First snow 2026-27 ยท Pittsburgh, PA
When does Pittsburgh get its first snow?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 13.
- This winter
- None yet
- Normal date
- Nov 13 (1991-2020 median)
- Earliest on record
- Oct 18, 1972
- Latest on record
- Jan 4, 1942
- Record since
- 1880 (131 winters)
- Station
- Pittsburgh International Airport
- Snow so far
- 0 in
Common questions
When does Pittsburgh get its first snow?
Around Nov 13. That is the median date of the first measurable snow (at least 0.1 inch of snow (a trace does not count)) at Pittsburgh International Airport over the 1991-2020 winters, our calculation from NOAA's record.
Has Pittsburgh had its first snow this winter?
None yet through Nov 7. Normal first measurable snow: Nov 13.
What is the earliest first snow on record in Pittsburgh?
Oct 18, 1972, in a record that goes back to 1880.
What is the latest first snow on record in Pittsburgh?
Jan 4, 1942.
Every winter on record
| Season | Date | Snow |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Nov 27 | 0.4 in |
| 2024-25 | Nov 21 | 0.3 in |
| 2023-24 | Nov 1 | 0.2 in |
| 2022-23 | Nov 15 | 1.6 in |
| 2021-22 | Nov 14 | 0.3 in |
| 2020-21 | Nov 2 | 0.5 in |
| 2019-20 | Nov 12 | 3 in |
| 2018-19 | Nov 15 | 1 in |
| 2017-18 | Dec 9 | 0.2 in |
| 2016-17 | Nov 19 | 0.5 in |
| 2015-16 | Dec 18 | 0.3 in |
| 2014-15 | Nov 13 | 0.1 in |
| 2013-14 | Oct 25 | 0.1 in |
| 2012-13 | Nov 24 | 0.4 in |
| 2011-12 | Oct 29 | 1.6 in |
| 2010-11 | Dec 1 | 2 in |
| 2009-10 | Dec 5 | 0.1 in |
| 2008-09 | Oct 28 | 0.1 in |
| 2007-08 | Nov 22 | 0.1 in |
| 2006-07 | Dec 7 | 0.7 in |
| 2005-06 | Nov 22 | 0.2 in |
| 2004-05 | Dec 11 | 0.5 in |
| 2003-04 | Nov 13 | 0.4 in |
| 2002-03 | Nov 22 | 0.3 in |
| 2001-02 | Oct 27 | 0.2 in |
| 2000-01 | Nov 15 | 0.1 in |
| 1999-00 | Nov 2 | 0.1 in |
| 1998-99 | Dec 17 | 0.8 in |
| 1997-98 | Nov 12 | 0.5 in |
| 1996-97 | Nov 9 | 1.4 in |
| 1995-96 | Nov 8 | 0.3 in |
| 1994-95 | Nov 23 | 0.2 in |
| 1993-94 | Oct 30 | 1.9 in |
| 1992-93 | Oct 18 | 0.4 in |
| 1991-92 | Nov 7 | 0.4 in |
| 1990-91 | Dec 4 | 0.2 in |
| 1989-90 | Oct 21 | 0.2 in |
| 1988-89 | Oct 24 | 0.2 in |
| 1987-88 | Nov 10 | 1.4 in |
| 1986-87 | Nov 11 | 0.7 in |
| 1985-86 | Dec 3 | 0.8 in |
| 1984-85 | Nov 12 | 0.5 in |
| 1983-84 | Nov 4 | 0.7 in |
| 1982-83 | Nov 24 | 0.1 in |
| 1981-82 | Nov 21 | 0.5 in |
| 1980-81 | Nov 17 | 8.7 in |
| 1979-80 | Nov 15 | 0.2 in |
| 1978-79 | Nov 26 | 0.8 in |
| 1977-78 | Nov 11 | 0.3 in |
| 1976-77 | Nov 8 | 1.1 in |
| 1975-76 | Nov 13 | 0.3 in |
