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Weather in Scranton, IA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Weather in Scranton

Scranton has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 11°, and about 32 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 47°, and lows to 27°.

Winter 32°/14°Spring 60°/37°Summer 82°/61°Fall 62°/39°
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Sunrise 7:52 am · sunset 6:11 pm

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A normal year

Where today sits in Scranton’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
32° / 14°
10 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
60° / 37°
Last frost around Apr 26
Summer
82° / 61°
19 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
62° / 39°
First frost around Oct 9
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 9). Last frost next spring: Apr 26
Best months to be outside
MayJunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Scranton get?About 32 inches a winter.When is it wettest?June, with 5.2 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+0.8° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Scranton itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Jefferson, IA (8 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.