Wilkes-Barre Weather in 1988

Historical record of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	July 16
Lowest temperature	-6 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 14
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 14
Most daily precipitation	1.8 inches	May 19
Most daily snow	6.8 inches	January 25
Total annual precipitation	32.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	34.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1988 was 101 °F which happened on July 16.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Jul 16
2	99 °F	Jul 8
3	98 °F	Jul 10
3	98 °F	Jul 7
5	96 °F	Jul 9
5	96 °F	Jul 6
7	94 °F	Jul 14
7	94 °F	Jul 11
9	93 °F	Aug 15
9	93 °F	Aug 13
9	93 °F	Jul 17
9	93 °F	Jun 22

What was the coldest temperature in Wilkes-Barre in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1988 was -6 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilkes-Barre in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-6 °F	January 11
2	-5 °F	December 12
3	-4 °F	January 15
4	-2 °F	January 14
5	-1 °F	January 28
6	1 °F	February 7
7	2 °F	January 29
7	2 °F	January 10
7	2 °F	January 6
10	3 °F	December 11
10	3 °F	January 7

January 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	41	24	0.00	0.0
January 2	25	12	0.00	0.0
January 3	27	8	0.00	0.0
January 4	33	15	0.01	0.5
January 5	15	4	0.00	0.0
January 6	16	2	0.00	0.0
January 7	17	3	0.00	0.0
January 8	22	10	0.18	3.1
January 9	27	11	0.01	0.2
January 10	23	2	0.00	0.0
January 11	26	-6	0.00	0.0
January 12	37	9	0.00	0.0
January 13	39	10	0.01	0.0
January 14	10	-2	0.00	0.0
January 15	22	-4	0.00	0.0
January 16	37	5	0.00	0.0
January 17	42	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	42	35	0.23	0.0
January 19	38	31	0.00	0.0
January 20	40	32	0.30	0.0
January 21	43	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 23	30	14	0.00	0.0
January 24	44	23	0.00	0.0
January 25	38	30	0.54	6.8
January 26	30	12	0.13	2.4
January 27	21	4	0.00	0.0
January 28	19	-1	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	2	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 31	56	27	0.00	0.0

February 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	55	44	0.11	0.0
February 2	52	25	0.70	0.2
February 3	35	18	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	16	0.35	1.4
February 5	20	9	0.00	0.4
February 6	14	4	0.00	0.0
February 7	21	1	0.00	0.0
February 8	28	18	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	12	0.00	0.0
February 10	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 11	35	18	0.02	0.4
February 12	35	18	0.52	6.5
February 13	20	14	0.00	0.0
February 14	29	18	0.00	0.0
February 15	44	26	0.10	0.0
February 16	38	22	0.01	0.1
February 17	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 18	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 19	39	24	0.26	0.8
February 20	45	34	0.01	0.0
February 21	34	14	0.00	0.0
February 22	42	12	0.00	0.0
February 23	47	33	0.01	0.0
February 24	34	23	0.03	0.7
February 25	26	15	0.04	0.9
February 26	29	14	0.06	1.4
February 27	33	24	0.09	1.8
February 28	35	23	0.01	0.3
February 29	44	22	0.00	0.0

March 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	32	19	0.00	0.0
March 2	53	14	0.00	0.0
March 3	48	31	0.15	1.1
March 4	34	21	0.60	1.8
March 5	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 6	48	16	0.00	0.0
March 7	49	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	53	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	56	38	0.18	0.0
March 10	44	29	0.00	0.0
March 11	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 12	58	27	0.00	0.0
March 13	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	35	26	0.02	0.5
March 15	32	23	0.00	0.0
March 16	35	24	0.01	0.5
March 17	42	28	0.00	0.2
March 18	34	25	0.01	0.1
March 19	38	26	0.00	0.0
March 20	32	19	0.00	0.1
March 21	27	14	0.00	0.0
March 22	36	11	0.00	0.0
March 23	55	26	0.00	0.0
March 24	73	45	0.00	0.0
March 25	75	50	0.00	0.0
March 26	62	48	0.93	0.0
March 27	51	35	0.07	0.0
March 28	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	67	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	67	46	0.00	0.0
March 31	64	35	0.00	0.0

