Ahoff Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 Nice and cloudy out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 22 Author Share Posted June 22 First official 90 degree day. 92 so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rd9108 Posted June 23 Share Posted June 23 I know you guys complain about underperforming temps all the time but fuck this. Its hot and miserable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 23 Author Share Posted June 23 The temps so far are pretty much spot on. Looks like 93 so far today per the 5 minute obs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 NWS point and click centered at KPIT has lows at or above 70 every day through Monday. If that happens (I’ll bet it doesn’t), it’ll be the 7th occurrence on record of 9+ consecutive days with lows of 70+, first time at Pittsburgh International, first time since 1918, and the first time in June. Record is 12 in 1916. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 86F as of 9:51 am. It might slow down, but you have to think there's at least a chance of a 95F high today. The last official 95F reading was on September 4, 2018, although I do seem to recall some discussion about whether the sensor wasn't running a little hot at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 1 hour ago, TimB said: NWS point and click centered at KPIT has lows at or above 70 every day through Monday. If that happens (I’ll bet it doesn’t), it’ll be the 7th occurrence on record of 9+ consecutive days with lows of 70+, first time at Pittsburgh International, first time since 1918, and the first time in June. Record is 12 in 1916. Making a late push on the monthly temperatures. I'm a little skeptical that lows would stay above 70F that entire stretch, especially with showers and thunderstorms becoming increasingly likely. Too easy to drop into the low 70s with rain-cooled air in the evening. At that point, only a few more degrees of overnight cooling gets you into the upper 60s. Taking the NWS point-click values for PIT would yield a final monthly mean of 73.1F. That's 11th warmest in the "official" threaded record but would be the warmest ever at PIT and warmest in the threaded record since 1943. The cold start to the month prevents us from making a run any higher than that. Personally, I suspect that forecast is a little overdone with the increasing rain chances, but we'll see. Definitely going to feel like summertime either way. The warmest Junes at the current airport site are 1967 (73.0F), 1994 (72.9F), 2024 (72.8F) and 1991 (72.6F). The record is 75.9F in 1934, when observations were taken downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 Already have a 90 on the board at PIT. Two degrees above yesterday at the same time, with a dewpoint two degrees lower. I’d say 95 might be in play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 24 Author Share Posted June 24 Might have stopped at 93 again. Which is a bit surprising considering we ran ahead of yesterday most of today. Might still sneak a 94 in the inter obs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 24 Share Posted June 24 40 minutes ago, Ahoff said: Might have stopped at 93 again. Which is a bit surprising considering we ran ahead of yesterday most of today. Might still sneak a 94 in the inter obs. Daily climate report already has high of 94. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 Yep, temps were forecasted pretty well, maybe a hair under, but not as off as last year’s June heat. Dew points seemed lower than forecast as well, if only by a little. Still very hot out there, but more Heat advisory than Extreme Heat warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 First time since 1885, 1887 and 1888 that Pittsburgh has gotten to 94 in 3 out of 4 consecutive Junes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 34 minutes ago, TimB said: First time since 1885, 1887 and 1888 that Pittsburgh has gotten to 94 in 3 out of 4 consecutive Junes. Interestingly, those June's lately have outperformed July and August with peak temperatures (last year all three hit 94, but still). June has generally outperformed August these last few years. More front loaded summers it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 If this morning’s low of 74 holds, it’ll be the first time Pittsburgh International hasn’t dropped below 74 for three consecutive days, and the first in the threaded record since 1930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 Made it to 92 so far today. With clouds & scattered thundershowers, that’s probably as high as it will get today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said: Made it to 92 so far today. With clouds & scattered thundershowers, that’s probably as high as it will get today. Did a surge to 93. Might be the high today. With rain coming, I don't think that 74 degree low holds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChalkHillSnowNut Posted June 25 Share Posted June 25 What were the monthly averages in April and May? Were they above or below normal? I know Jan and Feb were pretty much lower right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahoff Posted June 25 Author Share Posted June 25 17 minutes ago, ChalkHillSnowNut said: What were the monthly averages in April and May? Were they above or below normal? I know Jan and Feb were pretty much lower right? April above, May slightly lower essentially average. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 Another 90 in the bag… 5 straight. That is the longest since an 8-day stretch ending July 10, 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 2 hours ago, TheClimateChanger said: Another 90 in the bag… 5 straight. That is the longest since an 8-day stretch ending July 10, 2020. We also had 5 day stretches in both July and August last summer, which I know doesn’t technically negate your statement. The only other time we had 5 day streaks of 90 degree temps in 3 consecutive summer months (not necessarily the same summer) was July and August of 1887 and June of 1888. