Pittsburgh PA Biggest Snowfall for Each Year

Here's a list of yearly records for the heaviest snowfalls and snowiest days in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The information easily answers questions such as: How much snow fell in a day during the biggest snowstorm of 2019? When was the last time Pittsburgh got more than a foot of snow in a single day?

This page gives the highest daily snowfall of each year in Pittsburgh and the date it occurred. If a date has a plus sign beside it that means the same amount of snow also fell on at least one other day earlier in the year.

These snowfall extremes were measured at Pittsburgh International Airport and go back to 1948. Since then, the most amount of snow to land in one day at Pittsburgh is 23.6 inches (59.9 centimetres) on March 13, 1993.

Most snow to fall in one day during recent years in Pittsburgh
Inches	Date	Centimetres
2.2	January 22, 2023	5.6
8.0	March 12, 2022	20.3
4.5	January 31, 2021	11.4
9.3	December 16, 2020	23.6
4.2	February 20, 2019	10.7
8.7	March 21, 2018	22.1
3.2	March 10, 2017 +	8.1
4.7	January 12, 2016	11.9
4.3	January 26, 2015	10.9
5.2	January 25, 2014	13.2
5.0	March 06, 2013	12.7
5.2	February 11, 2012	13.2
7.9	February 21, 2011	20.1
11.4	February 05, 2010	29.0

Highest daily snowfall recorded at Pittsburgh each year
Inches	Date	Centimetres
4.7	December 19, 2009 +	11.9
5.0	February 26, 2008	12.7
5.5	February 13, 2007	14.0
4.0	January 25, 2006	10.2
5.6	February 24, 2005	14.2
3.9	January 25, 2004	9.9
8.8	February 16, 2003	22.4
4.8	December 05, 2002	12.2
5.2	January 20, 2001	13.2
3.3	January 20, 2000	8.4
6.5	March 09, 1999	16.5
2.4	March 11, 1998 +	6.1
4.3	December 31, 1997	10.9
9.2	January 07, 1996	23.4
6.1	November 14, 1995	15.5
12.4	January 04, 1994	31.5
23.6	March 13, 1993	59.9
8.3	December 10, 1992	21.1
2.4	March 13, 1991	6.1
3.9	December 27, 1990	9.9
6.8	December 15, 1989	17.3
2.6	March 03, 1988	6.6
5.5	January 02, 1987	14.0
6.7	January 27, 1986	17.0
4.4	December 13, 1985	11.2
5.0	February 28, 1984	12.7
6.4	February 11, 1983	16.3
6.7	March 02, 1982	17.0
6.2	February 11, 1981	15.7
8.7	November 17, 1980	22.1
4.6	February 18, 1979	11.7
10.2	January 20, 1978 +	25.9
3.4	December 08, 1977	8.6
6.5	January 07, 1976	16.5
5.4	March 14, 1975	13.7
8.5	December 01, 1974	21.6
2.7	December 09, 1973	6.9
7.0	February 13, 1972	17.8
7.6	March 03, 1971 +	19.3
4.6	February 03, 1970	11.7
5.9	November 14, 1969	15.0
6.4	March 12, 1968	16.3
8.6	November 30, 1967	21.8
12.0	January 22, 1966	30.5
5.6	March 05, 1965	14.2
11.0	January 13, 1964	27.9
4.2	January 26, 1963	10.7
9.7	March 05, 1962	24.6
10.1	February 03, 1961	25.7
12.5	March 03, 1960	31.8
4.0	December 21, 1959	10.2
10.4	November 28, 1958	26.4
5.4	March 08, 1957	13.7
9.7	March 16, 1956	24.6
4.6	November 19, 1955	11.7
5.5	March 01, 1954	14.0
3.9	April 18, 1953	9.9
5.9	March 01, 1952	15.0
8.0	January 07, 1951	20.3
14.0	November 24, 1950	35.6
2.8	November 17, 1949	7.1
5.7	February 04, 1948	14.5

Pittsburgh - Extreme Daily Snowfall for Each Year

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