Snowfall amounts in central Ohio were generally around 1–2”, with CMH officially logging 1.3”. You can see an interactive map of reports from around the state here, valid through 7:30 p.m. last night.
Yesterday’s high of 33 was the second-coldest on record for the November 10, behind 27 degrees in 1913. It was the coldest November 10 since 1943, and our coldest day since February 22.
Record cool lows and highs are in jeopardy across the Southeast today, to give you a sense of how strong and expansive the cold air is.
The 614cast
Today’s tl;dr
🌥️ Mostly cloudy and windy with a chance of sprinkles/flurries. High in the middle to upper 30s.
Forecast highlights
🪜 One more chilly day, then climbing back up
Yesterday was cold. Today will also be cold. Clouds could also spit out some sprinkles or flurries, mainly in the afternoon/evening.
Today will technically be a little warmer, but only by a few degrees. Highs only make it to the upper 30s at best. Wind chills will be in the 10s first thing in the morning, rising into the 20s for most of the day.
Winds will again be blowing at 10–15 mph, gusting to 20–25 mph. They’ll be out of the southwest or west, though, a sign of the airmass change that’s taking place.
As I mentioned yesterday, this cold blast is short-lived. We’ll be pushing 50 again tomorrow, and actually be back above average Friday into the weekend.
I’ll look at the weekend shower chance in tomorrow’s newsletter.
📊 Today’s almanac
Normal low/high: 36 / 54
Record low/high: 20 (1957) / 74 (1927)
Sunrise/set: 7:12 a.m. / 5:18 p.m.
🌡️ Failing to hit 40
Yesterday was the first time this season Columbus didn’t reach 40… and we missed it by a long shot! And even though the high was well short of average and more typical of the dead of winter… we actually can expect to have our first sub-40° around this time.
Half of the years on record have done it by November 12. However, during the 1991–2020 climate period, the average first date is November 20.
The earliest on record is October 18, 1972; the latest is December 24, 2001.
You don’t have to go back too far to find an earlier date than this year. In 2019, our first high below 40 was on November 8.
🌭 For the weather weenies
Since yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald…
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50 years later, the legacy of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald looms as large as ever (Minnesota Public Radio)
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These men dove to the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck decades ago. They share their stories (Detroit Free Press)
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Gordon Lightfoot read about a shipwreck. Then he wrote one of music’s most unusual hit singles (Rolling Stone)