"Five Things you Need to Know Today" is a Patch column that provides readers with essential, daily information at a glance. 

1. Today will be very windy and very wet. Rain will fall mainly before 2 p.m. and wind gusts could get as high as 46 mph. Temperatures will stay in the mid-40s, according to the National Weather Service.


2. Look ahead to the weekend, continued wind gusts are expected on Saturday with temperatures over the weekend between 20 and 30 degrees, according to NWS.


3. With Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Dedham schools will be closed.


4. The Descendents and The Artist are still on the big screen at Dedham Community Theatre this weekend. See its website for showtimes.


5. Dedham Girl Scouts will be selling their delicious and famous cookies at Saturday's Dedham High School boy's hockey game at Noble and Greenough School at 6:15 p.m.