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Mostly cloudy and mild this afternoon near 71°, partly cloudy tonight with a low near 59°; no rain in sight before Tuesday's near-record warmth.
Pittsburgh's forecast high Tuesday is 82°, matching the record for Oct. 13 set in 1954, as warm southwest winds build under rising pressure aloft. That's far above a typical mid-October afternoon here.
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Sunday's 1.99 inches of rain is the most rain on record for the date (past the 1.24 in from 1909)
Forecast changes since yesterday
Holding steady — no day's high or rain chance moved since yesterday's edition.
Next five days
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 72° | 82° | 77° | 71° | 69° |
| Low | 59° | 65° | 58° | 60° | 40° |
| Precip | 1% | 5% | 76% | 74% | 74% |
| Stat | Value | Year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| record high for day | 82 | 1954 |
| record low for day | 26.1 | 1964 |
| average high for day | 65.4 | — |
| average low for day | 45.1 | — |
| warmest low for day | 63 | 1954 |
| coldest high for day | 44.1 | 1988 |
| largest temp swing for day | 37.9 | 1964 |
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Today's high should reach 72° in Pittsburgh, about 7 degrees above the 65.4° average for the date and 10 shy of the 82° record from 1954 (records since 1948). Tonight's forecast low of 59° is nearly 14 degrees above the normal low.
A cold front sliding south should stall near the I-70 corridor Wednesday, bringing a 76% chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Wednesday's high should ease to 77°.
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