Butler County spared from major effects of severe winter storm
While millions of people across the country are grappling with the effects of the harshest winter storm to date this season, Butler County will be excluded from the brunt of it.
The majority of snowfall accumulation in the early morning hours of Monday, Jan. 6, fell south of Pittsburgh, sparing many county residents from dangerous road conditions and necessary snow removal.
According to a Facebook post by the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon, some light lake-effect snow flurries could be in store for Tuesday and into the rest of the week, but it won’t be a drastic amount.
“That will kind of continue on and off for the next several days and into Thursday or so,” said Jared Rackley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “Not really expecting a lot of accumulation out of that, but if a nice band sets up over the area, we might get an inch or an inch and a half out of it. But generally, looking at maybe about a half-inch out of that over the next two to three days.”
In anticipation of worsening conditions, superintendents of nine county school districts either canceled classes or opted for a remote learning day on Monday. Allegheny-Clarion Valley, Freeport, Moniteau and Slippery Rock were all closed.
While the precipitation will remain minimal, the county will not avoid frigid temperatures that will linger throughout the rest of the week.
“We’re not really going to pop above freezing (temperatures) through this weekend,” Rackley said. “The coldest night looks like Thursday night, and it looks like it might be upper single-digits, 8 or 9 degrees across the area. What snow’s on the ground is going to stay there for awhile.”
