Don’t pack your jackets away yet. As a warm stretch moves through Northeast Pennsylvania this week with the temperature projected to approach a record high Wednesday, the warmup will be quickly followed by a blast of cold air, said Brian Tentinger, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Binghamton. After a high of 79 degrees on Monday and 83 on Tuesday, Tentinger noted the agency forecasted a high of 84 on Wednesday — just the below the record high of 85 recorded at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport in 1994. On Thursday, Tentinger believes the record high of 88 — set in 2012 — seems more secure with a forecasted high temperature of 83. High temperatures should drop to the low-to-mid 70s on Friday and mid-to-upper 70s on Saturday before a more substantial cooldown on Sunday, and especially Monday when low temperatures plummet into the 20s, said Tentinger, who also wouldn’t rule out some snow flurries on Monday. “We kind of get a punch in the face with some cold, Canadian air coming down late Sunday and through the day Monday,” Tentinger said. He added the region will get a bit of a reprieve toward the middle of next week, but noted it should stay cool through the end of the week. While the shift in temperatures may seem jarring, Tentinger stressed it’s not abnormal for this time of year. “March and April are usually pretty up and down,” he said. “It could be winter one day and then feel like summer the next day. Once you get into May, and especially June, you don’t see those fluctuations as much.”
A cyclist on the campus of the University of Scranton in Scranton on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
A woman walks on North Washington Avenue in downtown Scranton Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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A cyclist on the campus of the University of Scranton in Scranton on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)