COLUMBIA, S.C. — Today will be unseasonably warm for Halloween. Highs will return to the lower 80s under partly cloudy skies. The above-normal temperatures will continue over the next seven days.
Wednesday was partly cloudy and warm. High temperatures were in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Columbia airport had a high temperature of 80 degrees.
The Columbia airport has only received a trace of rain so far this month. If we do not get any measurable rainfall, this month will end up being tied for the driest month on record in Columbia. The last time South Carolina got any substantial rainfall was September 27. That was in association with Hurricane Helene.
We are expecting mainly dry conditions today. It will be very warm for October 31. High temperatures this afternoon will be in the lower 80s. This evening, temperatures will gradually drop to the lower 70s by 8 p.m.
Our in-house forecast model paints in a stray shower for parts of the Midlands this evening, but organized rainfall is not expected.
The first day of November will feel more like spring with afternoon temperatures in the lower 80s, but a front will move toward the area by the weekend. The front will drop temperatures just a touch by Sunday.
Temperatures will remain above normal Monday and Tuesday. Some rain is possible early Tuesday, but the chance for rain is very low.
Tracking the Tropics:
A low-pressure system is expected to form over the southwestern Caribbean Sea by the week’s end, with gradual development possible in the following days. A tropical depression could form over the weekend or early next week as the system slowly moves northward or northwestward across the central or western Caribbean.