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted June 26 Share Posted June 26 18 minutes ago, TimB said: We also had 5 day stretches in both July and August last summer, which I know doesn’t technically negate your statement. The only other time we had 5 day streaks of 90 degree temps in 3 consecutive summer months (not necessarily the same summer) was July and August of 1887 and June of 1888. Oh, well, technically off, then. This stretch *matches* the longest since 2020. Honestly, I forgot about those. I thought the June heat wave was 4-day stretch and 5 out of 6 days, but it looks like that hot spell was technically an 89, followed by 2 90s, then another 89, and then 3 90s. And then I guess there were 5-day stretches in both July and August last year, which clearly didn't garner as much publicity as the June heat wave. Granted with the two 89s in the mix, there were likely parts of the area (downtown, some valley locations) that may have seen 7 days in a row but without an official reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted Friday at 01:30 PM Share Posted Friday at 01:30 PM Assuming this morning’s low of 71 holds, it’ll be the 15th time on record that Pittsburgh hasn’t gone below 71 for at least 6 consecutive mornings, the first since August 13-18, 1995 (which is the only other time that’s happened since observations moved to PIT airport in 1952, and the first time it’s ever happened in June. Edit 10:20 pm: alas, it wasn’t to be. The storms killed it and dropped us below 71 this evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted Saturday at 05:39 PM Share Posted Saturday at 05:39 PM On 6/27/2025 at 9:30 AM, TimB said: Assuming this morning’s low of 71 holds, it’ll be the 15th time on record that Pittsburgh hasn’t gone below 71 for at least 6 consecutive mornings, the first since August 13-18, 1995 (which is the only other time that’s happened since observations moved to PIT airport in 1952, and the first time it’s ever happened in June. Edit 10:20 pm: alas, it wasn’t to be. The storms killed it and dropped us below 71 this evening. Made it down to 69F before midnight standard time, which was also today’s low. Although only at 9 in a row, I’m interested in seeing how many 80+ days we string together. Seemingly no end in sight, though. Strung together 37 in a row in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted Monday at 11:16 AM Share Posted Monday at 11:16 AM Up to 72.9F on the month at PIT for the mean temperature, matching 1994 as the highest in June since 1967 (73.0F) and surpassing last year’s final average by 0.1F. Pretty impressive turnaround considering the cold start to the month - we had accumulated an aggregate deficit of 22F from the normal value in just the first 2 days of the month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted Monday at 12:48 PM Share Posted Monday at 12:48 PM 1 hour ago, TheClimateChanger said: Up to 72.9F on the month at PIT for the mean temperature, matching 1994 as the highest in June since 1967 (73.0F) and surpassing last year’s final average by 0.1F. Pretty impressive turnaround considering the cold start to the month - we had accumulated an aggregate deficit of 22F from the normal value in just the first 2 days of the month. I assume today’s average should be enough to allow us to jump past 1994 and 1967 to be the hottest June recorded at Pittsburgh International? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted Monday at 01:07 PM Share Posted Monday at 01:07 PM 25 minutes ago, TimB said: I assume today’s average should be enough to allow us to jump past 1994 and 1967 to be the hottest June recorded at Pittsburgh International? Looks like it. Should finish around 73.1F, which would match 1925 for 11th hottest in the full threaded record and make it the hottest since 1943 in the threaded record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted Tuesday at 12:24 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 12:24 PM Yesterday was the 9th consecutive day the temperature at PIT didn’t drop below 69. That’s the longest streak on record at the airport. Could add another day to that today, depending on what the temp is at 1am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted Tuesday at 03:17 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 03:17 PM The usual Allegheny County flash flood warning in effect. Flash Flood Warning PAC003-125-011745- /O.NEW.KPBZ.FF.W.0095.250701T1451Z-250701T1745Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 1051 AM EDT Tue Jul 1 2025 The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania... Central Washington County in southwestern Pennsylvania... * Until 145 PM EDT. * At 1051 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over Wilkinsburg, or near Penn Hills, moving east at 20 mph. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Pittsburgh, Penn Hills, Mount Lebanon, Bethel Park, Ross Township, McCandless Township, Monroeville, McMurray, McKeesport, Canonsburg, Gastonville, Shaler Township, Plum, West Mifflin, North Side Pittsburgh, Baldwin, Upper St. Clair, Hampton Township, Scott Township and Wilkinsburg. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 4023 8027 4039 8026 4057 8000 4058 7977 4055 7977 4055 7974 4053 7971 4039 7975 4039 7976 4037 7977 4030 7979 4029 7978 4028 7980 4026 7979 4024 7981 4023 7980 FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED $$ MLB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimB Posted Tuesday at 05:05 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:05 PM On 6/28/2025 at 1:39 PM, TheClimateChanger said: Made it down to 69F before midnight standard time, which was also today’s low. Although only at 9 in a row, I’m interested in seeing how many 80+ days we string together. Seemingly no end in sight, though. Strung together 37 in a row in 2020. Appears the 80+ streak may already be in jeopardy. Not ruling it out yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheClimateChanger Posted Tuesday at 05:09 PM Share Posted Tuesday at 05:09 PM 2 minutes ago, TimB said: Appears the 80+ streak may already be in jeopardy. Not ruling it out yet. That's why I was hesitant to point it out. Always a chance for an all-day cloud and rain event. Even a couple of hours of sun would have easily sent the temperature up to 80F with mid-morning readings in the mid 70s. But probably too little, too late today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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