Climate averages 1991–2020
Pittsburgh weather
in February.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a cold month in Pittsburgh: daytime highs average 4.8°C and nights cool to about -4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 38 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Canton (Ohio), United States (123 km away). In February its highs average 3.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Pittsburgh, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Pittsburgh ranks 365th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 318th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Pittsburgh is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 5.1°C to 9.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Pittsburgh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 92 | 12.0 | 9.610 h |
| February, selected | 4.8°C-4.7°C | -4.7°C | 80 | 10.9 | 10.611 h |
| March | 9.9°C-0.5°C | -0.5°C | 108 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 119 | 13.8 | 13.313 h |
| May | 21.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 123 | 14.3 | 14.414 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 126 | 13.6 | 15.015 h |
| July | 28.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 116 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 93 | 11.9 | 13.814 h |
| September | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 101 | 10.4 | 12.513 h |
| October | 17.4°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 93 | 10.7 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.6°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 88 | 10.0 | 10.010 h |
| December | 5.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 89 | 11.6 | 9.39 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Canton (Ohio), United States in FebruaryUnited States · 123 kmHigh 3.4°C · Low -5.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Akron in FebruaryUnited States · 147 kmHigh 3.1°C · Low -6.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Parma, United States in FebruaryUnited States · 180 kmHigh 2.3°C · Low -6.1°C · 66 mm rain
- Cleveland in FebruaryUnited States · 185 kmHigh 1.7°C · Low -5.4°C · 66 mm precipitation
- Erie in FebruaryUnited States · 188 kmHigh 0.5°C · Low -6.2°C · 78 mm precipitation
- Columbus in FebruaryUnited States · 261 kmHigh 4.4°C · Low -4.7°C · 71 mm rain
- Germantown in FebruaryUnited States · 272 kmHigh 6.6°C · Low -2.5°C · 71 mm rain
- Centreville in FebruaryUnited States · 283 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -1.5°C · 71 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pittsburgh) is explained once on the Pittsburgh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.