Pittsburgh International Airport

KPIT · Pennsylvania, United States

Climate Pittsburgh International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Pittsburgh International Airport (KPIT) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 52.8 44 35 62 45 59
February 67.6 85 75 66 57 61
March 74.2 70 66 76 89 64
April 81.2 77 88 74 83 82
May 81.3 84 84 79 82
June 86.6 76 90 90 93
July 87.3 77 85 86 94
August 87.5 87 81 87 89
September 83.9 74 84 83 88
October 75.8 71 83 72 72
November 75.0 82 72 83 84
December 61.0 64 53 73 52
Average 76.5 69.3 74.1 77.5 78.3 78.0

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 mi or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 81.3 75 76 82 81 82
February 87.6 96 95 90 85 83
March 90.2 87 92 90 95 91
April 94.6 91 98 92 96 96
May 93.7 98 93 92 94
June 94.9 88 98 97 97
July 95.1 89 95 95 98
August 95.0 97 94 93 96
September 93.7 88 94 95 98
October 90.3 87 95 86 87
November 91.2 93 89 97 94
December 85.3 90 82 89 84
Average 91.2 87.6 91.0 91.8 92.0 92.2

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 3⅛ mi or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 3.5 4 7 1 2 6
February 7.3 10 11 6 1 5
March 10.9 14 10 12 14 13
April 16.9 19 18 15 17 14
May 22.1 21 23 21 20
June 26.0 25 27 27 27
July 28.3 28 28 27 30
August 27.3 27 27 28 28
September 24.4 25 23 24 24
October 18.1 19 16 20 17
November 10.3 12 12 10 14
December 6.2 9 5 9 4
Average 16.1 11.7 17.6 16.5 16.7 16.8

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January -4.1 -2 0 -8 -3 -2
February -3.8 -1 -1 -4 -6 -2
March 0.7 4 0 1 1 3
April 6.1 9 6 5 6 4
May 11.6 10 12 10 10
June 15.9 14 16 17 16
July 18.8 19 19 18 20
August 17.8 18 18 19 18
September 14.7 15 14 15 13
October 8.7 10 5 11 8
November 1.4 2 3 0 4
December -1.1 3 -1 1 -2
Average 6.8 2.5 7.9 6.9 7.5 7.5

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 31.8 38 34 31 26 31
February 23.3 10 13 29 29 30
March 19.9 21 24 26 9 13
April 14.6 16 11 18 13 15
May 11.4 13 13 15 10
June 5.0 6 5 4 3
July 4.9 7 8 6 2
August 5.0 5 5 9 3
September 6.6 8 7 5 3
October 13.1 14 12 16 13
November 16.3 13 19 10 17
December 20.5 18 26 16 17
Average 14.4 20.8 12.9 15.2 12.3 12.0

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 8.0 8 7 9 8 8
February 8.6 8 10 9 8 8
March 9.2 9 10 10 9 8
April 8.6 9 8 9 9 9
May 7.5 7 7 7 9
June 7.0 7 7 6 7
July 6.1 6 7 7 6
August 5.8 6 6 5 6
September 6.0 5 6 7 6
October 6.8 7 7 7 7
November 7.6 8 8 7 8
December 7.2 7 7 7 8
Average 7.5 8.4 7.1 7.5 7.1 7.5

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
January 245° 249° 265° 274° 264°
February 267° 250° 257° 288° 258°
March 268° 272° 262° 273° 241°
April 265° 249° 256° 274° 285°
May 319° 195° 300° 233°
June 305° 274° 230° 250°
July 248° 253° 271° 274°
August 274° 253° 246° 265°
September 004° 267° 241° 239°
October 259° 241° 232° 257°
November 248° 235° 252° 250°
December 230° 246° 229° 245°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.