Winter is coming back. At least temporarily.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a freeze warning for Tuesday morning that will impact Franklin County and dozens of other Ohio counties.
The warning takes effect at 1 a.m. Tuesday and lasts until 11 a.m. as temperatures fall into the 20s. The accompanying frost and freezing could kill crops and other sensitive vegetation, according to the warning.
The warning is for Franklin, Union, Wayne, Fayette, Hardin, Mercer, Auglaize, Darke, Shelby, Logan, Union, Delaware, Miami, Champaign, Clark, Madison, Licking, Preble, Montgomery, Greene, Fayette, Pickaway, Fairfield, Butler, Warren, Clinton, Ross, Hocking, Hamilton, Clermont, Brown, Highland, Adams, Pike and Scioto counties in Ohio.
Should you take your plants inside during spring frost?
Vegetables, annuals, and tropical plants that are planted early in the spring season are the most likely to be damaged by the impending frost. If you want these plants to survive, you can bring them inside, cover them with sheets or frost blankets, or use cold frames or cold tunnels, according to an article from Iowa State University.
Other plants like shrubs, trees and flower buds may be damaged by the frost but will likely survive.
To avoid the headache of protecting your plants, hold off on planting frost sensitive plants until later in the spring.
Here is what you can expect from the weather for the rest of the week.
Columbus weather for the week of April 7, 2025
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Monday: It will be mostly sunny with a high near 56. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
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Monday Night: It will be mostly cloudy during the early evening, then it will gradually clear, with a low around 24. Wind gusts as high as 24 mph will be possible.
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Tuesday: It will be sunny with a high near 44. Wind gusts as high as 21 miles per hour will be possible.
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Tuesday Night: There will be widespread frost after 4 a.m. Otherwise, it will be mostly clear with a low around 27.
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Wednesday: There is a chance of rain after 2 p.m. There will be widespread frost before 9 a.m. Otherwise, it will be partly sunny with a high near 50. The chance of precipitation is 30%. Less than a tenth of an inch of precipitation is expected.
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Wednesday Night: There will be rain, mainly after 2 a.m. The low will be around 41. The chance of precipitation is 80%. Precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch will be possible.
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Thursday: There will be rain before 8 a.m., then showers, mainly after 8 a.m. The high will be near 58. The chance of precipitation is 80%.
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Thursday Night: Showers are likely, mainly before 8 p.m. It will be mostly cloudy with a low around 37. The chance of precipitation is 60%.
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Friday: There is a chance of showers. It will be partly sunny with a high near 51. The chance of precipitation is 30%.
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Friday Night: There will be areas of frost after 5 a.m. Otherwise, it will be mostly cloudy with a low around 35.
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Saturday: There will be areas of frost. Otherwise, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 55.
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Saturday Night: It will be partly cloudy with a low around 37.
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Sunday: It will be mostly sunny with a high near 63.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Freeze warning issued for Columbus area. When will temperatures drop?
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