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

1. Sunny and nice. Forecasters are predicting a nice summer day today, with partly cloudy skies, and temperatures reaching 80 degrees by the afternoon. Lows will reach the high 50s overnight.

2. Breakfast and Gary Johnson. GOP presidential candidate and former N.M. Gov. Gary Johnson will be in the city, meeting with voters at 8:30 a.m. at the City Side Grille, at 25 Manchester St. He'll then head to Manchester and Nashua for events later in the day.