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2024/2025 travel forecast & the frigid air arrives in South Carolina

Temperatures to welcome the New Year!
Temperatures to welcome the New Year!

For those traveling to end the year somewhere else, keep a close eye on the weather forecast. Rain and snow will fall across the Appalachians to end the year. At the same time, the same system will likely bring rounds of rain and a few thunderstorms across the Tri-state region and push northward toward New England just in time to ring in the New Year. 2025 will start with a few snow showers falling over the Blue Ridge Mountains and across Upstate New York through eastern Ohio, where the wind will also be gusting strongly, up to 40 mph. The same system that will bring the chance for thunderstorms across the Northeast will leave gusty winds for New Year's Day, making the already cold temperatures feel even chillier.

The Pacific Northwest will deal with showers and snow starting the afternoon of New Year´s Eve. There could be some travel delays as the next system arrives and penetrates deeper inland, producing stronger showers and storms along the coast, while more snow showers are in the forecast for the northern Rockies through the High Plains to start the New Year.

Weather to remain unsettled across the Pacific Northwest and the Noreast to end 2024 and to start 2025
Weather to remain unsettled across the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast to end 2024 and to start 2025.

Aside from the precipitation on both northern corners of the nation, the big news will be across the Plains and how much the temperatures will plunge to start 2025 across the Southeast. Low temperatures will go from 15 to 20 degrees above average for this time of year across the Plains and East to 10 to 15 degrees below average for the first weekend of the year. One area hugely warmer than average for this time of year is the Northeast, specifically Upstate New York and Vermont, where temperatures on Monday morning were up to 50 degrees above average. The cold will take its sweet time to arrive, and temperatures will gradually fall, reaching closer to average ranges, around 6 degrees next Monday morning.

How will New Year's Eve and New Year´s Day be in South Carolina?

After a rough end to the last weekend of the year, where around 2 inches of rain fell across Upstate, the weather will remain mostly quiet, with temperatures warmer than usual for this time of year. Lows and highs will be between 5 and 10 degrees above average. Monday and Tuesday mornings will be in the low to mid-40s for Upstate, the mid-40s for the Midlands, and the low-50s for the Lowcountry and Pee Dee. The year will end with afternoons between the mid-60s to the low 70s across the entire Palmetto State. As a cold front approaches Tuesday, some sporty showers could occur across Update and the Midlands.

There will be three fronts crossing the state. The first one pushes through on New Year’s Eve, and the other comes right behind it on New Year’s Day. This period will be windy, with gusts that could reach 40 mph, especially on Tuesday, while the winds will gradually subside on Wednesday afternoon into the evening. The mountains will sometimes experience strong gusts, even on Wednesday nights.

Near-average temperatures arrive on Wednesday, mainly due to clouds and colder air starting to filter in. Highs will reach the mid-to upper-50s across the western half of South Carolina, while the eastern half will be in the low-60s. Thursday and Friday afternoons will be colder, with highs in the low to mid-50s. It will turn much colder on Sunday, with highs struggling to reach the 50s.

Our team of meteorologists wishes you a very healthy and safe New Year.