Pittsburgh, PA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 23.4°F in Pittsburgh, PA, the coldest January since 2014, 26th coldest of 149.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 23.4°F; Coldest since 2014; 26th coldest of 149
Precipitation: 2.16 in; Driest since 2025; 53rd driest of 156

A normal January in Pittsburgh, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 29°F, between 22.1°F and 35.2°F in eight years of ten and 2.94 in of precipitation, between 1.67 in and 4.33 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Pittsburgh, PA since 1875: 23.4°F in 2026; the lowest is 11.4°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 22.1 to 35.2°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Pittsburgh, PA from 1871 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	23.4	124	31.7	121	15.1	134	2.16	104	0
2025	24.1	118	31	125	17.2	118	1.60	134	0
2024	33	38	38.5	57	27.5	24	5.28	8	0
2023	36.9	14	42.5	24	31.2	6	4.02	26	0
2022	23.6	121	31.9	118	15.2	132	2.99	67	0
2021	30.3	68	35.8	87	24.8	48	2.27	97	0
2020	35.2	22	42.5	24	27.9	22	3.69	33	0
2019	27.5	97	35.1	96	19.8	99	3.06	63	0
2018	25.5	112	34.7	97	16.4	119	4.28	22	0
2017	34.6	28	41.7	30	27.5	24	3.54	38	0
2016	26.7	105	35.5	89	17.9	114	1.79	124	0
2015	25.3	113	32.8	114	17.9	114	2.25	98	0
2014	22.1	133	31.7	121	12.5	146	2.18	101	0
2013	31.5	52	38.9	54	24.1	50	2.44	85	0
2012	32.8	40	41.3	33	24.3	49	3.85	30	0
2011	24.1	118	30.3	129	18	111	1.68	127	0
2010	25.9	111	31.9	118	19.8	99	2.90	74	0
2009	22	135	29.1	135	14.9	136	2.98	70	0
2008	31.4	53	38.9	54	23.8	55	1.63	131	0
2007	32.5	44	39.7	47	25.2	46	3.28	54	0
2006	38.1	7	46.2	9	30	11	3.74	32	0
2005	29.7	73	37.3	72	22.1	75	6.12	4	0
2004	22.2	131	29.7	132	14.7	137	4.78	15	0
2003	21.4	139	27.5	147	15.4	128	2.18	101	0
2002	35.4	19	42.8	21	28.1	20	1.76	125	0
2001	28.4	83	34.7	97	22.1	75	1.35	146	0
2000	27.7	92	35.5	89	19.8	99	1.70	126	0
1999	30	70	39.3	50	20.8	88	4.88	11	0
1998	37	11	43.3	19	30.8	8	3.63	35	0
1997	28.1	87	36.8	78	19.4	105	1.58	135	0
1996	27.5	97	35.6	88	19.4	105	3.68	34	0
1995	31	57	38.4	59	23.6	61	2.23	99	0
1994	21	142	28.8	140	13.3	142	3.90	29	0
1993	35	24	41.8	29	28.3	19	2.99	67	0
1992	30.5	64	38	62	23	69	2.13	105	0
1991	29.7	73	37.4	71	22	77	2.55	80	0
1990	36.8	15	44.7	14	28.9	14	3.30	51	0
1989	35.5	18	44.3	16	26.7	31	1.99	112	0
1988	26.6	107	35.5	89	17.7	117	1.49	141	0
1987	28	89	34.3	106	21.7	79	2.23	99	0
1986	28.2	85	35.5	89	21	85	2.49	84	0
1985	22.1	133	28.7	141	15.5	127	1.43	143	0
1984	23.2	126	30.6	127	15.7	126	1.40	145	0
1983	30	70	36.3	84	23.6	61	1.19	151	0
1982	20.9	143	29.6	134	12.2	147	4.44	20	0
1981	20.5	145	28	146	13	143	0.77	156	0
1980	26.8	104	33.5	112	20.2	93	1.56	136	0
