Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1987

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1987 based on NOAA data.

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1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	August 17
Lowest temperature	-5 °F	February 15
Highest daily low	70 °F	July 24
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	June 22
Most daily snow	9.3 inches	January 22
Total annual precipitation	39.5 inches	-
Total annual snow	50.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1987?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1987 was 92 °F which happened on August 17.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Aug 17
2	91 °F	Jul 24
2	91 °F	Jul 23
2	91 °F	Jul 21
2	91 °F	May 30
6	90 °F	Jul 12
6	90 °F	Jul 11
8	89 °F	Jul 22
8	89 °F	Jul 20
8	89 °F	Jun 25
8	89 °F	Jun 20
8	89 °F	Jun 19

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1987?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1987 was -5 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-5 °F	February 15
1	-5 °F	January 27
3	-4 °F	January 28
3	-4 °F	January 25
5	-1 °F	February 16
6	0 °F	January 24
7	2 °F	December 31
8	3 °F	February 17
9	5 °F	December 30
10	7 °F	February 14
10	7 °F	January 26
10	7 °F	January 23

January 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	19	0.05	0.7
January 2	31	26	0.81	8.9
January 3	35	22	0.04	0.5
January 4	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 5	33	13	0.00	0.0
January 6	34	12	0.00	0.0
January 7	38	28	0.00	0.0
January 8	32	26	0.00	0.0
January 9	34	29	0.00	0.0
January 10	36	29	0.16	1.9
January 11	34	29	0.03	0.7
January 12	33	28	0.01	0.4
January 13	37	26	0.00	0.1
January 14	46	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	46	38	0.02	0.0
January 16	38	18	0.00	0.0
January 17	28	14	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	21	0.08	0.6
January 19	33	26	0.58	4.8
January 20	29	22	0.00	0.0
January 21	32	16	0.00	0.0
January 22	24	16	0.70	9.3
January 23	29	7	0.04	0.8
January 24	10	0	0.00	0.0
January 25	18	-4	0.00	0.0
January 26	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 27	22	-5	0.00	0.0
January 28	25	-4	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	33	26	0.08	0.6
January 31	32	24	0.00	0.3

February 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	23	0.00	0.3
February 2	45	28	0.04	0.4
February 3	40	26	0.01	0.0
February 4	36	24	0.00	0.2
February 5	30	17	0.00	0.1
February 6	41	22	0.00	0.0
February 7	42	21	0.00	0.0
February 8	37	22	0.00	0.0
February 9	31	11	0.00	0.0
February 10	33	9	0.00	0.0
February 11	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 12	29	19	0.21	2.4
February 13	27	9	0.00	0.0
February 14	24	7	0.00	0.1
February 15	11	-5	0.00	0.0
February 16	23	-1	0.00	0.0
February 17	30	3	0.00	0.0
February 18	31	16	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	16	0.00	0.0
February 20	31	17	0.00	0.0
February 21	38	11	0.00	0.0
February 22	46	14	0.00	0.0
February 23	37	30	0.27	2.9
February 24	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 25	34	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	37	14	0.00	0.0
February 27	39	16	0.00	0.0
February 28	38	24	0.15	0.0

March 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	38	0.29	0.0
March 2	44	32	0.00	0.0
March 3	39	27	0.02	0.6
March 4	30	20	0.00	0.1
March 5	37	17	0.00	0.0
March 6	50	18	0.00	0.0
March 7	64	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	70	40	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	18	0.00	0.0
March 10	28	8	0.00	0.0
March 11	38	8	0.00	0.0
March 12	41	22	0.00	0.0
March 13	40	26	0.00	0.0
March 14	38	18	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	19	0.00	0.0
March 17	45	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	50	28	0.00	0.0
March 19	51	25	0.00	0.0
March 20	46	27	0.02	0.1
March 21	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 22	55	38	0.00	0.0
March 23	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	69	32	0.00	0.0
March 25	66	36	0.10	0.0
March 26	55	46	0.00	0.0
March 27	63	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	67	48	0.01	0.0
March 29	70	41	0.00	0.0
March 30	62	49	0.05	0.0
March 31	62	28	0.69	0.1

