The entire Miami Valley dropped below zero Wednesday morning. To make matters worse, the wind was howling as well.
Sustained winds picked up quickly through the early morning hours with wind gusts over 40 mph reported in some cities.
The wind chill or “feels like” temperature factors in how cold and windy it is calculating a value based on our body’s rate of heat loss.
Here’s a breakdown of some of the wind chills recorded in the Miami Valley:
AUGLAIZE COUNTY:
- Minster: -39 at 9:59 a.m.
- Wapakoneta: -35 at 9:51 a.m.
BUTLER COUNTY:
- Middletown: -30 at 10:35 a.m.
CHAMPAIGN COUNTY:
- Mechanicsburg: -40 at 10:34 a.m.
CLARK COUNTY:
- Springfield: -37 at 10:20 a.m.
- Springfield-Beckley Airport: -35 at 9:39 a.m.
CLINTON COUNTY:
- Wilmington Air Park: -31 at 10:08 a.m.
DARKE COUNTY:
- Union City: -40 at 10:13 a.m.
- Potsdam: -36 at 9:31 a.m.
- Darke County Airport: -36 at 9:10 a.m.
GREENE COUNTY:
- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base: -33 at 9:49 a.m.
- Beavercreek: -28 at 10:38 a.m.
- Bowersville: -24 at 10:15 a.m.
LOGAN COUNTY:
- West Mansfield: -34 at 10:45 a.m.
- Bellefontaine Regional Airport: -25 at 7 a.m.
MIAMI COUNTY:
- Troy: -36 at 9:44 a.m.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY:
- Brookville: -42 at 10:04 a.m.
- Kettering: -38 at 10:35 a.m.
- Dayton International Airport: -36 at 9:37 a.m.
- Huber Heights: -33 at 10:50 a.m.
- Dayton: -24 at 10:28 a.m.
- Germantown: -25 at 10:15 a.m.
- Miami Twp: -29 at 10:53 a.m.
PREBLE COUNTY:
- Eaton: -34 at 9:50 a.m.
WARREN COUNTY:
- South Lebanon: -30 at 10:10 a.m.
- Lebanon: -25 at 10:04 a.m.
- Springboro: -22 at 9:25 a.m.
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