1979	21.3	140	28.1	144	14.6	139	4.80	13	0
1978	22.5	129	29	137	16.1	122	6.25	2	0
1977	11.4	149	19.4	150	3.4	151	2.06	106	0
1976	23.5	123	30.6	127	16.4	119	3.25	55	0
1975	32.6	43	39.3	50	25.9	38	3.34	49	0
1974	33.9	33	41.5	32	26.4	35	3.47	45	0
1973	29.6	76	37.9	64	21.4	82	2.03	108	0
1972	29.5	78	38.7	56	20.4	90	1.84	122	0
1971	23.6	121	31.4	123	15.9	124	2.29	96	0
1970	20.6	144	28.3	143	13	143	1.61	133	0
1969	26.7	105	34	109	19.4	105	2.02	109	0
1968	23.3	125	31.3	124	15.4	128	2.83	77	0
1967	32.3	46	40.7	36	23.9	53	1.06	154	0
1966	23.1	127	30.2	130	15.9	124	4.52	19	0
1965	28.1	87	35.9	86	20.4	90	3.84	31	0
1964	31.4	53	39.3	50	23.5	63	2.55	80	0
1963	21.1	141	29.9	131	12.2	147	1.96	115	0
1962	26.2	109	34.5	102	17.8	116	2.33	93	0
1961	22.2	131	29	137	15.4	128	1.95	117	0
1960	30.7	60	37.6	68	23.7	58	3.01	66	0
1959	25.2	115	34.4	104	16.1	122	3.99	27	0
1958	27.4	99	33.5	112	21.3	84	3.17	58	0
1957	25	116	31.8	120	18.2	110	1.65	129	0
1956	27.7	92	33.7	111	21.6	81	1.90	119	0
1955	26.9	103	34.4	104	19.5	103	1.34	147	0
1954	29.6	76	37.8	66	21.4	82	2.34	92	0
1953	36.2	17	43.5	18	28.9	14	3.07	62	0
1952	35	24	42.7	22	27.2	28	4.69	16	0
1951	33	38	40.3	39	25.6	43	4.90	10	0
1950	40.8	3	49.4	3	32.2	3	5.67	5	0
1949	37.9	8	45.2	12	30.7	9	3.95	28	0
1948	21.7	137	29.1	135	14.3	141	2.05	107	0
1947	36.3	16	44.7	14	27.9	22	3.54	38	0
1946	32.1	47	41.2	34	23.1	68	1.12	153	0
1945	21.9	136	28.9	139	15	135	3.02	64	0
1944	32.8	40	39.9	44	25.8	39	1.26	150	0
1943	30.6	62	37.9	64	23.3	65	2.93	72	0
1942	29	79	37.2	73	20.9	86	1.54	138	0
1941	28.6	82	34.6	99	22.5	74	2.98	70	0
1940	17.4	148	23.6	149	11.1	149	0.88	155	0
1939	33.2	36	40.6	38	25.7	41	2.89	75	0
1938	29.7	73	36.7	80	22.6	73	1.98	113	0
1937	37.7	9	45.6	11	29.8	13	7.15	1	0
1936	22.5	129	29.7	132	15.4	128	3.50	43	0
1935	32.1	47	40.3	39	23.9	53	2.41	87	0
1934	33.7	34	40.8	35	26.7	31	2.02	109	0
1933	39	5	46.1	10	32	4	2.39	89	0
1932	41.8	2	48.3	5	35.3	2	4.80	13	0
1931	33.2	36	39.9	44	26.5	34	1.16	152	0
1930	31.8	50	39.6	48	24.1	50	1.67	128	0
1929	28	89	36.6	82	19.4	105	3.33	50	0
1928	30.9	58	38	62	23.7	58	1.30	149	0
1927	30.1	69	36.7	80	23.5	63	3.52	41	0
1926	30.4	66	37	75	23.8	55	2.85	76	0
1925	29.8	72	36.9	76	22.7	71	3.16	59	0
1924	28.7	81	37.2	73	20.2	93	3.53	40	0
1923	33.4	35	39.8	46	26.9	29	3.49	44	0
1922	28.8	80	36.9	76	20.7	89	1.56	136	0
1921	34.6	28	42.3	26	26.9	29	3.35	48	0
1920	24.4	117	32.5	117	16.3	121	2.80	79	0
1919	34.3	30	42.3	26	26.4	35	1.42	144	0
1918	18.6	147	26.3	148	10.9	150	2.82	78	0
1917	31.7	51	40.1	41	23.2	67	4.33	21	0
1916	37.5	10	46.5	7	28.5	18	3.51	42	0
1915	30.6	62	38.2	60	23	69	4.66	17	0
1914	34.3	30	40.7	36	28	21	2.41	87	0
1913	40.2	4	48.6	4	31.8	5	5.28	8	0
