Scranton & Wilkes-Barre Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in Scranton & Wilkes-Barre

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
3.3	January	9.1	23.2
4.0	February	12.7	32.2
2.1	March	9.1	23.2
0.2	April	0.9	2.2
0.1	October	0.9	2.3
0.8	November	3.0	7.6
2.2	December	5.6	14.2
12.7	Year	41.4	105.1

30-year snowfall averages at Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
8.7	January	11.7	29.7
8.4	February	10.9	27.7
4.8	March	10.1	25.7
1.0	April	0.8	2.0
0.3	October	0.7	1.8
1.7	November	3.2	8.1
6.3	December	7.7	19.6
31.2	Year	45.1	114.6

These averages don't show how much snowfall in the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre area varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals 10.8 or more inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive less than 3.8 inches for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 12.3 inches, while the lightest years get less than 5.2 inches.

Snow in February ranges from over 13.5 inches in heavy snowfall years to under 6.4 inches in light years.

When Scranton & Wilkes-Barre Have the First & Last Snowfalls

The cities usually see their first snowfall of winter in November. But it can start snowing as early as October.

The season's last snowfall usually happens in April, and sometimes in March.

Scranton and Wilkes-Barre are normally free of snow every year from May to September.

How Many Snowstorms Scranton & Wilkes-Barre Get

Most days of snowfall in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre result in just a skiff of less than an inch left on the ground. For 14 days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur once or twice a year. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are rare events that happen only once every five years.

Number of days per month and year on average in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
3.5	1.1	January	0.4	0.1
3.6	1.0	February	0.5	0.0
2.4	0.7	March	0.4	0.1
0.2	0.1	April	0.0	0.0
0.2	0.1	October	0.1	0.0
0.8	0.4	November	0.2	0.0
2.8	0.7	December	0.3	0.0
13.5	4.1	Year	1.9	0.2

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Scranton & Wilkes-Barre

For over one-third of winter days, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre have at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Snow mostly accumulates during January. Typically, on three days in January and another one in February, snow covering the cities gets to ten or more inches deep.

Average total days per month and year in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
16.4	9.0	January	6.1	2.8
13.6	7.9	February	4.5	1.0
5.7	3.4	March	2.0	0.5
0.8	0.5	April	0.2	0.1
1.7	0.8	November	0.2	0.0
7.3	3.7	December	1.7	0.1
45.5	25.3	Year	14.7	4.5