April 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	41	24	0.00	0.0
April 2	47	30	0.16	0.3
April 3	43	33	0.16	0.3
April 4	58	39	2.07	0.0
April 5	54	40	0.00	0.0
April 6	47	41	0.30	0.0
April 7	47	43	0.19	0.0
April 8	50	42	0.00	0.0
April 9	58	39	0.00	0.0
April 10	70	33	0.00	0.0
April 11	73	38	0.26	0.0
April 12	62	39	0.50	0.0
April 13	60	42	0.14	0.0
April 14	68	38	0.00	0.0
April 15	59	49	0.00	0.0
April 16	52	45	0.00	0.0
April 17	57	45	0.05	0.0
April 18	68	51	0.00	0.0
April 19	76	52	0.00	0.0
April 20	77	50	0.00	0.0
April 21	80	56	0.00	0.0
April 22	75	51	0.00	0.0
April 23	63	49	0.00	0.0
April 24	59	42	0.41	0.0
April 25	62	38	0.07	0.0
April 26	65	35	0.00	0.0
April 27	63	38	0.00	0.0
April 28	52	35	0.07	0.0
April 29	65	40	0.00	0.0
April 30	53	41	0.00	0.0

May 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	35	0.00
May 2	63	41	0.00
May 3	53	41	0.95
May 4	55	44	0.02
May 5	56	44	0.03
May 6	71	44	0.00
May 7	69	44	0.00
May 8	64	34	0.00
May 9	76	37	0.00
May 10	82	54	0.00
May 11	84	53	0.00
May 12	72	48	0.01
May 13	70	37	0.00
May 14	73	42	0.00
May 15	67	47	0.14
May 16	70	39	0.00
May 17	84	51	0.00
May 18	85	56	0.21
May 19	59	48	0.18
May 20	52	45	0.17
May 21	71	51	0.03
May 22	78	57	0.00
May 23	83	61	0.31
May 24	67	53	0.00
May 25	67	50	0.00
May 26	66	57	0.00
May 27	64	54	0.15
May 28	84	59	0.00
May 29	88	59	0.00
May 30	91	63	0.00
May 31	80	65	0.02

June 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	65	0.00
June 2	81	64	0.22
June 3	70	63	0.00
June 4	68	59	0.06
June 5	73	52	0.00
June 6	70	53	0.00
June 7	75	52	0.07
June 8	82	64	0.06
June 9	75	53	0.09
June 10	70	50	0.00
June 11	75	43	0.00
June 12	71	61	0.35
June 13	84	58	0.17
June 14	84	54	0.00
June 15	88	63	0.00
June 16	84	56	0.00
June 17	78	57	0.00
June 18	85	51	0.00
June 19	89	60	0.00
June 20	89	64	0.00
June 21	75	67	0.90
June 22	77	68	2.28
June 23	72	62	0.06
June 24	85	57	0.00
June 25	89	60	0.00
June 26	70	61	0.09
June 27	82	58	0.00
June 28	73	54	0.00
June 29	85	56	0.00
June 30	83	69	0.00

July 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	82	66	0.10
July 2	71	64	1.16
July 3	81	67	0.00
July 4	81	64	0.00
July 5	82	58	0.00
July 6	81	65	0.00
July 7	77	63	0.11
July 8	86	68	1.95
July 9	85	67	0.84
July 10	85	68	0.00
July 11	90	69	0.00
July 12	90	69	0.00
July 13	88	70	0.00
July 14	84	61	0.50
July 15	71	55	0.00
July 16	74	57	0.00
July 17	79	51	0.00
July 18	86	58	0.00
July 19	88	66	0.00
July 20	89	68	0.12
July 21	91	67	0.00
July 22	89	66	0.00
July 23	91	64	0.00
July 24	91	70	0.00
July 25	87	69	0.60
July 26	82	67	0.42
July 27	80	63	0.00
July 28	80	57	0.00
July 29	79	52	0.00
July 30	81	60	0.00
July 31	82	63	0.00

August 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	58	0.00
August 2	74	64	0.17
August 3	84	69	0.18
August 4	88	64	0.00
August 5	76	65	0.07
August 6	78	64	0.00
August 7	80	63	0.00
August 8	84	67	0.00
August 9	70	64	0.38
August 10	72	60	0.00
August 11	77	56	0.00
August 12	81	52	0.00
August 13	81	55	0.00
August 14	82	56	0.00
August 15	85	59	0.00
August 16	88	63	0.00
August 17	92	69	0.00
August 18	85	65	0.00
August 19	87	59	0.10
August 20	80	58	0.00
August 21	82	51	0.00
August 22	78	66	0.07
August 23	72	56	0.00
August 24	70	48	0.00
August 25	71	43	0.00
August 26	75	47	0.00
August 27	62	57	1.85
August 28	63	59	0.36
August 29	68	54	0.16
August 30	77	48	0.00
August 31	74	56	0.82

