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How much rain and snow fell in Scranton, Pennsylvania?

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Scranton got 0.51 in of rain in the last 24 hours (to 12 PM EDT, Oct 11). Past 7 days: 0.51 in. This year: 34.79 in (114 percent of normal).

Yesterday and last night (24 hours to 8 AM EDT, Oct 10): no rain.

0.51
inches
of rain

In the 24 hours to 12:00 PM EDT, Sunday, October 11, 2026

radar estimate

  • Estimated from weather radar (NOAA)?. Usually within 10 to 15 percent of what a rain gauge? in your yard would catch.
  • New snow: 0.0 in in the last 24 hours and not measured this season (NOAA snow estimate)

Compared with normal

  • Last 7 days0.32 in drier than normal (normal 0.83 in, Oct 5 to 11, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average (the official normal), NOAA station records, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
  • This month0.54 in drier than normal (normal 1.08 in, Oct 1 to 11, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport
  • This year4.30 in wetter than normal (normal 30.49 in, Jan 1 to Oct 11, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, 1991 to 2020)1991 to 2020 average, NOAA station records, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

Will this match my gauge? Each day here ends at 8:00 AM EDT, close to when volunteers read their rain gauges (about 7 AM). How close we usually are

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Rain in the 24 hours to 12 PM Sunday, Oct 11. Radar estimate from NOAA.
Labels: Scranton and nearby towns within 40 miles, in inches. Cut from the state map.

The most rain in a day in Scranton since January 31, 2025, and the 4587th wettest day at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport since 1949, tied with 154 other days.

NOAA station records · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport (USW00014777), 5.7 mi away · 4586 wetter days out of 27,627 on record, 154 tied days. This storm: Oct 11 to Oct 11, 0.16 in of rain; its biggest day, Oct 11, was 0.16 in.

The last 14 days

Sep 27 to Oct 10, 2026

Rain, inches (radar estimate)

  1. 0.41
  2. 0.45
  3. 0.08
  4. 0.00
  5. 0.00
  6. 0.00
  7. 0.02
  8. 0.00
  9. 0.00
  10. 0.00
  11. 0.00
  12. 0.00
  13. 0.00
  14. 0.00

Each bar is one day ending 8:00 AM EDT. T = a trace, too little to measure; n/m = not measured.? Every value is printed, so the chart reads without color.

October 2026, day by day

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Figures: rain, inches (radar estimate); new snow, inches (NOAA snow estimate). Striped days are not measured or not in the data; days marked not yet are after the latest day. Each day ends 8:00 AM EDT.

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Rain goes back to Oct 14, 2020; snow to Oct 1, 2008. Days labeled by the date they end.

Every rain total for Scranton

PeriodRain
Last 24 hours, to 12:00 PM EDT Oct 110.51 in radar estimate
Last 72 hours0.51 in radar estimate
Last 7 days0.51 in radar estimate
This month so far0.54 in radar estimate
This year, 2026 so far34.79 in radar estimate

Every snow total

PeriodNew snow
Last 24 hours0.0 in NOAA snow estimate
Last 72 hours0.0 in NOAA snow estimate
Last 7 daysnot measured
This month so farnot measured
This season so farnot measured

How months count

Scranton at a glance

Scranton is in Pennsylvania, at about 737 ft above sea level at its Census center point and had an estimated 75,905 residents in 2024.

The weather station's records since 1949 come from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport, 5.7 miles away.

The wettest day on record at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport was 5.98 in on September 27, 1985; the biggest snow day was 22.1 in on March 14, 2017.

From Sep 27 to Oct 10, Scranton had measurable rain on 4 days out of 14 with data, 0.96 in of rain in all, by weather radar. The wettest day was Mon, Sep 28, with 0.45 in.

Nearby Pennsylvania towns

TownFrom Scranton24 hours7 days
Wilkes-Barre rain totals (15.4 mi)15.4 mi southwest0.65 in0.65 in
Hazleton rain totals (35.2 mi)35.2 mi southwest1.34 in1.35 in

Rain totals are estimated from weather radar (NOAA). Distance is in a straight line between Census center points.

Nearby rain gauges (read by volunteers)

3 closest
Rain gaugeDistanceRead atMelted to waterNew snowSnow depth
Clarks Green 0.5 N
Station PA-LC-28. Read at 9:30 AM on October 11, 2026.
7.2 mi9:30 AM0.21 innot reportednot reported
Moscow 4.9 E
Station PA-WN-4. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
12.4 mi7:00 AM0.12 innot reportednot reported
Forty Fort 0.4 NNE
Station PA-LZ-24. Read at 7:00 AM on October 11, 2026.
12.9 mi7:00 AM0.21 in0.0 in0.0 in

Volunteer gauge reports: CoCoRaHS (cocorahs.org), CC BY 3.0. Measured by hand once a day; report date October 11, 2026. Shown as measured, not edited.

How close? Radar rain estimates are usually within about 10 to 15 percent of a rain gauge in your yard. City snow totals are usually within about 25 percent or 1 inch of what volunteers measure. Method and accuracy