The ten all-time hottest weather temperature days in the history of the city of Pittsburgh plus the hottest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Pennsylvania The weather temperature data for Pittsburgh dates back to 1871.
Pittsburgh has a population of some 305,000 people in the city proper which ranks 63rd in the United States. Some 2.35 million people live in the Pittsburgh metro area which ranks as the 26th largest metro area in the United States.
It does not get excessively hot in Pittsburgh too often but it can still get pretty hot at times. The all-time hottest temperature ever recorded in Pittsburgh is 103 degrees which was first recorded on July 10, 1881. The hottest weather temperature ever recorded in Pennsylvania is 111 degrees which occurred on July 10, 1936, in Phoenixville.
Twenty times in Pittsburgh history the weather temperature has reached or exceeded 100 degrees. Twelve of those 100 degree days occurred in July, four occurred in August and four more occurred in September.
The earliest date in Pittsburgh history when the temperature reached 100 degrees is July 4, 1911. The latest date when a 100 degree day occurred in Pittsburgh was September 10, 1884.
10 All-Time Hottest Weather Temperature Days in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
T-1. July 16, 1988 - 103 degrees
T-1. August 6, 1918 - 103
T-1. July 10, 1881 - 103
T-4. July 14, 1936 - 102
T-4. September 6, 1881 - 102
T-6. July 7, 1988 - 101
T-6. July 9, 1936 - 101
T-6. July 10, 1936 - 101
T-6. August 5, 1918 - 101
T-6. August 7, 1918 - 101
T-6. July 17, 1887 - 101
T-6. July 18, 1878 - 101
T-6. September 5, 1881 - 101
The hottest month of the year in Pittsburgh is July, which has an average daily temperature of 72.6 degrees. The second hottest month is August with an average temperature of 71.0 degrees, followed by June at 68.4 degrees and then September at 64.0 degrees.
Note: this article was originally published on Knoji but that site has not paid the author in over three years so he's republishing the updated article here on his own weather blog on June 8, 2017.
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