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Low temperatures also are breaking records this week.
On Tuesday, the high and low for the day set records. The high of 26 degrees broke the old record of 30 degrees set in 1920. Just before midnight, temperatures in Dayton dropped to 11 degrees, breaking the record low of 15 degrees set in 1911.
The temperature continued to fall during the start of Wednesday, hitting 5 degrees at 5:16 a.m., according to the National Weather Service. This shattered the old record of 13 degrees set in 1986.
Wednesday morning is the earliest that Dayton has dropped into the single digits on record. Previously, the earliest Dayton saw single digit temperatures was Nov. 17 in 1959.
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Temperatures will begin to warm up, with highs reaching the 40s this weekend, which is still 10 degrees below normal.
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