TOLEDO, Ohio — It will remain dry and very mild for the first day of May with highs in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees Wednesday. It will be breezy into the afternoon with wind gusts over 25 mph possible.
Partly cloudy skies along with dry and mild weather will continue Wednesday evening. Lows Wednesday night will fall back toward 50 degrees.
It is likely to remain dry much of Thursday with highs in the middle to upper 70s, with low 80s possible far to the southwest.
Areas near the Lake Erie shore will feel a cooler lake breeze move inland through the late afternoon and early evening dropping temperatures into the 60s.
Rain chances will increase near and after dark on Thursday and become more likely overnight and into Friday morning.
Late-week rain chances continue into Friday with the arrival of a cold front. Highs on Friday will still be in the middle and upper 70s.
Unfortunately, rain totals through Friday afternoon may be 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch or more in isolated areas.
Highs will fall a bit with dry weather returning into Saturday with highs back into the low and middle 70s.
A dry day or two is expected early next week, before increasing chances of stormy and unsettled weather toward the middle of the week.
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Toledo's April rainfall record has been smashed with the latest round of rain and downpours. The total now sits at 7.94 inches of rainfall for the month of April.
Records date back until 1871 and now 2024 holds the all-time record for the wettest April.
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