0
December 22	42	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	45	36	0.02	0.0
December 24	54	40	0.09	0.0
December 25	60	41	0.56	0.0
December 26	41	33	0.06	0.0
December 27	36	31	0.00	0.0
December 28	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 29	51	34	0.00	0.0
December 30	42	29	0.00	0.0
December 31	41	26	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