TimB

Might we make a run at 90 tomorrow?

The record for most 75+ degree days through the end of April is 15 in 1945. The record since observations moved to the current airport location is 12 in 1960. We’re currently at 7 with a decent shot of up to 7 more before the month is over.

To add to that, today is tied for the 7th earliest 86 degree day on record, and is third earliest at PIT. 4/11/1930 4/14/1883 4/16/2002 4/17/1896 4/18/1896 4/18/1976 4/19/1941 4/19/2025

Yes, officially the first April morning that hasn’t dropped below 73. If we weren’t getting a cold front today we could have obliterated the record warm low for April.

79 on the 10pm hourly obs at PIT. Warmest 10pm temp ever observed in April at PIT. Edit: we also smashed nearly every hourly record overnight. Temp hovered at 76 until 5am and has just now dropped to 73 or 74.

That is the coldest max ever recorded in the month of April, and by a full 3 degrees at that. Interestingly, today also claims a tie for the record high for the month of April, with 90 in 1896.

Thing passed right over the north hills. My biggest hailstones were around quarter to half dollar size. Reports of up to golf ball.

This past weekend was the first time on record that PIT airport didn’t get below 60 for consecutive days in March.

Low of 64 so far. If that holds through 1am (possible) it will be the warmest March low ever observed at Pittsburgh International and tied for 2nd in the entire period of record.

Officially a high of 81 at PIT. This is the earliest ever 81 on record, just 134 days after we recorded the latest ever 81 on record on 11/5/2024.

Looks like we did reach 80. That hourly obs of 80/14 is now officially the lowest relative humidity ever observed at PIT (8%).

Current obs of 79/16 at PIT. 9% relative humidity. Lowest relative humidity ever observed on a 4pm obs at PIT. If you throw out the 6% at 10am on 7/29/96, which is definitely erroneous, this is now tied for the 2nd lowest relative humidity ever observed at any hour at PIT, behind just the 6pm obs on 3/30/07. I looked at the unrounded csv file and it’s actually a hair lower than the other 9% obs.

Also, Tuesday 3/11 through Sunday 3/16 is the earliest in a calendar year we’ve ever had 6 straight 70 degree days. Previous earliest was 3/13-23/2012.

Sounds like Latrobe gusted to 89 during the storms yesterday. https://x.com/NWSPittsburgh/status/1901611673460375904