Wilkes Barre, PA 18701 Weather

Luzerne County7:18 AM EDT41.24°N, 75.89°W

Current conditions

Clear
34°
Clear
Feels like 30°
High 68°·Low 42°
WindN 5 mph
Humidity93%
Dew point32°
Pressure30.33 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover25%
Sunrise7:28 AM
Sunset6:08 PM

Observed at Wilkes-Barre - Scranton, Wilkes-Barre / Scranton… · 23 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Monday

    Areas of fog before 11am. Sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind around 3 mph.

  • Monday Night

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

  • Tuesday

    Sunny, with a high near 62. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 4 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Areas Of Fog 37°
  2. 8 AM Areas Of Fog 38°
  3. 9 AM Areas Of Fog 42°
  4. 10 AM Patchy Fog 48°
  5. 11 AM Sunny 54°
  6. 12 PM Sunny 59°
  7. 1 PM Sunny 64°
  8. 2 PM Sunny 66°
  9. 3 PM Sunny 67°
  10. 4 PM Sunny 68°
  11. 5 PM Sunny 66°
  12. 6 PM Mostly Clear 63°
  13. 7 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  14. 8 PM Mostly Clear 55°
  15. 9 PM Mostly Clear 54°
  16. 10 PM Partly Cloudy 52°
  17. 11 PM Partly Cloudy 51°
  18. Tue12 AM Partly Cloudy 50°
  19. 1 AM Partly Cloudy 49°
  20. 2 AM Partly Cloudy 48°
  21. 3 AM Partly Cloudy 47°
  22. 4 AM Partly Cloudy 46°
  23. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 44°
  24. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 44°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 25 Areas Of Fog Areas Of Fog37°
  2. TodayOct 26 Areas Of Fog then Sunny Areas Of Fog then Sunny42°68°
  3. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny36°62°
  4. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny43°65°
  5. ThuOct 29 Sunny Sunny48°69°
  6. FriOct 30 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny46°72°
  7. SatOct 31 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny47°68°
  8. SunNov 1 Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers Mostly Cloudy then Slight Chance Rain Showers20%67°

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Air quality

38
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • MonGood (40)
  • TueGood

Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, PA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:28 AM
Sunset 6:08 PM
Daylight 10 h 39 min (−2 min 31 s tomorrow)
Full Moon · 100% lit
Moonrise 5:58 PM Moonset 8:03 AM
Full moon Nov 24 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low59° / 40°
Record high79° (1963)
Record low24° (1952)
Wettest2.53 in (1943)
Yesterday62° / 30°
Month to date2.27 in (normal 3.06 in)

Avoca Area, records since 1901. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in BGM, issued 5 hrs ago

What Has Changed

No changes to previous forecast.

Key Messages

1) Dry weather continues for most of the week with a few cold fronts crossing the region.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...

No significant weather impacts are expected over the next week plus. The pattern will continue to be mainly dry with high pressure dominating for the bulk of the forecast period. Only exceptions will be this afternoon and evening and again on Thursday as dry cold fronts push through the region. These fronts will bring an increase in wind gusts, however they will also bring an increase in relative humidity, which alleviates some of our fire weather concerns. Wind gusts of 15 to 20 mph will be possible starting this afternoon as the pressure gradient over the region tightens some. Minimum RH will range in the upper 40s to low 50s percent in the mid afternoon, before increasing in the late afternoon and evening as the stronger wind gusts arrive. Due to the increase in RH, we are not expecting to issue any fire related special weather statements, but will continue to monitor fire weather conditions closely.

A weak trough crossing into Western/North Central NY late this evening may bring a few sprinkles or brief shower to the northern portions of the area through early this morning. A few showers associated with this trough can be seen on radar along the St. Lawrence Valley, extending southwest, with the light showers tracking southeast.

Some of the guidance does bring a few showers or sprinkles across the area with the cold frontal passage later today and later Thursday, but the rainfall potential is very low and spatial coverage will be limited.

Aviation

Mainly VFR conditions are expected for most of the next 24 hours (at least through 06Z Tuesday), with a couple of exceptions. Clouds associated with a cold front are expected to bring MVFR ceilings to KSYR and KRME for a period this afternoon, mainly after 19Z. Any restrictions will likely dissipate by 00Z Tuesday. Seeing fog development at KELM this morning continues to look less likely (especially with higher clouds moving into the area) and therefore restrictions were removed from the 06Z set of TAFs.

Outlook...

Tuesday through Friday...Mainly VFR. Morning fog at KELM possible each morning. Low chance for showers at KSYR and KRME Thursday night with a cold front moving through.

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