HIGH: 40
LOW: 44
STRING OF CONSECUTIVE BELOWNORMAL DAYS REACHES 19
* Blustery, raw northeast winds 10 to 22 mph beneath Friday’s thick overcast.
* Sprinkles at times and several lake-effect rain showers.
* Afternoon temperatures more typical of late November and 18 degrees below normal for Oct. 16
* Cloudy, breezy, damp and chilly Friday night. Sprinkles build to rain showers — especially lakeside counties.
* North to NE overnight winds 10 to 20 mph.
OCT. 16 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 62(degrees)/42(degrees)
Record high: 87(degrees) (1963)
Record low: 28(degrees) (1991)
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