Old Weather Forum

Yes indeed, Jil. I was visiting brother who lives in your general area. Monday night we just got into the restaurant when the heavens opened and thunder started. No flooding but the BT system was affected. Brother lost internet as did some other locals while a friend who lves the other side of the restaurant lost phone but kept internet. It seems to have finished off his elderly router but apparently another one is on its way.

Sorry guys it looks like I took the sunny weather back with me to OZ.
I had 3 weeks with no rain and 2 days with slight drizzle, one in Preston and one in Brugge.
Shorts and tee shirt then is now jeans and long sleeve.
0.6c feels line -2.7 at 0700 this morning. Expecting 16 and sunny.

Temperature readings from the Pittsburgh Int’l. Airport June 1 to 15

High	Low
87	51
88	57
89	65
80	62
73	51
78	52
74	49
68	43
70	54
79	52
82	54
65	59
68	50
70	55
72	47

Normal highs ......... 76 to 80
Record high .......... 98 (1895)

Normal lows .......... 55 to 59
Record low ........... 33 (2013)


Because of the newspaper schedule, 'days' are 5 p.m. to 5 p.m. (3 p.m. for Friday).

0730 -0.9 feels like -3.1
0930 11.5 feels like 10.7.

Nice day expecting 16c

We got up to 15.9 C today, and it wasn't nice at all. Cloudy, windy, damp....

We have an air quality alert for a second (third?) day due to the fires in Canada.

I don't notice any smell, but it is definitely hazy. Things only a block or two away have a slight gray tinge and are just a bit fuzzy.

A friend who has lived in Pittsburgh for 60-plus years said that this is nothing compared to what used to be normal haze when the steel mills were working!

Michael wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 12:26 am We got up to 15.9 C today, and it wasn't nice at all. Cloudy, windy, damp....

I got up to 7.8 °c with 17.9 °c as our top reading. (Lovely day when the cooler breeze drops).
0 okta.
WNW 3knots
1015.8hPa

Not seen one of these before but I am sure Michael would have.



Sometimes I think I have a keyboard like that when you see the results of my typing.

Temperature readings from the Pittsburgh Int’l. Airport June 16 to 30

High	Low
71	58
76	56
78	49
85	55
79	66
78	64
74	57
73	60
75	64
84	62
78	65
67	62
73	60
80	55
77	63

Normal highs ......... 80 to 82
Record high .......... 98 (1988)

Normal lows .......... 60 to 63
Record low ........... 39 (1992)


Because of the newspaper schedule, 'days' are 5 p.m. to 5 p.m. (3 p.m. for Friday).

Randi, your lows are close to our highs (at the moment).
Predictions are for a warmer than average July to Sept.

Readings from the Pittsburgh Int’l. Airport

through 5 p.m. July 1, 2023
High .................................................. 81
Low ................................................... 67

through 5 p.m. July 2, 2023
High .................................................. 77
Low ................................................... 67

through 5 p.m. July 3, 2023
High .................................................. 76
Low ................................................... 65

through 5 p.m. July 4, 2023
High .................................................. 82
Low ................................................... 68

through 5 p.m. July 5, 2023
High .................................................. 87
Low ................................................... 63

through 5 p.m. July 6, 2023
High .................................................. 88
Low ................................................... 65

through 3 p.m. July 7, 2023
High .................................................. 81
Low ................................................... 69

through 5 p.m. July 8, 2023
High .................................................. 82
Low ................................................... 61

through 5 p.m. July 9, 2023
High .................................................. 76
Low ................................................... 65

through 5 p.m. July 10, 2023
High .................................................. 80
Low ................................................... 61

through 5 p.m. July 11, 2023
High .................................................. 83
Low ................................................... 61

through 5 p.m. July 12, 2023
High .................................................. 85
Low ................................................... 68

through 5 p.m. July 13, 2023
High .................................................. 86
Low ................................................... 69

through 3 p.m. July 14, 2023
High .................................................. 83
Low ................................................... 67

through 5 p.m. July 15, 2023
High .................................................. 85
Low ................................................... 65


Normal high ...................................... 83
Record high ........................ 103 (1881)

Normal low ....................................... 63 or 64
Record low ............................ 42 (1963)

Thunderstorm!
Windy with lots of thunder and lightning.

23:35 - Quiet now although it is still raining a bit.

Had a bit more thunder too, but nothing like earlier.

Just to contrast with the very hot and dry weather in southern Europe, had a weekend of almost continuous rain in northern England, particularly heavy on Sunday. 3-4" in total. Lots of flooded roads and flood warnings for the rivers. Max temp 17C. Is it still July?

It was the same in Atlantic Canada, where they had record floods. Several people died. We, on the other hand, have had a long spell of dry weather. We have no received 0.6 mm of rain overnight, but I don't think that was enough to end the drought.

Here in Northern Virginia it was a very dry fall and winter and it seems like summer is trying to make up for that by being incredibly wet and humid.

Speaking of rain, Friday the Red Sox game was rained out in Boston and it was just an incredible amount of rain. The storm came up very suddenly and the videos after the game was called showed it flooding down in the dugouts, the pitching bullpen, and into the clubhouse. Up to people's shins! That is a shocking amount of rain for a July rain delay in Boston.

From UK Weather: When will it stop raining?

Some places have even seen their wettest Julys on record, such as Castlederg in County Tyrone, NI, and Preston in north-west England. Both stations have seen two to three times the average July rainfall.

I'm just a few miles away from Preston and this doesn't surprise me!

Feel free to send some rain to Pittsburgh

Here too please.

My weather station near rainy Seattle has measured 1.5 mm of rain this July, with continued sunny hot weather forecast for the next week.

We had 11.4 mm, but all of it fell in one day. It was a daily record, and we also tied the record for the fewest days of precipitation in July. Most of B.C. is at drought Level 5, and most of the Fire Danger Ratings are Extreme. Unlike Australia, we don't have the Catastrophic category. We probably should...