Pittsburgh, PA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 28.2°F in Pittsburgh, PA, the coldest winter since 2015, 31st coldest of 151.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 28.2°F; Coldest since 2015; 31st coldest of 151
Precipitation: 6.58 in; Driest since 2015; 42nd driest of 155

A normal winter in Pittsburgh, PA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.1°F, between 27.3°F and 35.3°F in eight years of ten and 8.18 in of precipitation, between 5.91 in and 11.80 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Pittsburgh, PA since 1876: 28.2°F in 2026; the lowest is 20.5°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 27.3 to 35.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Pittsburgh, PA from 1872 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	28.2	121	36.9	106	19.5	134	6.58	114	0
2025	30.8	89	38.1	90	23.5	83	8.42	61	0
2024	38.4	4	45.7	5	31	4	9.84	37	0
2023	36.4	10	44.3	9	28.5	11	7.32	96	0
2022	32.1	61	40.9	42	23.4	90	11.54	15	0
2021	30.6	93	36.7	110	24.4	67	8.62	55	0
2020	34.7	29	42.2	30	27.3	25	10.51	25	0
2019	32.1	61	39.7	60	24.5	65	12.23	9	0
2018	31.4	79	39.8	57	23.1	94	13.09	3	0
2017	36.1	13	44	11	28.3	15	8.43	60	0
2016	35	24	43.5	14	26.5	32	7.97	73	0
2015	26.7	138	34.3	135	19	138	6.43	117	0
2014	27.4	128	35.6	122	19.1	137	7.69	83	0
2013	32.9	46	39.9	53	25.9	39	10.10	30	0
2012	35.2	21	43	17	27.4	22	8.56	56	0
2011	27	132	33.6	141	20.4	125	8.21	64	0
2010	27.8	127	34.4	134	21.3	115	9.65	40	0
2009	28.6	117	36.9	106	20.4	125	9.24	45	0
2008	31.8	69	39.5	63	24.1	74	11.36	16	0
2007	31	86	38.9	78	23.2	93	7.26	100	0
2006	32.1	61	39.4	69	24.8	59	7.21	103	0
2005	31.8	69	39.5	63	24	76	11.75	13	0
2004	28.8	112	36.6	111	20.9	118	10.56	24	0
2003	26.2	141	32.6	145	19.8	131	7.61	85	0
2002	36	14	43.9	13	28	19	5.36	142	0
2001	28.7	114	35.8	118	21.5	111	5.08	149	0
2000	32.7	48	40.6	44	24.8	59	6.47	116	0
1999	33.9	33	42.5	23	25.3	47	9.12	46	0
1998	36.3	12	42.4	28	30.1	6	7.49	92	0
1997	33.2	42	41.3	36	25.1	53	4.71	153	0
1996	28.4	120	36.2	114	20.6	123	7.84	75	0
1995	32.1	61	40.3	46	23.9	78	5.97	126	0
1994	27.3	130	35	130	19.6	132	8.15	67	0
1993	32.4	52	39.7	60	25.1	53	8.74	53	0
1992	33.3	39	41.1	38	25.5	45	7.52	90	0
1991	34.3	31	42.6	21	26.1	38	12.94	4	0
1990	30.7	92	39.2	74	22.3	99	9.00	50	0
1989	31.9	68	40.1	49	23.6	82	7.58	87	0
1988	30.2	97	38.3	86	22.2	100	7.36	94	0
1987	31.1	83	38.1	90	24.2	72	6.41	118	0
1986	28.9	110	36	117	21.8	107	8.18	66	0
1985	29.7	105	37.7	98	21.8	107	5.92	129	0
1984	28.1	122	35.7	121	20.5	124	7.72	78	0
1983	34.2	32	41.8	32	26.5	32	5.56	138	0
1982	26.2	141	33.6	141	18.8	139	9.37	44	0
1981	26.7	138	34.9	132	18.4	141	6.35	121	0
1980	28.6	117	35.8	118	21.4	113	5.17	147	0