April 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	52	46	0.08	0.0
April 2	58	47	0.00	0.0
April 3	64	50	0.00	0.0
April 4	71	54	0.15	0.0
April 5	69	48	0.00	0.0
April 6	67	45	0.00	0.0
April 7	49	42	0.13	0.0
April 8	47	35	0.03	0.0
April 9	45	35	0.00	0.0
April 10	50	34	0.00	0.0
April 11	61	31	0.00	0.0
April 12	54	38	0.00	0.0
April 13	58	30	0.00	0.0
April 14	56	33	0.00	0.0
April 15	55	33	0.21	0.0
April 16	43	30	0.03	0.7
April 17	63	35	0.00	0.0
April 18	58	34	0.21	0.0
April 19	49	27	0.00	0.0
April 20	54	31	0.00	0.0
April 21	49	36	0.00	0.0
April 22	54	32	0.00	0.0
April 23	51	31	0.18	0.0
April 24	49	42	0.02	0.0
April 25	56	38	0.00	0.0
April 26	67	31	0.00	0.0
April 27	70	42	1.05	0.0
April 28	54	40	0.11	0.0
April 29	46	39	0.36	0.0
April 30	50	40	0.09	0.0

May 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	59	41	0.00
May 2	56	43	0.00
May 3	58	40	0.00
May 4	69	39	0.00
May 5	61	51	0.11
May 6	61	53	0.56
May 7	74	50	0.00
May 8	73	46	0.00
May 9	68	47	0.00
May 10	69	50	0.05
May 11	64	42	0.02
May 12	72	36	0.00
May 13	81	50	0.07
May 14	69	44	0.00
May 15	75	44	0.00
May 16	72	53	0.03
May 17	72	57	0.00
May 18	62	56	0.36
May 19	60	57	1.84
May 20	71	54	0.36
May 21	74	58	0.17
May 22	76	58	0.21
May 23	85	55	0.00
May 24	71	54	0.33
May 25	54	45	0.13
May 26	66	43	0.00
May 27	80	44	0.00
May 28	85	54	0.00
May 29	84	55	0.00
May 30	87	57	0.00
May 31	85	60	0.00

June 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	53	0.42
June 2	65	43	0.02
June 3	61	48	0.00
June 4	65	44	0.00
June 5	81	49	0.00
June 6	77	57	0.00
June 7	67	55	0.00
June 8	69	47	0.00
June 9	65	43	0.30
June 10	60	37	0.00
June 11	75	38	0.00
June 12	85	47	0.00
June 13	87	56	0.00
June 14	91	56	0.00
June 15	91	63	0.00
June 16	87	65	0.01
June 17	76	59	0.01
June 18	81	53	0.00
June 19	87	54	0.00
June 20	90	68	0.00
June 21	90	68	0.00
June 22	93	60	0.00
June 23	86	58	0.06
June 24	79	48	0.00
June 25	82	58	0.00
June 26	75	57	0.00
June 27	78	50	0.00
June 28	80	47	0.00
June 29	73	53	0.00
June 30	64	47	0.00

July 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	63	44	0.32
July 2	75	50	0.00
July 3	83	48	0.00
July 4	89	57	0.00
July 5	91	64	0.00
July 6	96	65	0.00
July 7	98	66	0.00
July 8	99	66	0.00
July 9	96	72	0.00
July 10	98	69	0.00
July 11	94	71	0.42
July 12	89	69	0.05
July 13	89	64	0.00
July 14	94	67	0.01
July 15	86	66	0.00
July 16	101	63	0.45
July 17	93	69	0.35
July 18	91	65	0.00
July 19	81	73	0.14
July 20	84	68	1.28
July 21	82	67	1.43
July 22	82	67	0.00
July 23	81	62	0.12
July 24	83	65	0.22
July 25	84	60	0.00
July 26	74	63	0.81
July 27	84	63	0.00
July 28	83	67	0.00
July 29	92	65	0.00
July 30	91	66	0.11
July 31	85	67	0.55

