Mahoning Valley ties record low temperature today

YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning Valley had another record low temperature for the month when it dropped to minus 6 degrees today.

The temperature, reached at 8:07 a.m., tied the record low for a Jan. 22 in 1970.

It’s going to get warmer these next few days, but it will still be unseasonably cold, said Tom King, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Cleveland.

“It’s going to go on and on and on with the cold air continuing into next week,” he said. “The long, long-range forecast is for more of the same for the remainder of the month at least.”

The low Thursday is expected to be 1 degree, around 10 to 15 on Friday, 0 to 5 degrees Saturday and Sunday, according to the NWS forecast. The low for Monday is expected to be minus 5 to zero.

On Jan. 6 and 7, the area’s low was minus 11. The previous record lows for those days was minus 2 and minus 6, respectively. The previous record lows for those days were both in 1988.