COLUMBIA, S.C. — Temperatures will be unseasonably warm today for the start of November. High temperatures will be in the lower 80s again today. The warmer temperatures will hang around for the start of the weekend. Highs will drop a little Sunday after a cold front moves through the state.
Halloween was very warm. High temperatures yesterday climbed into the lower to middle 80s. The Columbia airport reported a high of 83 degrees. Orangeburg reached 84 degrees on Thursday.
Columbia also finished October with only a trace of rainfall. This tied the record for the driest month ever in Columbia. With the dry conditions, almost all of South Carolina is now at least abnormally dry.
The next several days will remain dry. High temperatures will be above normal. Today temperatures will return to the lower 80s under partly cloudy conditions.
A dry cold front will move through the state late Saturday. This will bring our temperatures down a touch for the second half of the weekend. High temperatures on Sunday will be in the middle 70s under partly to mostly cloudy skies.
Monday will be partly cloudy. Temperatures will return to the middle 70s Monday afternoon. Gradually, highs will return to the lower 80s Tuesday through Thursday. There will be a chance for rain on Wednesday and Thursday, but the odds of showers are small.
Looking Back:
Ten years ago, on November 1, 2014, South Carolina experienced its earliest and heaviest snowfall on record. The previous earliest and heaviest snowfall occurred on November 4, 1930, when 2-inches fell at Caesars Head.
The snowfall did cause I-20 near Gilbert to briefly close, and there were some power outages. The impacts of this historic snow were relatively small, but for those who witnessed it, they will likely never forget the November 1 snow event.