Ohio settles into a quiet, chilly Friday night with clouds on the increase and no hazardous weather anywhere in the state, according to the National Weather Service. There are no watches, warnings or advisories in effect in Ohio tonight, and rain chances stay near zero in every region through the overnight hours. Columbus was clear at 55 degrees Friday evening with a north wind, but clouds will build in overnight as temperatures fall into the 40s across most of the state.
Northwest Ohio turns mostly cloudy tonight with a low near 46 in Toledo and near 45 around Columbus Grove, under light northeast winds, according to the National Weather Service. Findlay, Defiance and Lima follow the same pattern, cooling steadily through the 50s this evening and into the mid-40s by early Saturday. It is a dry night for travel across the northwest, with no fog advisory in effect after the patchy dense fog that affected parts of west central Ohio earlier Friday morning.
Northeast Ohio is among the colder corners of the state tonight, with mostly cloudy skies and a low near 43 in Cleveland, according to the National Weather Service. Akron, Canton and Youngstown also cool into the 40s under light east winds. Along Lake Erie, conditions stay quiet overnight, and the colder inland spots in the northeast could dip into the upper 30s before sunrise, so a heavier jacket is a good idea for anyone out late.
Central Ohio has a partly cloudy night ahead, with a low near 46 in Columbus and a northeast wind around 6 mph, according to the National Weather Service. Southwest Ohio stays a touch milder, with a low near 47 in Dayton and near 49 in Cincinnati under partly cloudy skies and light northeast winds. Across both regions, temperatures slide through the 50s during the late evening, and skies turn cloudier toward morning without any rain expected.
Southeast Ohio around Athens, Marietta and Portsmouth shares the dry, cooling night, and Athens is forecast to be one of the coldest spots in the state, with a partly cloudy low near 39, according to the National Weather Service. The rest of the southeast cools into the 40s. With clear-to-cloudy skies, light winds and no precipitation, road conditions stay good statewide tonight, and the only preparation needed is dressing for a late-October chill.
Halloween on Saturday stays dry for trick-or-treaters across Ohio, with mostly cloudy to partly sunny skies and highs near 60 in Toledo, 61 in Cleveland, 66 in Columbus and Athens, 68 in Dayton and 70 in Cincinnati, according to the National Weather Service. East winds of 5 to 9 mph keep the day feeling cool, and rain chances stay near zero through the trick-or-treat hours, with evening temperatures falling into the 50s. Saturday night turns cloudy with lows from the mid-40s in the southeast to the mid-50s in the southwest, so costumes will not need rain gear, though a layer underneath will help after dark.
Sunday brings a time change along with the clouds. Clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday as daylight saving time ends, putting sunrise near 7 a.m. and sunset near 5:29 p.m. in Columbus. Sunday itself is mostly cloudy and mild, with highs from the upper 60s in the north to near 70 or 71 in central and southern Ohio, according to the National Weather Service. Rain chances stay low during the day, then rise slightly Sunday night, to about 20 percent in Columbus and about 40 percent around Cincinnati, where less than a tenth of an inch is possible.
Looking ahead, the first full week of November turns warmer before it turns wetter. Monday carries only a slight chance of light rain with highs in the upper 60s, and Tuesday is the warmest day of the stretch, mostly sunny with highs near 74 in Columbus and 76 in Cincinnati. Rain then becomes likely Wednesday into Thursday across Ohio, according to the National Weather Service. For tonight and Halloween, though, the forecast is simple: a chilly, cloudy night, a dry day for trick-or-treating, and no weather concerns for travel anywhere in the state.