COLUMBUS – Ohioans are waking up to a second day of record cold for mid-November.
[117 am] More record cold for Columbus
11/12 low 15 – previous record 16 in 1911
11/13 low thus far 13 – previous record 14 in 1911The record for today will updated once the final low temperature has been reached later this morning.
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) November 13, 2019
Record temperatures were reported Tuesday and Wednesday morning in Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton, Youngstown, Mansfield, Toledo and Akron, according to the National Weather service.
The bitter cold followed on the heels of record snowfall for this time of year, the highest reported in Ashtabula and Geauga Counties where 8 to 15 inches was measured.
National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Chenard says a wavy, up-and- down jet stream is spreading an arctic airmass over the Midwest and the East.
Authorities were investigating two fatal wrecks in snowy and icy conditions in Ohio, as well as multiple crashes during “white-out” conditions in northeastern Ohio that left several people injured.
The State Highway Patrol says the driver of a semitrailer was ejected and killed early Tuesday after he crashed into a medic unit on I-70 in Clark County.
One person was killed Tuesday morning and several injured in a crash involving 16 vehicles on the Ohio Turnpike in Richfield in northeastern Ohio, during low visibility from snow.
The City of Hudson said as many as 85 vehicles were involved in crashes on Ohio Route 8 in Summit County when snow blocked visibility. There were no life-threatening injuries reported, but five people were taken to hospitals. There were no serious injuries.