Today: The 5-Day Weather Forecast February 21, 2026, starts with broken clouds and frigid 23-degree temperatures. As Friday’s low-pressure system sits to the east of Michigan, winds continue out of the northwest, averaging 12 mph with gusts up to 22 mph. During the day, clouds lessen slightly, allowing temperatures to hit 30 before sunset.
Tonight: Pressures increase through the night, inducing some cloud cover and reviving snow chances. Snowflakes wait until early evening to begin and then increase their frequency over the night. While this happens, temperatures fall into the high-10s, and gusts intensify to 30 mph.
Tomorrow: Winds still howl out of the north-northwest, as the snow pauses in the morning. Temperatures use some broken clouds to increase to a high of 26. After the sunset, snow returns blowing around on the 30-mph gusts from the north. The northern winds also send temperatures back into the 10s, bottoming out at 12. Exiting around midnight, the weekend snow should total to just below a half inch.
Monday: Thanks to the consistent winds, temperatures for the first day of the work week only reach 24. Finally decreasing in the afternoon, winds stop in the early night to switch directions. Following the sunny day, a low-pressure system arrives in the Midwest, gathering clouds and increasing precipitation chances. Southwestern winds quickly pick up their pace after temperatures lower to 16.
Extended: The weak low pressure creates some snow showers which begin in the early morning and stop later in the afternoon. The temperature increases dramatically into the 30s with 30-mph winds from the southwest backing its rise. As the snow leaves around a half inch of snow behind, winds aim to the east and calm. Temperatures settle to 28 for a low Tuesday night. After Tuesday, a disturbance over Oregon causes an upper-air trend shift, but how they shift is highly debated by models. All details are currently unknown for Wednesday; one needs to resort to the best estimate. Wednesday temperatures peak at 43, while winds seldom reach 20 mph. A storm system will come through, causing temperatures to plummet to the 20s for a low. Stay tuned to know how Wednesday resolves!
