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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
The week’s forecast, measured against two yardsticks: the “normal” your weather app still uses — a 1991–2020 average centered on 2005 — and the climate-adjusted normal, which here runs +1.0°F warmer. Same NOAA data. No pretending.
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Month by month
1991 called. It wants its climate baseline back.
| Month | Normal high | Adjusted high | Normal low | Adjusted low | Gap (high) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.7° | 33.8° | 16.9° | 18.4° | +1.1° |
| February | 35.9° | 38.0° | 18.3° | 20.6° | +2.1° |
| March | 44.4° | 46.0° | 25.3° | 26.6° | +1.6° |
| April | 58.1° | 59.4° | 35.3° | 36.2° | +1.3° |
| May | 68.7° | 69.2° | 46.0° | 47.0° | +0.5° |
| June | 76.2° | 76.5° | 54.9° | 55.9° | +0.2° |
| July | 81.0° | 81.7° | 59.6° | 60.8° | +0.7° |
| August | 78.8° | 79.2° | 57.9° | 59.0° | +0.5° |
| September | 71.7° | 72.2° | 50.8° | 52.1° | +0.5° |
| October | 60.1° | 60.7° | 39.7° | 41.0° | +0.5° |
| November | 47.8° | 49.1° | 30.8° | 31.6° | +1.3° |
| December | 37.3° | 39.2° | 23.0° | 25.4° | +1.9° |
The “normal” temperature in every weather app is a 30-year average (1991–2020) — a number centered on mid-2005, two decades out of date in a warming climate. The Climate-Adjusted Normal takes NOAA’s official normal and advances it to the present using this county’s own measured warming trend.
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About this data
The forecast is the National Weather Service’s, for Wilkes-Barre itself. Normals and the warming trend are computed at county level (Luzerne County) from NOAA’s homogenized climate record, because climate trends vary smoothly — nearby towns warm at statistically indistinguishable rates. Method details on the methodology page.
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