1979	24.2	148	31.8	148	16.6	149	13.16	2	0
1978	25	145	32.3	146	17.6	146	10.06	31	0
1977	20.5	151	28.9	151	12	152	4.74	152	0
1976	31.1	83	38.6	82	23.5	83	7.89	74	0
1975	32.4	52	38.5	84	26.2	37	12.00	10	0
1974	32.4	52	39.5	63	25.3	47	7.72	78	0
1973	32	66	39.5	63	24.4	67	6.87	110	0
1972	31.7	72	40.1	49	23.3	91	8.72	54	0
1971	28.7	114	35.8	118	21.5	111	9.62	41	0
1970	24.9	147	32.3	146	17.5	147	7.48	93	0
1969	27.9	126	35.4	126	20.3	127	5.77	136	0
1968	26.9	135	35	130	18.8	139	5.84	134	0
1967	29.9	103	37.8	97	22	101	5.30	145	0
1966	30.3	96	37	105	23.5	83	8.38	62	0
1965	30.2	97	38.6	82	21.9	103	11.08	20	0
1964	26.9	135	34	138	19.9	130	5.52	139	0
1963	21.5	150	30	150	13.1	151	5.88	130	0
1962	28.6	117	36.3	113	20.8	119	7.59	86	0
1961	25.7	144	33.6	141	17.8	144	6.72	112	0
1960	31.5	76	38	92	24.9	57	8.95	51	0
1959	26.5	140	35.2	128	17.7	145	7.24	101	0
1958	28.7	114	35.5	123	21.9	103	8.50	58	0
1957	32.9	46	40	51	25.9	39	6.35	121	0
1956	30.1	99	37.1	103	23	95	8.28	63	0
1955	29.5	106	37.1	103	21.9	103	7.28	99	0
1954	33.7	35	41.6	33	25.7	41	5.32	144	0
1953	35.4	17	42.5	23	28.2	17	6.40	119	0
1952	34.8	28	42.6	21	27	26	11.34	17	0
1951	31.2	82	38.3	86	24	76	10.93	21	0
1950	36.5	9	44.6	7	28.4	14	12.84	5	0
1949	36.9	7	44.6	7	29.2	9	9.82	39	0
1948	28.9	110	36.9	106	21	116	5.14	148	0
1947	31.8	69	40	51	23.7	80	7.31	97	0
1946	30.4	95	38.3	86	22.4	98	5.96	127	0
1945	27	132	34.3	135	19.6	132	11.96	11	0
1944	31.5	76	38.9	78	24.2	72	4.66	154	0
1943	30.1	99	37.7	98	22.5	97	10.26	26	0
1942	30.8	89	38	92	23.5	83	5.45	141	0
1941	31.1	83	38	92	24.1	74	6.40	119	0
1940	27.2	131	33.7	139	20.7	122	5.86	132	0
1939	33.3	39	41	40	25.6	42	8.10	70	0
1938	31.7	72	39	76	24.4	67	7.79	76	0
1937	34.9	26	42.8	20	26.9	28	11.94	12	0
1936	23.4	149	30.5	149	16.4	150	9.07	48	0
1935	32.7	48	39.9	53	25.6	42	6.74	111	0
1934	29.9	103	38	92	21.8	107	6.29	123	0
1933	36	14	44.1	10	27.9	20	5.79	135	0
1932	40.6	2	47.5	3	33.6	2	8.56	56	0
1931	33.1	43	39.3	71	26.8	30	4.81	151	0
1930	35.1	22	42.4	28	27.8	21	6.94	109	0
1929	30.9	88	38.2	89	23.5	83	7.13	104	0
1928	32.3	58	39.4	69	25.3	47	7.53	89	0
1927	33.1	43	39.8	57	26.4	34	10.61	23	0
1926	31	86	37.6	100	24.4	67	7.72	78	0
1925	33.3	39	41	40	25.5	45	7.02	107	0
1924	33.7	35	41.1	38	26.4	34	12.34	8	0
1923	32.2	60	39.5	63	25	56	7.65	84	0
1922	32.6	51	39.9	53	25.2	50	5.49	140	0
1921	35.3	19	42.1	31	28.5	11	7.09	105	0
1920	26.9	135	34.5	133	19.3	136	7.30	98	0
1919	36.4	10	43.4	15	29.3	8	6.50	115	0
1918	25	145	33	144	17.1	148	5.88	130	0
1917	30.6	93	39.3	71	22	101	7.33	95	0
1916	32.1	61	39.8	57	24.5	65	9.97	34	0
1915	32.3	58	39.3	71	25.2	50	11.27	18	0
1914	31.7	72	38.5	84	24.9	57	8.14	69	0
1913	35.1	22	42.9	19	27.4	22	10.25	27	0
1912	28.1	122	35.5	123	20.8	119	7.50	91	0
