DAYTON, OH — Tuesday was 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 41 MPH.
It is still going to take a while to see meaningful improvement in our weather.
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The winds will relax early Wednesday, but it will get 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.
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