DAYTON, OH — Today has been a very cold and windy day across the Miami Valley. The coldest wind chill this morning was -24 degrees. That observation was made in West Alexandria in Preble County.
The strongest wind gust recorded at the Dayton airport was 41MPH. It is still going to take a while to see meaningful improvement in our weather.
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Tonight, the winds relax, but it gets extremely cold. Low temperatures will fall to -5 to -10 degrees across the region. Even with lighter wind, we’re still expecting wind chills of -20 or colder.
An Extreme Cold Warning is in effect through noon Wednesday.
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Cold weather persists with no afternoons above freezing over the next 7 days. In fact, we won’t even see temperatures warmer than 20 degrees until Monday. Even so, there are no big snow chances in the cards for now.