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Columbus, Ohio – Ohio heads into the Feb 5–9 period under a sustained stretch of below-normal temperatures and limited precipitation, keeping widespread snow and rain chances relatively low while cold air remains firmly in place. While winter conditions continue, the primary impact this week will be the persistence of the cold rather than major storm systems.
According to the National Weather Service and NOAA outlooks, colder-than-average air remains entrenched across the Midwest and Great Lakes, extending east through the Mid-Atlantic and south along the I-95 corridor into the Southeast and Florida. Precipitation chances remain limited for areas south of northern Illinois and west of the Pacific Northwest near Eugene, Oregon, placing much of Ohio in a colder but quieter weather pattern…