1912	20.4	146	28.1	144	12.7	145	1.90	119	0
1911	35.3	20	43.1	20	27.4	27	3.30	51	0
1910	30.8	59	37.8	66	23.8	55	5.33	7	0
1909	35.1	23	42.7	22	27.5	24	3.10	61	0
1908	30.5	64	38.2	60	22.7	71	1.65	129	0
1907	34.7	27	43.8	17	25.6	43	5.58	6	0
1906	38.4	6	46.3	8	30.6	10	1.84	122	0
1905	26.1	110	34.3	106	18	111	2.36	90	0
1904	25.3	113	32.6	116	18	111	2.31	95	0
1903	30.7	60	37.6	68	23.7	58	2.33	93	0
1902	30.4	66	36.8	78	24	52	1.49	141	0
1901	32.5	44	39.2	53	25.8	39	1.98	113	0
1900	34	32	41.7	30	26.3	37	1.54	138	0
1899	31.3	55	39.4	49	23.3	65	3.41	46	0
1898	35.3	20	42	28	28.6	17	3.40	47	0
1897	27.3	101	34.5	102	20.2	93	1.34	147	0
1896	31.3	55	37.5	70	25.2	46	1.63	131	0
1895	27.1	102	34.6	99	19.5	103	4.16	24	0
1894	37	11	45.1	13	28.9	14	2.02	109	0
1893	21.5	138	28.4	142	14.7	137	2.36	90	0
1892	28	89	34.1	108	22	77	3.29	53	0
1891	35	24	40	43	29.9	12	2.43	86	0
1890			49.8	2			4.18	23	4
1889					31.1	7	2.50	83	6
1888	27.7	92	35.5	89	19.9	96	6.17	3	0
1887					21.7	79	1.92	118	5
1886	27.6	95	35.4	94	19.9	96	3.21	57	0
1885	28.2	85	36.6	82	19.8	99	4.03	25	1
1884	24	120	32.7	115	15.2	132	4.82	12	0
1883	28.3	84	36	85	20.9	86	3.22	56	1
1882	32.7	42	40.1	41	25.3	45	4.58	18	0
1881	27.4	99	34.6	99	20.4	90	3.55	37	1
1880	44.5	1	52.2	1	36.7	1	3.02	64	0
1879	26.5	108	34	109	19.1	109	1.54	138	0
1878	32.1	47	38.5	57	25.7	41	2.52	82	0
1877	27.6	95	35.4	94	19.9	96	2.99	67	0
1876	37	11	47.4	6	26.6	33	3.59	36	0
1875	22.6	128	30.8	126	14.4	140	2.17	103	0
1874							2.92	73	31
1873							3.16	59	31
1872							1.85	121	31
1871							1.96	115	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1880	44.5
1932	41.8
1950	40.8
1913	40.2
1933	39
1906	38.4
2006	38.1
1949	37.9
1937	37.7
1916	37.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	11.4
1940	17.4
1918	18.6
1912	20.4
1981	20.5
1970	20.6
1982	20.9
1994	21
1963	21.1
1979	21.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1937	7.15
1978	6.25
1888	6.17
2005	6.12
1950	5.67
1907	5.58
1910	5.33
2024	5.28
1913	5.28
1951	4.90

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	0.77
1940	0.88
1967	1.06
1946	1.12
1931	1.16
1983	1.19
1944	1.26
1928	1.30
1955	1.34
1897	1.34

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -11°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.01 in; 25 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 2.16 in of precipitation in Pittsburgh, PA, the driest January since 2025, 53rd driest of 156.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA: 66°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA: a low of -11°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Pittsburgh, PA: 1.01 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.