tesla3by3 t1_iyb655j wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:22 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Air quality question by oat_tao

It's never been below zero continually for 7 straight days. At most, 2-3 days, and rarely. I'd bet we've never had 7 consecutive days where the low was below zero, let alone the high.

5 of the past ten years we never fell below zero at all.

James19991 t1_iyb6ylg wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:28 AM

According to the below super interesting link, the longest stretch Pittsburgh was ever below zero was just over two days back in 1994.

https://www.weather.gov/media/pbz/records/coldperiods.pdf

tesla3by3 t1_iyb7tur wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:35 AM

Ha, I was just trying to remember the year my pipes burst- based on that link I'm pretty sure it was 1994-- -22?

James19991 t1_iyb8cb6 wrote on November 30, 2022 at 2:39 AM

I was just a little toddler then. The coldest air temperature I've ever been out in that I can remember is -10. No memory of it or the '93 blizzard even though I was technically here for both!

tesla3by3 t1_iybkbju wrote on November 30, 2022 at 4:17 AM

The blizzard of 93 I was the only manager on site. I told my employees they could leave as soon as they could get home. Busses had already stopped, so some employees offered rides to others. Had already planned to shut down when I didn’t have enough staff to operate.

A bit later got a call from corporate to shut down,but the manager in charge had to stay. That was me. I had no idea how long this would last, so I went to the grocery store nearby for some food. Turned out I was able to go home in about a day. Drove home, took about an hour to go 10 miles. Got to within a few blocks of my condo, gave up driving, walked the rest of the way. Got stopped twice by people seeing my Giant Eagle bags asking what was open.

James19991 t1_iybq25i wrote on November 30, 2022 at 5:10 AM

I'm impressed you were able to drive on the roads only a day after that much snow. I know most cars did not have the traction and stability control that's basically standard on everything today yet then.