Cold temperatures arrive in time for Thanksgiving festivities in Western Pennsylvania
Cold temperatures arrive Wednesday PM and Thanksgiving Day
NOW AT 719, AS WE LOOK INTO THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, THINGS ARE GOING TO GET PRETTY CHILLY. YEAH, WE’RE GOING TO GO FROM UMBRELLAS AND RAIN JACKETS TO WINTER JACKETS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS WEEK. YOU CAN SEE THE CLOUDS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. JUST A FEW SHOWERS IN THE AREA. MOST OF IT HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST AT THIS TIME, BUT WE’LL STILL HAVE A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES AS WE HEAD OVERNIGHT. A LITTLE WIDER VIEW FOR YOU HERE YOU CAN SEE THE BULK OF THAT RAIN MOVING UP AND INTO NEW YORK AND THE NORTHEAST. JUST SOME SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS, SOME LINGERING SHOWERS THAT WILL BE WITH US AS WE GO OVERNIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW MORNING. SO NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS IS THE BIG DIFFERENCE. WE’LL HAVE TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S UNTIL ABOUT 11:00, AND THEN TEMPERATURES WILL REALLY FALL OFF DOWN TO 37 BY 5:00, 34 BY 8 P.M. SO WE’RE GOING TO DROP ABOUT 20 DEGREES IN A QUICK PERIOD OF TIME. AS YOU CAN SEE. MAY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE AS WE GET LATER IN THE DAY TOMORROW. SO HIGH TEMPERATURE 57 DEGREES TOMORROW. BUT THAT HAPPENS AS WE GET INTO THE MORNING HOURS ABOUT 11 A.M. AND FROM THERE TEMPERATURES JUST DROPPED DOWN TO 28 DEGREES IN THE MORNING ON THURSDAY FOR THANKSGIVING AND 35 FOR A HIGH, 26 FOR YOUR LOW ON BLACK FRIDAY. SO IF YOU’RE GOING OUT SHOPPING EARLY, THAT’S WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. 33 FOR YOUR HIGH AND THEN 23 ON SATURDAY FOR THE PITT GAME. HIGH TEMPERATURE 36 DEGREES. AS WE GO INTO THE END OF THE WEEKEND, 45 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE, AND WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE OF SOME LIGHT SNOW CHANGING OVER TO SOME SHOWERS, SOME RAIN SHOWERS. ALL OF IT WILL BE LIGHT AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY. AS FAR AS PRECIPITATION, IT WILL BE RAIN UP UNTIL ABOUT NOONTIME. AFTER THAT, THE COLD AIR MOVES IN AND ANYTHING FROM THAT TIME ON IS FLURRIES OR LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS. AS YOU CAN SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. ALSO, THE CASE ON THURSDAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW NORTH OF I-80 CLOSE TO THE LAKE, THEY COULD SEE 6 TO 12IN OF SNOW IN THOSE AREAS. PENNSYLVANIA AND UP INTO WESTERN NEW YORK AS WELL. YOU CAN SEE WE WILL BE IN THE CLOUDS ON THURSDAY AS WE GO INTO FRIDAY. A COUPLE OF THOSE SNOWFLAKES CAN MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN TO THE SOUTH. BUT ALL IN ALL, MOST LOCATIONS WILL REMAIN DRY WITH MAYBE A FLURRY OR TWO FLYING AROUND. THIS IS NOON ON FRIDAY, SO AS FAR AS HOW MUCH SNOW YOU CAN EXPECT UP IN FRANKLIN, MAYBE UP TO AROUND THREE INCHES OF SNOW AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE LAKE, THAT’S WHERE YOU’LL GET A BETTER CHANCE OF SEEIN
Cold temperatures arrive in time for Thanksgiving festivities in Western Pennsylvania
Cold temperatures arrive Wednesday PM and Thanksgiving Day
Updated: 7:33 PM EST Nov 25, 2025
The majority of the widespread rain has departed the area. A few more showers will pop up Wednesday morning. Then, we are turning much colder for Thanksgiving Day.A few more showers into Wednesday morning Another round of spotty showers will cross before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Conditions will dry out for the second part of the day as our area turns colder.Much colder Wednesday PM and Thanksgiving DayPittsburgh’s high temperatures will slide about 20 degrees between Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day. That doesn’t account for the wind that will make it feel like the 20s on Thanksgiving. A few wet flakes could fly by Wednesday and Thanksgiving nights for areas north of Pittsburgh and in the ridges. Black Friday and Small Business Saturday will be even colder. Western PA will stay dry with more sunshine on Friday.Impact Day SundayThe Pitt game is looking dry but cold. The Steelers-Bills game Sunday afternoon could be a different story. We are watching another coast-to-coast storm system that could impact post-Thanksgiving travel on Sunday. We will likely start with snowflakes Sunday morning before we transition to rain showers and again see an almost all-day rain. This will likely cause many travel disruptions and impact the Steelers game, making Sunday an Impact Day. OVERNIGHT: Off and on isolated showers. Cloudy with patchy fog. Low: 50°.WEDNESDAY: Spotty showers before 1 p.m. Then temperatures drop. High: 57°, low: 28°.THANKSGIVING DAY: Much colder with clouds and passing flurries north. High: 35°, low: 26°.FRIDAY: Some sunshine, still cold. High: 33°, low: 23°.
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The majority of the widespread rain has departed the area. A few more showers will pop up Wednesday morning. Then, we are turning much colder for Thanksgiving Day.
A few more showers into Wednesday morning
Another round of spotty showers will cross before 1 p.m. Wednesday. Conditions will dry out for the second part of the day as our area turns colder.
Much colder Wednesday PM and Thanksgiving Day
Pittsburgh’s high temperatures will slide about 20 degrees between Wednesday and Thanksgiving Day. That doesn’t account for the wind that will make it feel like the 20s on Thanksgiving. A few wet flakes could fly by Wednesday and Thanksgiving nights for areas north of Pittsburgh and in the ridges. Black Friday and Small Business Saturday will be even colder. Western PA will stay dry with more sunshine on Friday.
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It will feel like we are in the teens for most of Thanksgiving Day.
Impact Day Sunday
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We start with snowflakes Sunday morning before we quickly transition to rain. Sunday is an Impact Day.
The Pitt game is looking dry but cold. The Steelers-Bills game Sunday afternoon could be a different story. We are watching another coast-to-coast storm system that could impact post-Thanksgiving travel on Sunday. We will likely start with snowflakes Sunday morning before we transition to rain showers and again see an almost all-day rain. This will likely cause many travel disruptions and impact the Steelers game, making Sunday an Impact Day.
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We turn on the December chill for Thanksgiving with rain and snow on Sunday.
OVERNIGHT: Off and on isolated showers. Cloudy with patchy fog. Low: 50°.
WEDNESDAY: Spotty showers before 1 p.m. Then temperatures drop. High: 57°, low: 28°.
THANKSGIVING DAY: Much colder with clouds and passing flurries north. High: 35°, low: 26°.
FRIDAY: Some sunshine, still cold. High: 33°, low: 23°.