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Honestly, yes. The sky is crystal blue today, but Pittsburgh is very overcast.
There is a reason for this. Pittsburgh is perfectly placed for this phenomenon being situated on the Allegheny Plateau (all of the hills really aren't, they are the result of erosion by water eons ago carving steep ravines in their wake as high water levels, some of it being glacial melt, receded) about 130 miles south of Lake Erie.
When north/northwesterly winds travel across the Great Lakes, they transfer moisture that rises, cools, and condenses to form clouds and generally light precipitation when it encounters the higher terrain of the plateau. If you are "seasonally affected", it can be trying as this patern is predominant from November to March. Outside of that, the climate is actually pretty temperate.
I think every picture I've ever seen of Pittsburgh, the sky is grey. I wonder if Pittsburgh has as many of those grey sky days as Seattle?
Pittsburgh has some of the worst weather in the country. Overcast most of the time. Hot and very muggy with a major mosquito problem, very cold and snowy long winters. Chilly often rainy and short spring and falls. The weather certainly isn't the reason people move to Pittsburgh. It's probably the reason some move out.
Pittsburgh has some of the worst weather in the country. Overcast most of the time. Hot and very muggy with a major mosquito problem, very cold and snowy long winters. Chilly often rainy and short spring and falls. The weather certainly isn't the reason people move to Pittsburgh. It's probably the reason some move out.
This isn’t true at all. I guess you could say the Pittsburgh winters have frequent snowfalls, but very rarely heavy snow. I’ve used my shovel once in the last two winters. It also isn’t particularly cold compared to other northern cities, and the summers are very mild. We might not get seven days over 90° in an entire summer. Spring is short, fall extends into December.
Pittsburgh is a very tough city to put a label on-bad weather but some of the most stunning scenery in the country. Declining population but still more big attractions in city limits than San Francisco or Seattle. Probably one of the top 5 structurally urban cities in the country while also being one of the most down to earth and family oriented. It's just always been a place that defies characterization.
Very hard to see how Austin even begins to compete here. They can get as many millions of people to move there as they'd like, they still won't pass Pittsburgh in city amenities in our lifetimes.
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