We reserve the right to edit a comment that is quoted or excerpted in an article. Sunday’s relentless rains added to what was a near-record for annual rainfall.Sara Pieza and her children, Cameron Montgomery, 5, and Ava Montgomery, 3, all of Arnold, ventured out on a rainy Sunday to go grocery shopping.School reopening plans could change multiple times prior to first daySunny days bring uptick in air pollution to Southwestern Pa. Community college leaders tout cost advantages as 4-year schools go onlineCensus Bureau: In-person census counts to ‘present low risk’ of transmitting coronavirusMissing Indiana County woman found safe, troopers say‘Art Neighbors’ lend their talents to Greensburg Art Center showLawsuit seeks to ensure all mail-in ballots are countedBill Mazeroski goes to bat for New Stanton’s Poulich Pit BBQ sauce Here are some tips for planting and growing crops in a fall gardenIf you're hoping 2019 will be the wettest year on record in the Pittsburgh area, December is not likely to give you much hope.Among the National Weather Service's list of wettest months on record for Pennsylvania, December makes only one appearance: December 1990 brought 8.51 inches of precipitation, making it the 10th wettest month in the region's history.If you're hoping 2019 will be the wettest year on record in the Pittsburgh area, December is not likely to give you much hope.Among the National Weather Service's list of wettest months on record for Pennsylvania, December makes only one appearance: December 1990 brought 8.51 inches of precipitation, making it the 10th wettest month in the region's history.Reproduction or reuse prohibited without written consent. This year, precipitation has been relentless. Pittsburgh Climate Plots and Data (archived) Climate data on this page is PRELIMINARY (unofficial). That means a whopping 72.5% of the year has come with precipitation. This table gives the total precipitation that fell on Pittsburgh during June in each year from 2010. *This also includes the frozen version of rain…aka snow.That has only happened twice. In this case, we may fix spelling and punctuation.We welcome strong opinions and criticism of our work, but we don't want comments to become bogged down with discussions of our policies and we will moderate accordingly.We appreciate it when readers and people quoted in articles or blog posts point out errors of fact or emphasis and will investigate all assertions. Rainfall, past 7 days. The region again saw periodic showers on Tuesday.Despite the wet weather, Western Pennsylvania is still well below the rainfall of 2018, said meteorologist Myranda Fullerton.Since January, the area has had more than 15 inches of rain, which is about 2.50 inches above normal, she said. If it seems to have been wet for a solid week, it wasn’t your imagination.The Pittsburgh area saw rain for six consecutive days, with about an inch of rain recorded at Pittsburgh International Airport from Thursday through Monday, according to the National Weather Service Pittsburgh office in Moon. Rain is above average so far in 2019 but still lags behind 2018 deluge, National Weather Service says.School reopening plans could change multiple times prior to first daySunny days bring uptick in air pollution to Southwestern Pa. Community college leaders tout cost advantages as 4-year schools go onlineCensus Bureau: In-person census counts to ‘present low risk’ of transmitting coronavirusMissing Indiana County woman found safe, troopers say‘Art Neighbors’ lend their talents to Greensburg Art Center showLawsuit seeks to ensure all mail-in ballots are countedBill Mazeroski goes to bat for New Stanton’s Poulich Pit BBQ sauce Here are some tips for planting and growing crops in a fall gardenReproduction or reuse prohibited without written consent. Monthly: 1981-2010 normals The horizon should be clearly defined and the brightest stars should be visible under good atmospheric conditions (i.e.
As of Friday , the Pittsburgh area recorded 51.64 inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service. Pennsylvania experiences abundant precipitation. One still should be able to carry on ordinary outdoor activities.The time period when the sun is between 6 and 12 degrees below the horizon at either sunrise or sunset. This year, we have had 19.45”. The driest multi-year period was the 1960s, and wettest were the 1970s and 2000s (Figure 2c). Some people wouldn’t even be planting yet. We will make them as carefully and consistently as we can. By viewing our video content, you are accepting the terms of our Weather Underground provides local & long-range weather forecasts, weatherreports, maps & tropical weather conditions for the Pittsburgh area. “The rain may have delayed them a couple of days, but at this point, it’s too soon to say we’re behind on planting.”Although the trees seemed to “pop” over the weekend, garden planting has been at a standstill, said Linda Hyatt, Penn State Extension assistant for the Master Gardener Program, Westmoreland County.“It’s good for pulling weeds but not much else,” she said. We make an effort to protect discussions from repeated comments either by the same reader or different readersWe follow the same standards for taste as the daily newspaper. Pittsburgh Weather Forecasts. In this case, we may fix spelling and punctuation.We welcome strong opinions and criticism of our work, but we don't want comments to become bogged down with discussions of our policies and we will moderate accordingly.We appreciate it when readers and people quoted in articles or blog posts point out errors of fact or emphasis and will investigate all assertions.