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Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Issued by NWS Pittsburgh, PA
669 NOUS41 KPBZ 011337 PNSPBZ OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016- 020>023-029-031-073>076-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-020100- Public Information Statement National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA 936 AM EDT Sun Sep 1 2024 ...MONTHLY CLIMATE DATA FOR AUGUST 2024... ********* PITTSBURGH MONTHLY SUMMARY ********** The Pittsburgh PA climate summary for the month of August, 2024. The maximum temperature for the period was 94. The record maximum temperature is 103 degrees which was set in 1918. The minimum temperature for the period was 49. The record minimum temperature is 39 degrees which was set in 1982. The average temperature was 73.8 degrees which is 2.0 degrees above the normal average temperature of 71.8 degrees. The maximum temperature exceeded 90 degrees on 8 days this period. The minimum temperature did not fall below 32 degrees. A total of 5.12 inches of precipitation fell during the period which is 1.60 inches above the normal amount of 3.52. No snow fell during the period which is normal. There were 8 heating degree days this period which is 1 above the normal amount of 7 days. There were 289 cooling degree days this period which is 70 above the normal amount of 219 days. The maximum wind was 29 miles per hour from the north and occurred on August 6. The maximum wind gust was 37 miles per hour from the southwest and occurred on August 17. RECENT AUGUST CLIMATOLOGY FOR PITTSBURGH YEAR AVG HI AVG LOW AVG TEMP PRECIPITATION SNOWFALL ----------------------------------------------------------- 2018 81.2 64.7 73.0 4.53 0.0 2019 81.4 62.5 71.9 2.45 0.0 2020 83.7 62.7 73.2 5.57 0.0 2021 83.6 65.1 74.4 6.41 0.0 2022 81.3 62.9 72.1 3.39 0.0 ********* ZANESVILLE MONTHLY SUMMARY ********** The Zanesville OH climate summary for the month of August, 2024. The maximum temperature for the period was 98. The record maximum temperature is 105 degrees which was set in 1930. The minimum temperature for the period was 45. The record minimum temperature is 36 degrees which was set in 1965. The average temperature was 74.1 degrees which is 1.4 degrees above the normal average temperature of 72.7 degrees. The maximum temperature exceeded 90 degrees on 11 days this period. The minimum temperature did not fall below 32 degrees. A total of 0.17 inches of precipitation fell during the period which is 3.03 inches below the normal amount of 3.20. There were 12 heating degree days this period which is 8 above the normal amount of 4 days. There were 302 cooling degree days this period which is 59 above the normal amount of 243 days. The maximum wind was 29 miles per hour from the south and occurred on August 17. The maximum wind gust was 38 miles per hour from the south and occurred on August 17. RECENT AUGUST CLIMATOLOGY FOR ZANESVILLE YEAR AVG HI AVG LOW AVG TEMP PRECIPITATION ------------------------------------------------- 2018 83.3 65.5 74.4 4.97 2019 83.1 61.9 72.5 3.67 2020 83.7 62.0 72.9 2.95 2021 85.7 65.5 75.6 6.62 2022 82.5 62.9 72.7 5.48 ********* MORGANTOWN MONTHLY SUMMARY ********** The Morgantown WV climate summary for the month of August, 2024. The maximum temperature for the period was 95. The record maximum temperature is 105 degrees which was set in 1893. The minimum temperature for the period was 46. The record minimum temperature is 38 degrees which was set in 1982. The average temperature was 74.2 degrees which is 1.4 degrees above the normal average temperature of 72.8 degrees. The maximum temperature exceeded 90 degrees on 9 days this period. The minimum temperature did not fall below 32 degrees. A total of 3.73 inches of precipitation fell during the period which is 0.08 inches above the normal amount of 3.65. There were 12 heating degree days this period which is 8 above the normal amount of 4 days. There were 307 cooling degree days this period which is 62 above the normal amount of 245 days. The maximum wind was 23 miles per hour from the north and occurred on August 6. The maximum wind gust was 35 miles per hour from the north and occurred on August 6. RECENT AUGUST CLIMATOLOGY FOR MORGANTOWN YEAR AVG HI AVG LOW AVG TEMP PRECIPITATION ------------------------------------------------- 2018 82.6 65.4 74.0 3.36 2019 83.9 61.9 72.9 2.24 2020 84.6 64.5 74.5 2.52 2021 85.0 66.1 75.5 7.21 2022 83.8 64.4 74.1 5.69 $$