Pittsburgh, PA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PITTSBURGH ALLEGHENY CO AP, PA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Pittsburgh has an annual average temperature of 52.4°F with about 41.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 83.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.3°F). June is typically the wettest month (4.58 in) and February the driest (2.57 in).
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All-time records →92 of 366 (25.1%) of Pittsburgh's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1930s | 54 | |
| 1940s | 57 | |
| 1950s | 33 | |
| 1990s | 12 | |
| 2000s | 69 | |
| 2010s | 87 | |
| 2020s | 54 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36.6°F | 22.3°F | 29.5°F | 3.08 in | — | 13 |
| February | 39.9°F | 24.3°F | 32.1°F | 2.57 in | — | 13 |
| March | 49.4°F | 31.3°F | 40.4°F | 3.22 in | — | 14 |
| April | 62.5°F | 41.8°F | 52.1°F | 3.40 in | — | 14 |
| May | 71.9°F | 51.8°F | 61.8°F | 4.08 in | — | 15 |
| June | 79.1°F | 59.9°F | 69.5°F | 4.58 in | — | 14 |
| July | 83.0°F | 64.1°F | 73.6°F | 3.93 in | — | 13 |
| August | 81.3°F | 62.8°F | 72.1°F | 3.81 in | — | 12 |
| September | 74.8°F | 55.9°F | 65.4°F | 3.54 in | — | 12 |
| October | 63.3°F | 45.1°F | 54.2°F | 3.06 in | — | 14 |
| November | 51.1°F | 35.3°F | 43.2°F | 3.03 in | — | 12 |
| December | 41.0°F | 27.7°F | 34.4°F | 3.04 in | — | 14 |
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