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Pittsburgh, PA

40.485°N, 80.215°W · station PITthr · 153 years of record
67°F
forecast high · Oct 23

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Pittsburgh.
51°SAT10/1758°SUN10/1862°MON10/1966°TUE10/2066°WED10/2166°THU10/2267°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Pittsburgh — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.

Ranks

#49 / 151
warmest Oct 23 in 151 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 23 ever

82°F
set in 1947

Coolest Oct 23 ever

40°F
set in 1937
Forecast high 67°F — 49th warmest Oct 23 of 151 years · record 82°F (1947) · warmest since 2024.
1875: 71°F1876: 78°F1877: 65°F1878: 58°F1879: 62°F1880: 68°F1881: 66°F1882: 62°F1883: 56°F1884: 69°F1885: 54°F1886: 71°F1887: 70°F1888: 56°F1889: 49°F1890: 51°F1891: 54°F1892: 67°F1893: 66°F1894: 71°F1895: 50°F1896: 55°F1897: 58°F1898: 47°F1899: 77°F1900: 72°F1901: 78°F1902: 74°F1903: 56°F1904: 49°F1905: 51°F1906: 69°F1907: 56°F1908: 70°F1909: 48°F1910: 53°F1911: 56°F1912: 69°F1913: 70°F1914: 71°F1915: 55°F1916: 44°F1917: 55°F1918: 68°F1919: 60°F1920: 80°F1921: 64°F1922: 62°F1923: 47°F1924: 50°F1925: 48°F1926: 57°F1927: 71°F1928: 70°F1929: 50°F1930: 45°F1931: 76°F1932: 64°F1933: 54°F1934: 59°F1935: 66°F1936: 68°F1937: 40°F1938: 67°F1939: 49°F1940: 59°F1941: 64°F1942: 49°F1943: 48°F1944: 52°F1945: 52°F1946: 75°F1947: 82°F1948: 55°F1949: 67°F1950: 63°F1951: 79°F1952: 59°F1953: 72°F1954: 68°F1955: 72°F1956: 62°F1957: 63°F1958: 69°F1959: 74°F1960: 55°F1961: 63°F1962: 58°F1963: 79°F1964: 49°F1965: 50°F1966: 63°F1967: 71°F1968: 70°F1969: 42°F1970: 63°F1971: 67°F1972: 65°F1973: 70°F1974: 58°F1975: 75°F1976: 41°F1977: 59°F1978: 59°F1979: 65°F1980: 54°F1981: 50°F1982: 46°F1983: 56°F1984: 63°F1985: 73°F1986: 68°F1987: 60°F1988: 47°F1989: 68°F1990: 56°F1991: 79°F1992: 59°F1993: 62°F1994: 66°F1995: 76°F1996: 55°F1997: 48°F1998: 57°F1999: 44°F2000: 71°F2001: 76°F2002: 51°F2003: 42°F2004: 57°F2005: 53°F2006: 41°F2007: 70°F2008: 54°F2009: 66°F2010: 71°F2011: 60°F2012: 72°F2013: 44°F2014: 61°F2015: 64°F2016: 49°F2017: 67°F2018: 57°F2019: 58°F2020: 79°F2021: 51°F2022: 72°F2023: 62°F2024: 82°F2025: 50°F67° forecast40455055606570758085188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 2367°F
Hottest this date since2024
This-date record82°F
This-date rank#49 of 151
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record103°F (1881)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1874–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Pittsburgh in each calendar month, and for the whole 1874–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan75°FJan 22, 1906-22°FJan 19, 1994
Feb78°FFeb 20, 2018-20°FFeb 10, 1899
Mar84°FMar 25, 1929-5°FMar 6, 2015
Apr90°FApr 18, 189611°FApr 1, 1923
May95°FMay 25, 187526°FMay 2, 1963
Jun98°FJun 4, 189534°FJun 11, 1972
Jul103°FJul 10, 188142°FJul 9, 1963
Aug103°FAug 6, 191839°FAug 29, 1982
Sep102°FSep 6, 188131°FSep 19, 1959
Oct91°FOct 5, 187916°FOct 29, 1965
Nov82°FNov 3, 1961-1°FNov 30, 1958
Dec74°FDec 3, 1982-12°FDec 25, 1983
All-time103°FJul 10, 1881-22°FJan 19, 1994

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Pittsburgh so far this year — through Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

2 broke
plus 1 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (84°F)

Record Lows in 2026

2 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

82°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 1, 1901

Coldest high ever

-3°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 9, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan61°FJan 22, 1906-3°FJan 17, 1982
Feb59°FFeb 11, 1932-3°FFeb 9, 1899
Mar67°FMar 23, 190712°FMar 1, 1980
Apr69°FApr 30, 189925°FApr 18, 1875
May72°FMay 31, 189540°FMay 9, 1923
Jun78°FJun 27, 187647°FJun 1, 1910
Jul82°FJul 1, 190159°FJul 5, 1972
Aug81°FAug 6, 191861°FAug 28, 1915
Sep77°FSep 3, 189846°FSep 30, 1899
Oct75°FOct 4, 189834°FOct 26, 1962
Nov65°FNov 1, 192914°FNov 30, 1929
Dec59°FDec 8, 19660°FDec 25, 1983
All-time82°FJul 1, 1901-3°FFeb 9, 1899

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

13 days
record run, ended Jul 16 1988

So far in 2026

7 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Pittsburgh's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 60°F · forecast is +7° vs normal.
Jan: 37°FJan: 21°FFeb: 40°FFeb: 23°FMar: 49°FMar: 30°FApr: 63°FApr: 41°FMay: 72°FMay: 51°FJun: 80°FJun: 60°FJul: 83°FJul: 64°FAug: 82°FAug: 62°FSep: 75°FSep: 55°FOct: 63°FOct: 44°FNov: 51°FNov: 34°FDec: 41°FDec: 27°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise6:33 AM
Sunset5:40 PM
Solar noon12:06 PM
Daylight11h 07m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.48°N, 80.22°W

Nearby Stations

Wheeling, WV31 mi SWYoungstown, OH58 mi NWMorgantown, WV59 mi SNew Philadelphia, OH63 mi WAkron, OH70 mi WClarksburg, WV81 mi S

The Last 6 Weeks

Pittsburgh's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Pittsburgh, PA — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Pittsburgh's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Pittsburgh, PA — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1874

Each cell is one day's high at Pittsburgh, coloured by temperature — 153 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Pittsburgh, PA daily high heat map 1874–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Pittsburgh — counted through Oct 23 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
7 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 95th most in 153 years. Normal for this point: 12. Record: 50 in 1881.

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