Prolonged Mid-November Chill

No doubt about, the cold season has arrived once again in Northwest Ohio and Southeastern Michigan. Following a chilly summer and downright brutual winter it doesn't quite seem fair for the cold to be back so soon.

Highs over the next 7 days (and longer) are expected to top out in only the 30's for highs. If you think 30's for highs aren't extreme for November you're right. What is different this time will be the length of the cool down and how wide reaching it will be.

Lows over the next week will drop as low as freezing as far south as northern Mexico and the Gulf Coast.

Locally, our latest 7-day forecast for Toledo shows that the cold is not just going to be with us for a couple of days but for at least the next week, likely 10 days or longer.

So, how rare is that for mid-November? Try once a century. Only once, in 1937, has Toledo recorded highs at or below 37 degrees for a week straight.

   YEAR     NOV        DAY       HIGH      LOW  

1937	11	17	35	28
1937	11	18	32	26
1937	11	19	31	26
1937	11	20	26	21
1937	11	21	28	18
1937	11	22	32	25
1937	11	23	35	19

Never has that streak lasted more than the 7 days. The next week and a half has a serious chance to be the first.