A cold front will come through early Thursday, ushering in another round of very cold and dry air to the area which may elevate fire danger during the day. We’ll start the day in the mid-to-upper 30s with a few clouds around. Those clouds will largely scour out as the drier air punches in, and it will punch in — expect winds around 10-15 MPH with higher gusts at times. The influx of cold air will limit highs to the upper 40s despite full sunshine, and with the wind, it’ll feel even cooler than that. This will lead to a hard freeze overnight Thursday into Friday morning, so you’ll want to make sure that pets, plants, pipes, and people are protected as temperatures plummet into the low 20s by Friday morning.

We’ll get off to another rather chilly start on Tuesday, with sheltered and rural locations headed below freezing and the metro getting awfully close (if not tipping below 32°F, too). At least the wind won’t be a factor — maybe a very light breeze, but that’s about it. Temperatures will then warm to around 60° in the afternoon, which if realized would be right on the nose for what climatology considers “normal” for January 13. Expect plenty of sunshine with just a few clouds.

We may get another abnormally warm January day off to a foggy start across a good bit of the area as winds go calm and temperatures fall to right around their dewpoints in the low-to-mid-50s. It’s not a slam dunk that we’ll run into fog, but better to be ready for it and the associated commute delays that may come along with it.

If it develops, fog should eventually mix out by mid-morning as temperatures head into the low 70s once again under generally partly cloudy skies. It’ll be a much warmer-than-normal day — a normal January 8 should only see highs peaking around 60° — but at least the record of 81° set in 2005 will remain unchallenged.

Our run of above-normal temperatures is just beginning, and will continue through Tuesday and the rest of the work week. Expect lows to bottom out in the upper 40s to around 50° on Tuesday morning, with temperatures warming into the upper 60s to low 70s in the afternoon under a mix of sun and clouds.

The cold front that brought some much-needed rainfall to the area on Saturday will clear the area for Sunday, bringing about a cooler, drier, and sunnier day after some patches of fog in the morning. Temperatures start around 40°, but northerly winds blowing in cooler air will keep temperatures capped below 60° for most of us. Sunday will be the coolest day of the week as high pressure shifts offshore, bringing about quite a warm spell for the first full work week of 2026.

We’ll get 2026 off to a slightly chilly but seasonable start with surface high pressure in control. Temperatures will fall to the mid-30s by morning, with some freezing temperatures possible closer to I-95. With plenty of sunshine, though, temperatures will rebound right to where they should be for the beginning of the year, with highs peaking around 60° in the afternoon. It’ll be a bit breezy, especially in the morning, but those winds will slacken some as we head into the evening.

A cold front getting through the area Monday afternoon will usher in much cooler air for Tuesday. We’ll start the day around freezing away from the coast, with wind chills bottoming out in the mid-to-upper 20s in the morning thanks to northwesterly winds around 5-10 MPH. This breeze continues for much of the day. Despite full sunshine, the ongoing influx of cold air will keep highs pinned to the low 50s across the metro.

While it won’t be as windy as it was on Monday morning, we still have quite a frigid start queued up for Tuesday as lows drop back to the low 20s in the morning, with some upper teens possible closer to and west of I-95. However, with high pressure beginning to slip to the east, we’ll start to see temperatures begin to moderate in the afternoon as mostly sunny skies prevail. While the forecast high of 54° remains well below normal for this point in December, it will feel tropical in comparison to Monday’s high of 39° at the airport (which ties the record cold high temperature first set in 1942).

Another dry front will come through overnight with a reinforcing shot of cooler air for our neck of the woods, but at least we won’t be starting the day with freezing fog like we did this morning. Freezing fog occurs when fog develops at temperatures below freezing, producing a glaze of ice on surfaces it comes into contact with (generally elevated surfaces). This morning, temperatures fell to the dewpoint of 28°, which aided in its formation and caused quite a few problems on bridges and overpasses, with numerous traffic accidents and closure of both the Don Holt and North Bridges. Freezing fog is incredibly, incredibly rare for this part of the world — in fact, this morning’s Freezing Fog Advisory was the first ever issued for the Charleston metro area, and only the second issued by NWS Charleston, SC (the first one was issued in 2022).

Thankfully, we will not deal with this Thursday morning as temperatures are expected to stay above freezing, generally running in the upper 30s to around 40°. The aforementioned dry front comes through early in the day, and this helps usher in another shot of cooler air that’ll keep things breezy and chilly Thursday afternoon, with highs only reaching the low 50s despite partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. Morning wind chills may bottom out in the low 30s, so layer appropriately.

We’ll finally shed the cloud cover that’s punctuated the last several days on Tuesday as high pressure builds in from the northwest. The aforementioned high pressure will drive even cooler and drier air into the area, and we’ll wake up below freezing as a result away from the coast. The northerly breeze will help drive wind chills down into the low to mid-20s during the morning, so be sure to add a layer or two as you head out for the day. The feed of cooler and drier air continues throughout the day, so even with plenty of sunshine, highs will likely not climb out of the upper 40s.