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On Sunday, temperatures in the region will start in the teens. Wind chills will be near zero degrees. The temperature will only reach the low 20s and be mostly cloudy and blustery.
Early next week will be a little warmer for the Miami Valley, but stay near normal temperatures for this time of year. Monday morning will be in the low teens and highs will be in the middle 20s. It will be cloudy.
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On Tuesday, sunshine will return but it will stay cold with highs near 30 degrees.
Vrydaghs urged those living in the Miami Valley to wear layers, especially in the early morning. Wind chills in the morning Sunday through Tuesday will be close to zero degrees.
“You likely won’t need much of a reminder to bundle up because once you step outside, the cold will hit you,” Vrydaghs said.
Vrydaghs also said to check in on elderly neighbors, as the cold temperatures are extra hard on them.
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After Tuesday, the temperature will rise. Temperatures will likely stay above average through the end of the month, Vrydaghs said.
If the month were to end right now, it would be the warmest January on record. The average temperature for Dayton through Jan. 16 is 40.6 degrees. The warmest January ever on record for the area was around 42 degrees in the 1930s.
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Even with about two weeks left in the month, Vrydaghs said she believes this January could fall into the top 10 warmest Januaries on record.
“It’s likely that, if this trend of above average temperatures continues, we’ll fall into the top 10,” Vrydaghs said.
Saturday, Jan. 11 set a record high in Dayton at 67 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.
One reason for the above average temperatures this January is that the Arctic Oscillation has been in a positive trend, Vrydaghs said, which keeps cold air near the Arctic. There have not been an El Nino or La Nina pattern this year, which typically dictate the temperatures in the region.
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