Ohio is settling into a bright, quiet Monday late this morning, with the frost that started the day long gone and sunshine in place from Lake Erie to the Ohio River, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures were already in the mid-50s by mid-morning — 54 degrees and sunny in Columbus and 53 degrees and sunny in Wilmington — and no watches, warnings or advisories are in effect anywhere in Ohio. The Frost Advisories that covered parts of the state expired at 9 and 10 a.m., and a Small Craft Advisory on Lake Erie also ended at 10 a.m.
The rest of today stays dry and sunny statewide, with afternoon highs in the mid-50s in the north and the upper 50s to low 60s farther south, according to the National Weather Service. Northwest winds will run about 5 to 10 mph for most of the state, a bit stronger along Lake Erie. With no rain expected anywhere in Ohio, the afternoon and evening commutes should be trouble-free.
In northwest Ohio, the National Weather Service forecasts sunny skies and a high near 56 degrees in Toledo, with highs near 58 degrees in Findlay, Lima and Defiance. In northeast Ohio, Cleveland tops out near 55 degrees under mostly sunny skies and Akron-Canton near 55 degrees under sunshine — the coolest readings in the state — while Youngstown reaches about 54 degrees under partly cloudy skies.
Central Ohio warms to near 59 degrees in Columbus under sunny skies, according to the National Weather Service. The Miami Valley and southwest Ohio are the warmest part of the state for the rest of Monday, with Dayton reaching about 62 degrees and Cincinnati about 63 degrees, both sunny. In southeast Ohio, Athens reaches about 58 degrees and Marietta about 60 degrees under sunshine, a strong rebound from the upper 30s that began the morning there.
Tonight remains quiet and dry, with mostly clear to partly cloudy skies and lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s, according to the National Weather Service — about 40 degrees in Columbus and Dayton, 41 degrees in Cincinnati, 42 degrees in Cleveland and 43 degrees in Toledo, where southwest winds could gust as high as 22 mph overnight. The coldest spot is southeast Ohio, where Athens dips to about 36 degrees, cold enough for patchy frost in sheltered low spots.
Tuesday is the warmest day of the week, with sunshine statewide and highs in the 60s nearly everywhere, according to the National Weather Service — about 60 degrees in Cleveland, 62 degrees in Toledo, 64 degrees in Columbus, 65 degrees in Athens, 66 degrees in Dayton and 67 degrees in Cincinnati. Veterans Day on Wednesday stays dry for most of the day with partly sunny skies and highs from the upper 50s in the north to the mid-60s in the south, before rain chances rise late Wednesday night.
The pattern changes late in the week. The National Weather Service expects rain to become likely across Ohio on Thursday, with highs falling back into the upper 40s and low 50s in the north and the low to mid-50s in the south, followed by a colder Friday with highs only in the low to mid-40s. The weekend turns partly cloudy and dry again, with highs in the mid-40s Saturday recovering to around 50 degrees Sunday.