Weather

Warm weather is expected across the Palmetto State from mid to late week. Temperatures will climb into the 70s with overnight lows in the 50s.

January 2026 is expected to bring warmer-than-average and drier-than-normal conditions across much of the Southeast, according to NOAA’s latest climate outlook.

A southern storm system will bring widespread rain to South Carolina from Friday through the first half of the weekend.

A strong cold front will bring an abrupt end to the warm Christmas weather across South Carolina, sending temperatures 10-15 degrees below average during the last week of 2025.

Upon graduating at age 17 in June of 1967, Michael Richardson pondered his future and longed for a career. In December of that year, he decided to enlist in the U.S. Army, where his training began in January 1968 at Fort Benning, Georgia. It was there that Richardson had his first experience working in snowy conditions.

South Carolina experienced a volatile year of weather marked by rare January snowstorms, destructive spring wildfires and the landfall of a tropical storm.

South Carolina and much of the nation is in store for temperatures that will be well above average for Dec. 25.

Meteorological winter began on Dec. 1 while astronomical winter began on Dec. 21. Astronomical seasons are based on the Earth's position in connection with the sun.

More than 122 million Americans are expected to travel during the busy holiday period, with generally quiet weather across much of the country but stormy conditions along the West Coast.

A transition into neutral and even an El Niño status in 2026 will have significant climate impacts across the U.S. and around the world.