August 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	67	0.00
August 2	91	65	0.00
August 3	90	71	0.00
August 4	88	72	0.00
August 5	89	72	0.00
August 6	84	70	1.13
August 7	83	66	0.00
August 8	84	61	0.00
August 9	90	62	0.00
August 10	90	69	0.00
August 11	92	70	0.10
August 12	90	72	0.03
August 13	93	69	0.00
August 14	90	76	0.00
August 15	93	73	0.00
August 16	83	66	0.00
August 17	82	58	0.33
August 18	76	59	0.00
August 19	77	51	0.00
August 20	77	54	0.00
August 21	77	55	0.00
August 22	75	44	0.00
August 23	69	53	0.74
August 24	76	60	1.58
August 25	78	55	0.00
August 26	77	62	0.00
August 27	85	56	0.00
August 28	84	71	0.03
August 29	77	62	1.09
August 30	74	55	0.00
August 31	74	51	0.00

September 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	50	0.00
September 2	77	51	0.00
September 3	78	54	0.00
September 4	66	60	0.77
September 5	67	49	0.02
September 6	63	43	0.00
September 7	68	43	0.00
September 8	73	44	0.00
September 9	74	51	0.00
September 10	79	56	0.00
September 11	64	51	0.00
September 12	72	46	0.00
September 13	77	58	0.80
September 14	69	47	0.00
September 15	64	48	0.00
September 16	66	38	0.00
September 17	61	49	0.10
September 18	74	59	0.01
September 19	79	60	0.00
September 20	77	67	0.01
September 21	70	57	0.00
September 22	64	56	0.00
September 23	77	57	0.18
September 24	68	52	0.00
September 25	64	51	0.00
September 26	66	46	0.00
September 27	74	42	0.00
September 28	66	44	0.00
September 29	60	36	0.00
September 30	70	53	0.00

October 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	53	0.00
October 2	75	59	0.04
October 3	64	51	0.00
October 4	56	47	0.02
October 5	56	42	0.03
October 6	49	38	0.00
October 7	53	34	0.00
October 8	49	30	0.00
October 9	56	31	0.02
October 10	61	42	0.02
October 11	55	38	0.06
October 12	48	34	0.02
October 13	43	33	0.00
October 14	54	33	0.00
October 15	68	39	0.00
October 16	76	46	0.00
October 17	71	50	0.00
October 18	61	49	0.02
October 19	55	34	0.00
October 20	52	30	0.00
October 21	50	36	0.85
October 22	40	34	0.57
October 23	51	36	0.01
October 24	55	40	0.17
October 25	46	33	0.00
October 26	43	31	0.00
October 27	49	26	0.00
October 28	52	34	0.10
October 29	50	32	0.00
October 30	43	26	0.00
October 31	47	22	0.00

November 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	44	35	0.00
November 2	44	39	0.06
November 3	53	34	0.00
November 4	67	33	0.04
November 5	65	52	0.46
November 6	58	43	0.12
November 7	43	36	0.05
November 8	47	39	0.00
November 9	47	34	0.00
November 10	53	38	0.01
November 11	47	37	0.04
November 12	49	32	0.00
November 13	51	39	0.54
November 14	57	36	0.00
November 15	56	35	0.00
November 16	62	41	0.00
November 17	61	36	0.24
November 18	48	32	0.00
November 19	42	31	0.00
November 20	53	38	1.42
November 21	50	34	0.00
November 22	44	28	0.00
November 23	44	25	0.00
November 24	41	28	0.00
November 25	46	30	0.00
November 26	59	28	0.00
November 27	64	50	0.09
November 28	56	34	0.26
November 29	42	30	0.00
November 30	47	28	0.00

December 1988 Wilkes-Barre Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	32	0.00	0.0
December 2	36	27	0.02	0.2
December 3	56	31	0.00	0.0
December 4	43	24	0.00	0.0
December 5	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 6	50	27	0.00	0.0
December 7	49	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	33	23	0.00	0.0
December 10	29	18	0.02	0.5
December 11	22	3	0.00	0.0
December 12	14	-5	0.00	0.0
December 13	25	4	0.00	0.1
December 14	35	11	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	26	13	0.00	0.0
December 17	25	13	0.00	0.0
December 18	25	13	0.00	0.1
December 19	39	20	0.00	0.2
December 20	63	35	0.00	0.0
December 21	52	34	0.00	0.0
December 22	36	26	0.00	0.0
December 23	39	26	0.12	0.0
December 24	46	31	0.51	0.0
December 25	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 26	32	25	0.00	0.0
December 27	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 28	50	29	0.41	0.0
December 29	32	23	0.00	0.0
December 30	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	22	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