September 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	66	49	0.01
September 2	66	46	0.01
September 3	68	49	0.00
September 4	73	43	0.00
September 5	72	50	0.00
September 6	66	59	0.23
September 7	72	64	1.71
September 8	73	65	1.88
September 9	79	64	0.00
September 10	75	58	0.00
September 11	80	53	0.00
September 12	68	64	0.72
September 13	71	64	1.21
September 14	73	54	0.00
September 15	73	49	0.01
September 16	77	53	0.71
September 17	77	64	0.33
September 18	68	53	0.65
September 19	57	54	0.01
September 20	65	54	0.04
September 21	69	57	0.00
September 22	66	48	0.01
September 23	66	47	0.00
September 24	70	48	0.09
September 25	60	41	0.00
September 26	66	40	0.00
September 27	74	45	0.00
September 28	79	52	0.00
September 29	78	54	0.00
September 30	66	52	0.53

October 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	57	41	0.00
October 2	68	39	0.00
October 3	57	39	0.20
October 4	53	37	0.05
October 5	65	37	0.00
October 6	70	41	0.00
October 7	59	44	0.45
October 8	52	36	0.07
October 9	56	36	0.00
October 10	64	42	0.00
October 11	49	39	0.44
October 12	51	29	0.00
October 13	53	30	0.00
October 14	59	29	0.00
October 15	66	31	0.00
October 16	73	39	0.00
October 17	66	43	0.00
October 18	62	42	0.00
October 19	64	36	0.00
October 20	60	47	0.15
October 21	55	38	0.07
October 22	54	36	0.04
October 23	56	43	0.00
October 24	67	37	0.00
October 25	57	36	0.01
October 26	56	28	0.00
October 27	53	33	1.27
October 28	48	32	0.02
October 29	47	32	0.00
October 30	51	28	0.00
October 31	56	36	0.00

November 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	56	31	0.00	0.0
November 2	58	40	0.00	0.0
November 3	56	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	72	42	0.00	0.0
November 5	63	32	0.00	0.1
November 6	39	30	0.00	0.0
November 7	54	30	0.00	0.0
November 8	58	33	0.02	0.0
November 9	58	37	0.11	0.0
November 10	37	25	0.44	4.2
November 11	29	25	0.13	2.1
November 12	38	26	0.00	0.0
November 13	48	33	0.00	0.0
November 14	55	31	0.00	0.0
November 15	53	29	0.00	0.0
November 16	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 17	65	48	0.09	0.0
November 18	62	42	0.37	0.0
November 19	49	39	0.00	0.0
November 20	43	24	0.00	0.0
November 21	24	14	0.00	0.0
November 22	31	15	0.00	0.0
November 23	53	20	0.00	0.0
November 24	55	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	57	39	0.00	0.0
November 26	54	32	0.04	0.0
November 27	38	31	0.00	0.0
November 28	43	34	0.08	0.0
November 29	53	39	0.85	0.0
November 30	53	35	0.11	0.0

December 1987 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	42	36	0.00	0.0
December 2	38	28	0.08	0.9
December 3	38	28	0.00	0.1
December 4	37	30	0.02	0.2
December 5	32	26	0.01	0.4
December 6	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	46	25	0.00	0.0
December 9	49	30	0.01	0.0
December 10	47	32	0.00	0.0
December 11	45	32	0.00	0.0
December 12	49	33	0.03	0.0
December 13	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 14	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	33	0.20	0.0
December 16	38	30	0.01	0.4
December 17	32	26	0.02	0.4
December 18	31	21	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	42	33	0.30	0.0
December 21	42	31	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	27	0.00	0.0
December 23	41	30	0.00	0.0
December 24	47	27	0.00	0.0
December 25	48	41	0.06	0.0
December 26	41	25	0.01	0.0
December 27	35	21	0.00	0.0
December 28	33	24	0.10	1.3
December 29	25	9	0.13	2.4
December 30	14	5	0.00	0.0
December 31	29	2	0.01	0.3

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Weather Station Details

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