Alert Day: Another record cold start for Pittsburgh
Temperatures improve through the teens this weekend.
THAT RECENT STORM. NOW, LET’S GET TO ANOTHER CHECK OF YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT HAS STOPPED SNOWING FOR QUITE SOME TIME, WE ARE SO FAR FROM OUT OF THE WOODS JUST YET. RIGHT? IT’S KIND OF JUST PAINS YOU TO EVEN THINK ABOUT HAVING TO GO OUTSIDE, HAVING ALL THOSE LAYERS ON TO STAY SAFE AND WARM AS WE’RE STILL BATTLING THIS POLAR AIR THAT BROUGHT US, YET AGAIN, ANOTHER MORNING OF RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES NINE DEGREES BELOW ZERO. I KNOW IT IS GETTING WORSE, RIGHT? IT KEEPS ON DROPPING. FORTUNATELY, THOUGH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE’VE SEEN THE WORST OF THE COLD AIR BEHIND US ALREADY. BUT AGAIN, GOOD ENOUGH TO SET A BRAND NEW RECORD. WASN’T HARD TO DO HERE THIS MORNING. FIVE DEGREES BELOW ZERO WAS THE NUMBER THAT WE HAD TO BEAT. NOW, NEXT WEEK, IT’S NOT GOING TO BE QUITE AS COLD. WE ARE EXPECTING THE NUMBERS TO IMPROVE INTO THE 20S FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES. ALSO INTRODUCING A COUPLE OF PASSING SNOW CHANCES. NOTHING IS GOING TO BE TOO BIG, BUT THERE CERTAINLY IS A STORM THAT WE’LL HAVE OUR EYES ON AS WE HEAD INTO THE EARLY DAYS OF FEBRUARY. RIGHT NOW, 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO, THAT IS YOUR ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE. THIS IS PURE ARCTIC AIR RIGHT NOW OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. TEN BELOW IS THE CURRENT TEMPERATURE FOR BEAVER AND 11 BELOW IN GREENSBURG SEVEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO. THAT’S IT RIGHT NOW FOR PITTSBURGH. AND ALSO BUTLER. EVERYBODY IS UNDER SOME SORT OF COLD WEATHER ALERT. EXTREME COLD WARNING FOR AREAS NORTH OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH. ALSO INTO THE RIDGES. MEANWHILE, ALLEGHENY AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES, AS THE COLD WEATHER ADVISORY. BOTH ALERTS WILL LAST THROUGH 11:00 THIS MORNING. HERE’S A BREAKDOWN OF WIND CHILLS. WE ARE EXPECTING THE WIND TO PICK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT HERE ONCE THE SUN WAKES UP, SO STILL, WE COULD FIND SOME NUMBERS AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. STILL IN THE SUBZERO TERRITORY. EVEN AS WE WORK TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON AND YET AGAIN TONIGHT, WE WILL SEE ANOTHER COLD WEATHER ADVISORY GO INTO EFFECT FOR EVERYONE ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. HERE’S A PREVIEW FOR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST 14 DEGREES FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. BUT AGAIN, IT’S STILL GOING TO FEEL CLOSE TO ZERO AS WE WORK THROUGH. YOUR SATURDAY IS AN ALERT DAY, THEN BACK TO BACK IMPACT DAYS FOR THE START OF FEBRUARY. YOU’LL NOTICE SOME FLAKES ARE ALSO IN THE FORECAST FOR GROUNDHOG DAY, TUESDAY AND ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY. THAT’S THE DAY THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATCH AS WE GO THROUGH THE WEEK. RIGHT NOW, FAIR SKIES. PART OF THE REASON WHY IT GOT SO BRUTALLY COLD THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. CLOUDS WILL BE SHIFTING IN WORKING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS SATURDAY. WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF WE CATCH A FEW FLAKES AS WE’RE REALLY NOT EXPECTING MUCH THOUGH IN TERMS OF ACCUMULATION. WE START WITH CLOUDS AND A BIT MORE SUNSHINE FOR YOUR SUNDAY. WE’LL CALL IT PARTLY CLOUDY AS WELL AS WE FAST FORWARD INTO GROUNDHOG DAY ON MONDAY. BUT IF YOU ARE MAKING THE TRIP UP TO GOBBLER’S KNOB. LILY AND I WILL BE THERE BRINGING YOU ALL THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. BITTERLY COLD AS THE GATES OPEN AT 3 A.M. AS PHIL COMES OUT OF HIS STUMP AROUND 715 720. PROBABLY GOING TO FEEL LIKE FIVE DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON. MOST OF THOSE FLURRIES HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE IN THE DAY. WE COULD SEE A FEW MORE SNOW SHOWERS COMING IN ON TUESDAY. ACCUMULATION, MAYBE A DUSTING, A COATING AT BEST. CHECK OUT THOSE NUMBERS NEXT WEEK. WHO THOUGHT WE WOULD GET EXCITED FOR TEMPERATURES IN THE 20S? THAT’S HOW FEBRUARY WILL BEGIN. BUT WE ARE NOT DONE WITH THESE COLD SHOTS. ONE COULD BE COMING IN ON THE BACKSIDE OF SOME SNOW ON FRIDAY, A HIGH OF ONLY 17 NEXT WEEKEND, AND IT LOOKS LIKE IN OUR LONG RANGE FORECAST SECOND WEEK OF FEBRUARY. NOT SO PLEASANT, KIND OF ON PAR WITH WHAT WE DEALT WITH THIS WEEK. I KNOW IT JUST KEEPS ON COMING. WE CAN’T CATCH A BREAK. I KNOW BEFORE TOO LONG, SPRING HAS TO GET HER
Alert Day: Another record cold start for Pittsburgh
Temperatures improve through the teens this weekend.
