40.485°N, 80.215°W · station PITthr · 1874–2026 · 153 years of record
The Almanac Ribbon
Every day of the year at Pittsburgh: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
Record highRecord lowNormal high–low band (1991–2020)hottest ever 103°F · coldest ever -22°F
Records by Month
Month
Record high
Record low
Jan
75°Jan 22, 1906
-22°Jan 19, 1994
Feb
78°Feb 20, 2018
-20°Feb 10, 1899
Mar
84°Mar 25, 1929
-5°Mar 6, 2015
Apr
90°Apr 18, 1896
11°Apr 1, 1923
May
95°May 25, 1875
26°May 2, 1963
Jun
98°Jun 4, 1895
34°Jun 11, 1972
Jul
103°Jul 10, 1881
42°Jul 9, 1963
Aug
103°Aug 6, 1918
39°Aug 29, 1982
Sep
102°Sep 6, 1881
31°Sep 19, 1959
Oct
91°Oct 5, 1879
16°Oct 29, 1965
Nov
82°Nov 3, 1961
-1°Nov 30, 1958
Dec
74°Dec 3, 1982
-12°Dec 25, 1983
All-time
103°Jul 10, 1881
-22°Jan 19, 1994
Longest-Standing Records
The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power Pittsburgh on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.
Oldest-standing record highs
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Apr 7
82°
1875
151yrs
May 7
93°
1875
151yrs
May 23
92°
1875
151yrs
May 24
95°
1875
151yrs
May 27
92°
1875
151yrs
Jul 5
95°
1875
151yrs
Dec 25
68°
1875
151yrs
Dec 29
68°
1875
151yrs
Dec 30
69°
1875
151yrs
Jan 1
69°
1876
150yrs
Jan 28
70°
1876
150yrs
Feb 13
66°
1876
150yrs
Oldest-standing record lows
Date
Record
Set
Standing
Jan 9
-10°
1875
151yrs
Jan 10
-12°
1875
151yrs
Feb 15
-10°
1875
151yrs
Apr 15
21°
1875
151yrs
Apr 16
16°
1875
151yrs
Apr 17
14°
1875
151yrs
Apr 20
22°
1875
151yrs
Apr 21
22°
1875
151yrs
Jun 12
43°
1875
151yrs
Oct 16
25°
1876
150yrs
Dec 10
-6°
1876
150yrs
Mar 17
2°
1877
149yrs
All-Time Extremes
Hottest ever
103°F
1881-07-10
Coldest ever
-22°F
1994-01-19
Longest heat streak
13 days
≥ 90°F · ended 1988-07-16
The Warming Trend
Pittsburgh's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
Days Above / Below the Mark
6 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 12 · record 50 in 1881
68 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 110 · record 140 in 1963
The Full Record
Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.