| 1974-75 | Nov 21 | 1 in |
| 1973-74 | Nov 9 | 0.3 in |
| 1972-73 | Oct 18 | 1.8 in |
| 1971-72 | Nov 6 | 0.3 in |
| 1970-71 | Nov 24 | 0.1 in |
| 1969-70 | Oct 23 | 0.4 in |
| 1968-69 | Nov 12 | 2.1 in |
| 1967-68 | Nov 6 | 0.1 in |
| 1966-67 | Nov 3 | 0.1 in |
| 1965-66 | Oct 28 | 0.2 in |
| 1964-65 | Nov 20 | 0.4 in |
| 1963-64 | Nov 2 | 1.4 in |
| 1962-63 | Oct 25 | 1.6 in |
| 1961-62 | Nov 8 | 0.2 in |
| 1960-61 | Oct 24 | 0.1 in |
| 1959-60 | Nov 2 | 0.1 in |
| 1958-59 | Nov 28 | 10.4 in |
| 1957-58 | Oct 27 | 1.5 in |
| 1956-57 | Nov 22 | 0.8 in |
| 1955-56 | Nov 19 | 4.6 in |
| 1954-55 | Nov 5 | 0.7 in |
| 1953-54 | Nov 7 | 1.9 in |
| 1952-53 | Oct 20 | 0.1 in |
| 1951-52 | Nov 1 | 0.6 in |
| 1950-51 | Nov 21 | 0.1 in |
| 1949-50 | Nov 17 | 2.8 in |
| 1948-49 | Nov 29 | 0.8 in |
| 1947-48 | Nov 28 | 0.5 in |
| 1946-47 | Dec 1 | 1 in |
| 1945-46 | Nov 23 | 0.6 in |
| 1944-45 | Dec 1 | 1.2 in |
| 1943-44 | Nov 10 | 0.2 in |
| 1942-43 | Nov 14 | 0.3 in |
| 1941-42 | Jan 4 | 5 in |
| 1940-41 | Nov 16 | 0.2 in |
| 1939-40 | Dec 5 | 0.4 in |
| 1938-39 | Nov 24 | 7 in |
| 1937-38 | Nov 15 | 0.1 in |
| 1936-37 | Nov 4 | 0.3 in |
| 1935-36 | Nov 29 | 0.1 in |
| 1934-35 | Nov 1 | 0.2 in |
| 1933-34 | Nov 9 | 2.2 in |
| 1932-33 | Dec 10 | 3.5 in |
| 1931-32 | Nov 27 | 2.5 in |
| 1930-31 | Nov 25 | 0.2 in |
| 1929-30 | Nov 28 | 0.5 in |
| 1928-29 | Nov 10 | 0.1 in |
| 1926-27 | Nov 21 | 0.2 in |
| 1925-26 | Oct 22 | 2.2 in |
| 1921-22 | Nov 12 | 1 in |
| 1920-21 | Nov 15 | 0.4 in |
| 1919-20 | Nov 24 | 0.5 in |
| 1918-19 | Dec 4 | 0.2 in |
| 1917-18 | Oct 24 | 3 in |
| 1916-17 | Nov 24 | 0.3 in |
| 1915-16 | Nov 15 | 0.1 in |
| 1914-15 | Nov 8 | 2.5 in |
| 1913-14 | Nov 9 | 12.5 in |
| 1912-13 | Nov 15 | 0.1 in |
| 1911-12 | Nov 12 | 1.7 in |
| 1910-11 | Nov 12 | 0.2 in |
| 1909-10 | Nov 19 | 0.2 in |
| 1908-09 | Nov 4 | 0.2 in |
| 1907-08 | Nov 24 | 0.4 in |
| 1906-07 | Nov 12 | 0.3 in |
| 1905-06 | Dec 3 | 0.8 in |
| 1904-05 | Nov 27 | 0.1 in |
| 1903-04 | Nov 26 | 0.2 in |
| 1902-03 | Nov 28 | 0.1 in |
| 1901-02 | Nov 4 | 1 in |
| 1900-01 | Nov 8 | 1.8 in |
| 1899-00 | Dec 4 | 0.5 in |
| 1898-99 | Nov 23 | 0.1 in |
| 1897-98 | Nov 23 | 0.2 in |
| 1896-97 | Dec 15 | 0.1 in |
| 1895-96 | Nov 20 | 0.4 in |
| 1894-95 | Nov 13 | 0.3 in |
| 1893-94 | Nov 16 | 0.3 in |
| 1892-93 | Nov 5 | 0.3 in |
| 1891-92 | Nov 17 | 1.2 in |
Sources
- Daily low temperature and snowfall, threaded station records (ThreadEx), NOAA Regional Climate Centers, Applied Climate Information System (ACIS)