Updated: 7:35 AM EST Jan 31, 2026
It is now back-t0-back mornings that Pittsburgh has broken a record low. Today is an Alert Day for sub-zero to near 0 degree wind chills throughout the day. This Arctic invasion will gradually ease next week.Alert Day: Record cold and sub-zero wind chillsPittsburgh has set another new record this morning. The number to beat was -5° from 2019. Afternoon highs will only manage to reach the low-to-mid teens. Any sunshine will come early in the day with an uptick in cloud cover this afternoon.A weekend coastal storm looks to stay far enough east that the Pittsburgh area won’t see any impacts. The polar air mass remains our leading weather story.A new Cold Weather Advisory goes into effect at 7 p.m. for the entire area and continues through 11 a.m. Sunday. Wind chills could go as low as 10 to 20 degrees below zero.Impact Days for frigid morningsSunday and Monday are Impact Days, primarily for the frigid morning readings. High temperatures will reach the mid 20s for the first time in over a week on Groundhog Day. Not as cold with passing flakes next week Temperatures will remain below freezing for early February. But instead of the teens, highs will be in the 20s. Lows will also return to the teens. Flurries are possible on Groundhog Day. A few more light snow showers will pass with little to no accumulation on Tuesday. The next system to watch could bring more snow to western Pennsylvania next Friday.TODAY – Severe Weather Alert Day: Frigid with increasing clouds. High: 14°.TONIGHT – Impact Day: Mostly cloudy with stray flakes. Wind chills of -20° to -10°. Low: 0°.SUNDAY – Impact Day: Sun and clouds and still very cold. High: 18°, low: 4°.MONDAY – Impact Day: Partly cloudy with flurries possible. Not as cold. High: 24°, low: 14°.TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy with snow showers possible. High: 28°, low: 15°.
PITTSBURGH —
It is now back-t0-back mornings that Pittsburgh has broken a record low. Today is an Alert Day for sub-zero to near 0 degree wind chills throughout the day. This Arctic invasion will gradually ease next week.
Alert Day: Record cold and sub-zero wind chills
Pittsburgh has set another new record this morning. The number to beat was -5° from 2019. Afternoon highs will only manage to reach the low-to-mid teens. Any sunshine will come early in the day with an uptick in cloud cover this afternoon.
A weekend coastal storm looks to stay far enough east that the Pittsburgh area won’t see any impacts. The polar air mass remains our leading weather story.
A new Cold Weather Advisory goes into effect at 7 p.m. for the entire area and continues through 11 a.m. Sunday. Wind chills could go as low as 10 to 20 degrees below zero.
Impact Days for frigid mornings
Sunday and Monday are Impact Days, primarily for the frigid morning readings. High temperatures will reach the mid 20s for the first time in over a week on Groundhog Day.
Not as cold with passing flakes next week
Temperatures will remain below freezing for early February. But instead of the teens, highs will be in the 20s. Lows will also return to the teens. Flurries are possible on Groundhog Day. A few more light snow showers will pass with little to no accumulation on Tuesday. The next system to watch could bring more snow to western Pennsylvania next Friday.
TODAY – Severe Weather Alert Day: Frigid with increasing clouds. High: 14°.
TONIGHT – Impact Day: Mostly cloudy with stray flakes. Wind chills of -20° to -10°. Low: 0°.
SUNDAY – Impact Day: Sun and clouds and still very cold. High: 18°, low: 4°.
MONDAY – Impact Day: Partly cloudy with flurries possible. Not as cold. High: 24°, low: 14°.
TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy with snow showers possible. High: 28°, low: 15°.