Soggy weather heading into Memorial Day weekend for the Pittsburgh area
BRAXTON ASHCROFT WILL GET THE START. TO KICK OFF THE MORNING WITH SOME RAIN SHOWERS ARE CONTINUING TO MOVE SOUTHWARD. WET MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. WE GOT THREE DAYS IN A ROW EXTENDING INTO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. WE ARE GOING TO BE WARMING UP, BUT NOT ONLY THIS WEEKEND BUT INTO NEXT WEEK AS YOU READY TO STEP OUT THE DOOR INTO ALLEGHENY COUNTY? SHOWERS ARE STARTING TO TAPER OFF ALONG 28, BUT STILL HOLDING ON AND RELATIVELY LIGHT ALONG THE PARKWAY EAST, EVEN DOWN ALONG 51 AND 79. AS YOU HEAD INTO WASHINGTON COUNTY, YOU’RE GOING TO SEE STILL SOME OF THOSE RAIN SHOWERS. THIS EXTENDS ALONG INTERSTATE 70, TAKING OVER ALL OF WESTMORELAND, INDIANA, STILL CLIPPING SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF ARMSTRONG COUNTY DOWN INTO GREENE, FAYETTE, SOMERSET. AGAIN, STEADY RAINFALL ALONG INTERSTATE 70 THERE INTO SOMERSET COUNTY. A SPRINKLE OR TWO THE FURTHER NORTH YOU LIVE. BUT YOU’VE BEEN PRETTY DRY AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAY DRY THE FURTHER NORTH YOU ARE, AND GRADUALLY THESE RAIN SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF AFTER 8:00 9:00. MOST OF US WILL BE DRY WITH THE EXCEPTION INTO THOSE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. STILL COULD HAVE SOME OF THAT RAIN HOLDING ON. CLOUDS ARE GOING TO BE A SLOW GO TO DECREASE, BUT WE SHOULD SEE SOME SUNSHINE, ESPECIALLY THE FURTHER NORTH YOU LIVE. AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, CLOUDS MOVE QUICKLY BACK IN AS WE HEAD INTO FRIDAY MORNING. BUT AS OF NOW, A DRY FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE AS WE GET LATER INTO THE DAY, YOU’LL START TO SEE THE ONSET OF THIS RAIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 AS EARLY AS THREE 4:00. THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FILTER IN NORTHWARD BY SEVEN. IT’S JUST REACHING INTO THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO TAKE OVER AFTER 8:00. POCKETS OF HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED AGAIN, FRIDAY IS AN IMPACT DAY. SATURDAY IS AN IMPACT DAY. SATURDAY WILL HAVE THE HEAVIEST OF RAIN INTO THE MORNING. IT WILL SLOWLY LIGHTEN UP AND TAPER OFF AFTER 3:00, 4:00 INTO THE AFTERNOON. UNFORTUNATELY, WE’RE NOT RAIN FREE AS WE GET INTO SATURDAY EVENING. SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK, BUT WE’LL STILL HAVE SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS TRYING TO LINGER INTO SUNDAY, POTENTIALLY INTO MEMORIAL DAY ON MONDAY. BUT THE WORST OF THE DAYS WILL BE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SO IT’S NOT A WASHOUT TO FINISH OUT THE WEEKEND, BUT THERE’S STILL A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS. BUT HEY, AT LEAST WE WARM UP BACK INTO THE UPPER 70S NEAR 80 DEGREES. IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE RAIN RIGHT NOW, YOU DO HAVE THE CLOUD COVER. THE CITY IS STARTING TO DRY OUT. JUST A BEAUTIFUL SHOT THERE WHERE THE RAIN IS STILL PRETTY STEADY. WE’RE SEEING VISIBILITY DROP JUST A LITTLE BIT. THERE COULD BE SOME PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTMORELAND, SOMERSET, OUT INTO WASHINGTON AND GREENE COUNTY. BUT OVERALL, TEMPS ARE ON THE COOLER SIDE. UPPER 40S AND LOW 50S AS YOU STEP OUT 52 IN GREENSBURG AND UNIONTOWN, 49 IN BEAVER, 49 RIGHT NOW IN CLARION, 49 ALSO IN WASHINGTON WILL BE CLIMBING MID TO UPPER 60S TODAY. STAY INTO THE MID 60S FRIDAY. SLOW GO TO WARM UP ON SATURDAY, LOW 70S. THAT’S WHAT WE WANT TO SEE INTO THE UPPER 70S AS WE FINISH OUT THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND. AGAIN EXPECTING TO STAY DRY AS WE GET INTO TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AN
Soggy weather heading into Memorial Day weekend for the Pittsburgh area
Updated: 7:33 AM EDT May 21, 2026
A soggy pattern sets up for Memorial Day weekend. Friday and Saturday Impact Days.Impact Day: Spotty showers and stormsImpact day to kick off your morning with rain showers, especially from Allegheny county on South and East. Otherwise, cloudy & cool with clouds gradually decreasing north. Rain will end later this morning as the cold front clears. A cold front will help to usher back in more seasonal air for the weekend.Wet weather through Memorial DayRain looks to return late Friday and Saturday. Friday and Saturday will be the wettest period of the weekend with perhaps a couple of inches of rain. Friday and Saturday are Impact Days due to the heavy rain from late Friday into at least the first half of Saturday.We see more isolated showers Sunday before more rain is possible on Memorial Day. Right now, it looks like Memorial Day may be the driest day of the weekend.Eventually… Warmer & drierHigh temperatures will register closer to 80 degrees between the rain chances Sunday and Memorial Day. Conditions will remain mild and dry after the holiday. We will watch our rivers early next week, based on our weekend rainfall, for possible river rises.TODAY: Impact Day with AM rain showers, mostly cloudy,cooler High: 68°TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Low 53°.FRIDAY – Impact Day: PM Rain. High: 65°, low: 52°.SATURDAY – Impact Day: Widespread rain, heavy at times. High: 70°, low: 60°.
PITTSBURGH —
A soggy pattern sets up for Memorial Day weekend. Friday and Saturday Impact Days.
Impact Day: Spotty showers and storms
Impact day to kick off your morning with rain showers, especially from Allegheny county on South and East. Otherwise, cloudy & cool with clouds gradually decreasing north.
Rain will end later this morning as the cold front clears. A cold front will help to usher back in more seasonal air for the weekend.
Wet weather through Memorial Day
Rain looks to return late Friday and Saturday. Friday and Saturday will be the wettest period of the weekend with perhaps a couple of inches of rain. Friday and Saturday are Impact Days due to the heavy rain from late Friday into at least the first half of Saturday.
We see more isolated showers Sunday before more rain is possible on Memorial Day. Right now, it looks like Memorial Day may be the driest day of the weekend.
Eventually… Warmer & drier
High temperatures will register closer to 80 degrees between the rain chances Sunday and Memorial Day. Conditions will remain mild and dry after the holiday. We will watch our rivers early next week, based on our weekend rainfall, for possible river rises.
TODAY: Impact Day with AM rain showers, mostly cloudy,cooler High: 68°
TONIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Low 53°.
FRIDAY – Impact Day: PM Rain. High: 65°, low: 52°.
SATURDAY – Impact Day: Widespread rain, heavy at times. High: 70°, low: 60°.