Colder air is spreading into North Carolina behind a cold front that moved through the area last night.

It will be breezy this afternoon with gusts around 25 mph and highs that will just reach the upper 50s to near 60.

We'll turn even colder tonight with low temperatures dropping to near freezing in much of the area by sunrise Friday. For locations that make it to freezing, it will be the first freeze of the fall season. That average date for the first freeze in central North Carolina is in late October or early November.

Tomorrow will bring another sunny, breezy and cool day. Highs will just reach the 50s.

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