How often do we get May snow in Pittsburgh?

PITTSBURGH — Snow is the forecast and you're probably wondering if it's snowed in May before. I thought I would take a look at the records and what I found is, yes, it has snowed in May.

In fact, the latest recorded snow on record in Pittsburgh happened on May 27, 1961 which was a trace, meaning it was not measurable.

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The latest recorded accumulating snow in the city occurred on May 25, 1925 with 0.5 inches and the latest recorded snow of 1 inch or more happened on May 9, 1966 with 3.1 inches.

As for the most recent time we got snow in May, many of you might remember the trace amount that fell on May 15, 2016.

While it has happened, it doesn’t happen often as there have only been six times in the month of May where Pittsburgh has seen more than a trace of snow.

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