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Water drops form on the leaves on a tree on Broad Street near Laurel Street in Hazleton on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.(John Haeger \/ Staff Photographer)<\/p>\nDepite heavy rain and flooding conditions a state away, rain locally barely moved the gauge.<\/p>\n
The totals aren\u2019t in yet for the current rain system, but meteorologists anticipate an average rainfall amount this year for Northeast Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Tom Kines said the area is on track to hit almost 31 inches of rain for the year, in line with the average amount in any given year.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor the year, we\u2019re doing pretty good,\u201d he said. \u201cWe\u2019re really close to where we should be.\u201d<\/p>\n
The region has experienced dry weather since July, Kines said, but a \u201cdecent\u201d rainfall in late September has helped, with nearly three inches recorded Sept. 25, more than half of the normal rainfall amount for the month.<\/p>\n
\u201cCertainly saved us from being a lot worse off,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Water drops form on the leaves on a tree on Broad Street near Laurel Street in Hazleton on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025.(John Haeger \/ Staff Photographer)<\/p>\n
However, with the dry conditions, the rain hasn\u2019t soaked into the ground and precipitation since the start of September has been below normal. Since Sept. 1, there has been a total of nearly 5 inches of precipitation, below the average of 6 inches, said Kaitlyn Lardeo, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service Binghamton forecast office.<\/p>\n
\u201cI guess the only difference would be that the recent dry conditions that we had, that\u2019s probably alluding to why we\u2019re slightly below that normal value, at least from Sept. 1 through right now,\u201d she said. \u201cBut other than that \u2026 it\u2019s a pretty normal season other than maybe some slightly drier conditions than normal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Precipitation for Northeast Pennsylvania for the year has been slightly below average, according to the National Weather Service, with nearly 33 inches in Lackawanna County and 31 inches in Luzerne County.<\/p>\n
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A pedestrian holds an umbrella during a rainy afternoon in downtown Scranton Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG \/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)<\/p>\n
In addition, the Farmer\u2019s Almanac forecast for the region calls for showers through mid-October, with rain and snow in early November.<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service forecasts less than an inch of rain in the region Monday, tapering off Tuesday. It came from a nor\u2019easter that made its way up the East Coast Sunday, prompting warnings about coastal flooding from the Carolinas into New England. The governors of neighboring New York and New Jersey issued states of emergency as parts of the state were expected to be hit by coastal flooding.<\/p>\n
Kines said Monday\u2019s rainfall is the kind that will be absorbed into the ground, but the rain won\u2019t stick around.\u00a0He expects it will be a while before the area sees significant rainfall.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re heading back into a dry period, probably until maybe very late in the week or maybe early next week,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you\u2019re looking for a prolonged rain spell, it doesn\u2019t look like it\u2019s going to happen, at least anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kines said with rainy weather in the spring, forecasters didn\u2019t suspect the dry conditions later in the year, but the jet stream pattern has led to drier weather for the region.<\/p>\n
The combination of a wet spring and the dry conditions in late summer and early fall means foliage might not be as vibrant, but it will be noticeable and will fade faster, according to officials with the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The agency\u2019s most recent fall foliage report shows leaves in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties being at peak foliage.<\/p>\n
The Associated Press contributed to this story.<\/p>\n
Originally Published: October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Depite heavy rain and flooding conditions a state away, rain locally barely moved the gauge. The totals aren\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[201,182,803,139,28,178,180,179,802,1133],"class_list":{"0":"post-2208","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scranton","8":"tag-lackawanna-county","9":"tag-local-news","10":"tag-luzerne-county","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-pennsylvania","13":"tag-scranton","14":"tag-scranton-headlines","15":"tag-scranton-news","16":"tag-top-stories-cvc","17":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}