TOLEDO, Ohio — It will remain breezy into and through Tuesday morning for a gusty first day of spring, although the vernal equinox technically will not occur until 11:06 p.m.
A southernly wind will push highs close to 50 degrees Tuesday, but gusts 30 to 40 mph will keep a chill in the air.
Another cold front Tuesday night will send temperatures falling again into Wednesday, when winds shift back to a northwest direction. Highs Wednesday will be stuck in the upper 30s with a wind chill well below freezing most of the day.
Chilly conditions will last through Thursday, but the breeze will back off during the day.
While still common for this time of the year, a hard freeze is expected Thursday morning with temperatures in the low and mid-20s. Our average last freeze is still over a month away on April 26.
Skies will again be partly sunny on Thursday with highs near 40 degrees.
On Friday, scattered showers will return, with a system dropping some chilly rain before turning largely cloudy and chilly over the weekend.
A warming trend next week will bring more rain showers back to the area and highs back into the 50s next week. Highs could be as warm as 60 degrees next Tuesday. There will be more ups and downs but not as sustained cold toward the end of the month compared to this week.
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