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As I write this, we are experiencing another period of Indian summer type weather with cool mornings and sunny mild afternoons.
All of this is about to change as the first major winter storm of the season is heading across the country and will bring a major change in our local weather. Snow and cold blustery winds are the forecast for Sunday in the Uniontown area.
In a normal winter, we usually have our first snow flurries of the season in late October, and by mid November, we have already had a few slippery roads and a bit of accumulating snow.
The earliest snow was on October 2, 1974, when mountain areas got about two inches and lower elevations saw snow on the grassy areas. On this day in 1937, four inches of snow fell in Uniontown and was followed by another four inches on November 21, 1937. Five inches accumulated on the streets of Uniontown on November 11, 1987, and again on November 14, 1969. The big storm on November 15, 1995, covered Uniontown with another five inches while mountains areas had 22 inches. Area ski resorts were able to open well before Thanksgiving that year. You may recall that last year, many did not open to ski until after the first of the year due to lack of snow and very warm December temperatures.
Old-timers may recall what was referred to as the Big Snow of 1950. It occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The forecast called for snow flurries and by the time the storm was over Southwestern Pennsylvania, Northern West Virginia and Eastern Ohio were buried under feet of snow. Pittsburgh reported 30 inches of snow. Uniontown had about 20 inches while nearby Steubenville had 44 inches and Pickens, West Virginia saw a total of 57 inches of snow.
Temperatures on Sunday should stay in the 30s and then slowly rebound during the week. Prolonged cold is still not expected until January and February, although the long periods of sunny mild days are quickly coming to an end and temperatures should hover near normal.
Average temperatures are 50 degrees for the high and 30 for the low. Mountains areas are always five degrees colder. The record low for late November is minus 1 on November 30, 1929. It can still get into the 70s on any given day during the last days of November. The record was 78 on November 28, 1990.