Cold front brings widespread rain to Cincinnati Thursday

Heads up to your Thursday morning commute! Rain is likely and some could see 1/2″ or more.

YOUR OWN LAND. LET’S TALK ABOUT WEATHER. YEAH. GOOD STORY. NEED A LOT OF THAT AND A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DOING BIG THINGS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CLIMATE. WEATHER, CLIMATE NEEDS TO HELP MY LAWN. THAT’S WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN RIGHT NOW. YOU’RE NOT THE ONLY PERSON TO SAY THAT. I FOLLOW SOME FARMERS ON INSTAGRAM AND THEY ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE RAIN THEY GOT YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN TO BE OUT IN PARTS OF INDIANA THAT GOT SOME OF THOSE DOWNPOURS YESTERDAY EVENING, AND THERE’S STILL THE CHANCE OF THAT TONIGHT. I DON’T THINK MANY OF US SEE RAIN, BUT BY TOMORROW MORNING WE’LL BE TRACKING A DECENT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL MOVING THROUGH. SO BENEFICIAL RAIN. IF YOUR YARD IS STARTING TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT CRUNCHY NOW, THIS AFTERNOON WE STILL COULD SEE A COUPLE OF POP UPS OCCASIONALLY OUT THERE. BUT AGAIN, FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK MANY OF US ARE GOING TO END UP STAYING DRY AS FAR AS TOMORROW IS CONCERNED. IT’S AN IMPACT DAY. WE’LL START TO SEE MORE WIDESPREAD RAIN MOVING IN HERE BY THE MORNING TOMORROW, AND SOME OF THAT EVEN IS GOING TO STICK AROUND AT POINTS ON FRIDAY AS WELL. SO WE’RE WRAPPING UP THE WEEK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN AROUND GREATER CINCINNATI. THINGS HAVE BEEN QUIET SO FAR HERE TODAY. NOW YESTERDAY DOWN CLOSER TO CARROLL COUNTY, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE KENTUCKY MESONET, PICKED UP A SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF RAINFALL THERE, SO THAT IS GOOD. WE’RE CLOSING IN NOW ON OUR TIME FOR THIS COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH HERE. STILL GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, BUT BY THIS TIME TOMORROW, IT’S LIKELY THAT THIS FRONT IS GOING TO HAVE ALREADY BROUGHT US SOME DECENT RAINFALL AROUND GREATER CINCINNATI IN TERMS OF TOTALS FOR TOMORROW AND FRIDAY COMBINED. I DO THINK MOST OF US ARE GOING TO PICK UP CLOSER TO A HALF INCH OR SO OF RAIN. SOME COULD SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE IF YOU GET A FEW EXTRA DOWNPOURS, ESPECIALLY IF YOU END UP SEEING MORE RAIN ON FRIDAY EVENING. BUT RIGHT NOW, TEMPERATURES ARE SITTING IN THE 70S ALL ACROSS TOWN. WE HAVE 74 UP AT LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, CLOSER TO 74 IN LEBANON AS WELL. HIGH SITTING AROUND 78. IT IS 75 DEGREES IN MILFORD. COVINGTON CLOSER TO 75 AS WELL. STILL SEEING SOME UPPER 60S OUT THERE THOUGH IN LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA RIGHT NOW ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WE ARE GOING TO SEE TEMPERATURES TOPPING OUT CLOSER TO ABOUT 84 THIS AFTERNOON. SO IT IS GOING TO BE ON THE WARM SIDE AGAIN TODAY. BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY AVERAGE FOR US THIS TIME OF YEAR. NOW AFTER THIS FRONT MOVES THROUGH, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT COOLER AS WE HEAD INTO THE FIRST FULL WEEKEND OF SEPTEMBER. IN FACT, TOMORROW LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT CHILLY OUTSIDE AFTER THAT FRONT PASSES BY, TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE TO REACH OUT OF THE LOW 70S TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SO FOR TODAY, WE’RE LOOKING AT MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS AGAIN. WE COULD SEE A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW. THEIR SIGNAL THAT MOST OF THOSE WOULD DEVELOP EITHER JUST ALONG I-70 ONE OR TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF I-70 ONE. SO IF YOU’RE OUT IN HIGHLAND COUNTY, I KNOW YOU NEED SOME RAINFALL. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET SOME OF THOSE SPOTTY DOWNPOURS TODAY, IF NOT TODAY. AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW MORNING, LOOK AT THIS BENEFICIAL RAIN THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING MOVING IN. IT’S WIDESPREAD. SO I DO THINK EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT TOMORROW MORNING SEE SOME RAINFALL. NOW THIS IS ALSO GOING TO COME IN WITH THAT EARLY MORNING COMMUTE. SO IF YOU HAVE TO BE OUT THE DOOR BEFORE THE SUN COMES UP ON THURSDAY, YOU’LL RUN INTO THAT RAIN. AND IT’S ALSO POSSIBLE THAT WE’LL STILL SEE SOME SPOTTY ACTIVITY THROUGH ABOUT MIDDAY TOMORROW. SO WE STILL WILL HAVE SOME RAINFALL AROUND OCCASIONALLY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THEN WE’LL START TO DRY THINGS BACK OUT BEFORE WE START TO SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN MOVING IN HERE ON FRIDAY EVENING. SO THAT IS GOING TO HAVE IMPACTS ON YOUR GAMES FRIDAY NIGHT. IF YOU’RE DOING ANY FOOTBALL GAMES, IF YOU’RE GOING OUT TO THE REDS GAME OR ANY OTHER MAYBE FESTIVAL IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT COULD BE GOING ON, THERE IS THAT POTENTIAL FOR SOME RAINFALL OUT THERE ON FRIDAY. DURING THAT EVENING TIME FRAME. AGAIN FOR THURSDAY. MOST OF THAT IMPACT IS GOING TO COME INTO

Cold front brings widespread rain to Cincinnati Thursday

Heads up to your Thursday morning commute! Rain is likely and some could see 1/2″ or more.

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Updated: 12:54 PM EDT Sep 3, 2025

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Heads up to your Thursday morning commute! Rain is likely and some could see 1/2″ or more.

Heads up to your Thursday morning commute! Rain is likely and some could see 1/2″ or more.

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