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Scorching hot or wet and cool? Here’s the latest SC weather forecast for the rest of spring

Patrick McCreless
·2 min read

It’s about to get warmer.

Much warmer.

South Carolina is more than a month into spring, with plants in full bloom and insects buzzing with activity. And while temperatures have been relatively comfortable so far, that could soon change.

According to the latest forecast from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center, South Carolina has a 50-60% chance of having above normal temperatures for the rest of April and through May and June. Summer officially starts on June 21.

A map showing possible temperatures across the U.S. between April, May and June.
A map showing possible temperatures across the U.S. between April, May and June.

South Carolina recently had above normal temperatures for the year.

“We were near normal, now we’re going above normal,” said Tony Petrolito, meteorologist with the National Weather Service in West Columbia.

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Petrolito said temperatures in the Midlands reached 80 degrees on Wednesday and will reach the upper 70s on Thursday.

“This will continue through the weekend … over the weekend we will be in the low 80s,” he said of above normal temperatures.

According to AccuWeather, soaring temperatures are expected across the Southeast throughout the week.

“A massive dome of high pressure will set up in the southeastern U.S. this week and be responsible for a significant warmup for the eastern two-thirds of the country” AccuWeather Meteorologist La Troy Thornton said in a recent report.

Farmer’s Almanac spring predictions

The Farmer’s Almanac has predicted plenty of rain for South Carolina and the Southeast over the next two months.

Farmer’s Almanac forecasts thunderstorms in the last week of April and more rain through the first couple of weeks of May. Even more rain and thunderstorms are expected through the first half of June.

Founded in 1818, the Farmers’ Almanac uses a secret formula that includes components such as “sunspot activity, tidal action, the position of the planet,” to predict long-range weather forecasts. The forecasts are typically made two years in advance. Fans of the Farmers’ Almanac have, over the years, calculated that the predictions are accurate 80-85% of the time.