First Snowflakes Could Be On Horizon For Pittsburgh Area

PITTSBURGH, PA — Snowflakes were spotted on radar Friday in the clouds above northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio, and it likely won't be long until the infernal white flakes are seen in the southwestern part of the state.

The National Weather Service is predicting cooler temperatures in the coming week and the possibility of the Pittsburgh metro area seeing its first few flakes. But don't go digging around in the garage for your shovel or snowblower this yet, as no accumulations is in the forecast.

You might be interested in knowing when the first measurable snow usually occurs in Pittsburgh. According to research by the Weather Channel, the average first date of measurable snow - 0.1 inches or more - is Nov. 14.

But it's come much earlier than that. The earliest date snow fell in the last three decades was Oct. 28, 1982.

Whenever the first snow occurs, rest assured it won't be the last. Pittsburgh receives an average of - gulp!- 41.4 inches of snow per winter.

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