After some much-needed rain on Sunday, sunshine and warmth return for the new work week as high pressure remains the main weather driver for a few days before shower chances return to the picture later in the week.

While we do have some rain chances in store this week, what we will be lacking (after Monday morning, anyway) is subfreezing cold. It’s been a very chilly start to February so far — in fact, this first week of February (Feb 1-7) ties 1951 for ninth coldest on record at the airport with an average temperature of 42.2°. We will thankfully break the cold snap this week as the upper-air pattern changes a bit, favoring a ridge trying to nudge in from the south that’ll keep the colder air bottled up to the north.

Our run of cooler than normal temperatures that closed January will continue for the first week of February, but a repeat of the past couple weekends of wintry intrigue, mercifully, is not expected.

A cold front coming through on Monday will usher in much colder and drier air, keeping temperatures well below normal as we bid adieu to January.

After some much-needed rain on Sunday, we get into a stretch of a few quiet but chilly days beginning on Monday. We’ll start Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the mid-to-upper 20s across much of the metro away from the immediate coastline. There’s a slight chance for a little black ice in more sheltered and rural areas in the morning, but the vast majority of us will be okay as drier air with elevated winds should evaporate much, if not all, of today’s rain before things freeze. Temperatures will head into the low 50s with plenty of sunshine.

This week will have a much different (and more seasonally-appropriate) feel than last week did as multiple shots of cold air are queued up for our neck of the woods.

A quiet and warm week of weather lies ahead as we go back to work and school for the first time in 2026. Temperatures this week will climb some 10-15° above normal at times, but we should stay just short of any record highs.

One more unseasonably warm day is on tap for Monday before the airmass flips, which will help us usher in 2026 on a cooler and more seasonable note.

The main weather story for the week ahead — including Christmas Day — will be much warmer-than-normal temperatures as high pressure aloft will remain the dominant weather feature across a good bit of the continental US.

The well-advertised cold snap is underway as Arctic air pushes into the area, with air temperatures expected to fall to around 20° in the morning. While the most gusty winds should subside overnight, a 10-15 MPH breeze out of the north will continue to drive wind chills down well into the teens, with the potential for some brief sub-10° readings as well. A Cold Weather Advisory will run until 10am Monday to cover the most bitter cold, but it will still be a very chilly day with highs struggling to break 40° under mostly sunny skies. Winds will be slackening a little throughout the day, but still should be elevated enough to make it feel more like the mid-30s. Layer up and ensure pets, pipes, plants, and people are protected.