PHOTOS: 10 images that show how Dayton dealt with January weather
On Saturday, the high maximum temperature at the airport reached 65 degrees at 2:25 p.m. to break the previous record, and by sunset it topped out at 66 degrees. That was two degrees higher than the Feb. 18 record of 64 set in 1948.
We roared past our record high today - likely will do it again a few more times in the next week. #DaytonWX #OHwxhttps://t.co/WphX4LvEb6 pic.twitter.com/hURXm9O7sd
— Eric Elwell (@EElwellWHIO) February 18, 2017
The temperature on Feb. 8 fell only to 49 degrees, breaking by a degree the highest minimum temperature for the day set in 1925.
On Jan. 11, the maximum temperature reached 59 degrees at 9:58 p.m., tying a 2013 record.
January also had a share of other unseasonably warm days. The average high of 41 degrees during the first month of 2017 was 6.3 degrees above normal.
Just before the year began, another record high of 66 was set on Dec. 26, smashing the previous record set in 2015 by 6 degrees. And the 7.2 inches of snow in Dayton this winter matches the lowest total at this point on the calendar in 15 years.
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