1911	32.4	52	39.6	62	25.2	50	8.15	67	0
1910	28.8	112	36.1	115	21.4	113	11.23	19	0
1909	35.7	16	43.2	16	28.2	17	9.51	43	0
1908	31.3	80	38.9	78	23.7	80	7.57	88	0
1907	31.6	75	39.9	53	23.3	91	8.84	52	0
1906	34.4	30	42.5	23	26.3	36	5.95	128	0
1905	27.4	128	35.5	123	19.4	135	6.11	125	0
1904	26.2	141	34.2	137	18.2	142	5.86	132	0
1903	32	66	39	76	25.1	53	10.03	32	0
1902	30.1	99	36.8	109	23.5	83	7.78	77	0
1901	30.8	89	37.4	102	24.3	71	4.88	150	0
1900	32.4	52	40.2	48	24.6	63	6.64	113	0
1899	30	102	37.5	101	22.6	96	8.01	72	0
1898	34.9	26	41.4	35	28.5	11	8.44	59	0
1897	32.4	52	39.2	74	25.6	42	7.01	108	0
1896	33.7	35	40.5	45	26.9	28	7.72	78	0
1895	29	109	36.1	115	21.9	103	8.03	71	0
1894	35	24	43	17	27	26	7.70	82	0
1893	28.1	122	35.4	126	20.8	119	9.02	49	0
1892	35.4	17	42.5	23	28.3	15	8.19	65	0
1891	35.3	19	41.5	34	29.1	10	14.16	1	0
1890	43.2	1	51.4	1	34.8	1	12.77	7	5
1889	33.8	34	40.3	46	27.4	22	5.74	137	6
1888	32.7	48	40.7	43	24.8	59	9.90	36	0
1887	33	45	41.3	36	24.7	62	10.25	27	5
1886	31.5	76	39.5	63	23.5	83	6.24	124	0
1885	29.1	107	38	92	20.3	127	10.00	33	1
1884	33.5	38	42.5	23	24.6	63	12.79	6	0
1883	31.3	80	38.9	78	23.8	79	9.56	42	1
1882	37.7	5	45.2	6	30.2	5	11.66	14	0
1881	28	125	35.1	129	21	116	9.95	35	1
1880	40.4	3	48.6	2	32.2	3	10.65	22	0
1879	27	132	33.7	139	20.2	129	7.24	101	0
1878	37	6	44	11	29.9	7	5.35	143	0
1877	29.1	107	36.6	111	21.6	110	5.25	146	0
1876	36.6	8	46.5	4	26.7	31	10.21	29	0
1875					18.2	142	7.04	106	31
1874							9.84	37	90
1873							9.10	47	90
1872							4.13	155	91

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1890	43.2
1932	40.6
1880	40.4
2024	38.4
1882	37.7
1878	37
1949	36.9
1876	36.6
1950	36.5
2023	36.4
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	20.5
1963	21.5
1936	23.4
1979	24.2
1970	24.9
1978	25
1918	25
1961	25.7
2003	26.2
1982	26.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1891	14.16
1979	13.16
2018	13.09
1991	12.94
1950	12.84
1884	12.79
1890	12.77
1924	12.34
2019	12.23
1975	12.00

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1872	4.13
1944	4.66
1997	4.71
1977	4.74
1931	4.81
1901	4.88
2001	5.08
1948	5.14
1980	5.17
1877	5.25

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 66°F; 9 January 2026
Coldest night: -11°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.46 in; 20 February 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 6.58 in of precipitation in Pittsburgh, PA, the driest winter since 2015, 42nd driest of 155.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Pittsburgh, PA: 66°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Pittsburgh, PA: a low of -11°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Pittsburgh, PA: 1.46 in on Friday 20 February 2026.