DAYTON — On an average year from July 1 to December 8, Dayton has about 240 total hours of feels like temperatures below 26 degrees. This year has had a 30% increase as compared to last year’s hours! Hey it’s Stormcenter 7 Meteorologist Ryan Marando.
So far, Dayton has had 11 days in a row of temperatures being below average. That started on Thanksgiving and is going to continue easily for the next week or more. Our average high as of December 8 is 44.
Once we make it to 14 days, that’ll be the longest stretch this year of consecutive days below average.
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I wanted to take it a step further since it seems like winter has arrived early. I look at the total hours Dayton has spent with feels like temperatures below 26 degrees. In 2024 from July 1 to December 8, Dayton spent 211 hours total with feels like temperatures below 26 degrees. This year, in 2025, we’ve had 311! That’s a 32% increase and well above the average total hours of 240 by this date.
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The cold feels like temperatures are easily going to continue where some areas by this weekend could be below zero.