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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
212 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2026
..FROST/FREEZE HEADLINE INFORMATION
A TEMPERATURE OF 32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT HAS OFFICIALLY BEEN RECORDED
AS LATE AS MAY 25TH IN CINCINNATI, MAY 16TH AT COLUMBUS AND MAY
21ST AT DAYTON. HOWEVER, ELEMENTS SUCH AS TOPOGRAPHY, URBAN OR
RURAL SETTING AND PLACEMENT OF THE RECORDING INSTRUMENT CAN CREATE
WIDE VARIATIONS IN TEMPERATURES ACROSS AN AREA. +
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TEMPERATURES ARE OFFICIALLY TAKEN AT AN
ELEVATION OF FIVE FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, BUT THE TEMPERATURE AT
GROUND LEVEL MAY BE COLDER. ON TYPICAL SPRING NIGHTS WHEN FROST
OCCURS, THE TEMPERATURES AT THE FIVE FOOT LEVEL MAY READ 36 DEGREES
WHILE AT GROUND LEVEL IT IS ACTUALLY THE 32 DEGREES NEEDED TO FORM
FROST.
THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TABLE WILL GIVE AN IDEA AS TO WHEN THE LAST
FREEZING TEMPERATURES MIGHT OCCUR, BASED ON THE LAST 30 YEARS OF
CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA (1991 TO 2020) AT EACH OF THE LISTED LOCATIONS.
LOCATION AVG DATE LAST 32F IN ONE LAST 32F IN NINE
LAST 32F YEAR OUT OF TEN YEARS OUT OF TEN
IN SPRING (10% PROBABILITY) (90% PROBABILITY)
..SOUTHWEST OHIO
CINCINNATI (KLUK) APR 16 APR 2 MAY 3
HAMILTON (KHAO) APR 22 APR 6 MAY 10
MILFORD APR 23 APR 9 MAY 8
WILMINGTON APR 17 APR 3 MAY 4
..CENTRAL OHIO
CIRCLEVILLE APR 17 APR 2 MAY 4
COLUMBUS (KCMH) APR 18 APR 4 MAY 5
LANCASTER APR 22 APR 7 MAY 9
LOGAN APR 30 APR 18 MAY 17
MARYSVILLE APR 19 APR 5 MAY 5
NEWARK APR 22 APR 6 MAY 10
WASHINGTON CH APR 23 APR 10 MAY 8
..MIAMI VALLEY
BELLEFONTAINE APR 26 APR 12 MAY 12
CELINA APR 27 APR 12 MAY 10
DAYTON (KDAY) APR 16 APR 2 MAY 3
EATON APR 21 APR 7 MAY 7
GREENVILLE APR 23 APR 9 MAY 7
KENTON APR 22 APR 9 MAY 7
SPRINGFIELD APR 25 APR 12 MAY 12
XENIA APR 18 APR 3 MAY 4
..SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO
CHILLICOTHE APR 20 APR 6 MAY 7
HILLSBORO APR 24 APR 10 MAY 11
PORTSMOUTH APR 17 APR 3 MAY 5
..KENTUCKY
COVINGTON (KCVG) APR 18 APR 3 MAY 7
MAYSVILLE APR 18 APR 4 MAY 3
WARSAW APR 17 APR 2 MAY 4
WILLIAMSTON APR 11 MAR 28 APR 30
..INDIANA
BROOKVILLE APR 20 APR 16 MAY 7
MILAN APR 28 APR 13 MAY 16
RICHMOND APR 24 APR 8 MAY 10
VEVAY APR 9 MAR 26 APR 25
FROST/FREEZE HEADLINES HAVE BEEN INITIATED FOR THE ENTIRE NWS WILMINGTON
FORECAST AREA.
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