Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain & Isolated Severe Thunderstorms in Southern California
Snow squalls are likely to cross the Lower Great Lakes this evening and the Ohio Valley through the interior Northeast/northern Mid-Atlantic overnight, before potentially reaching the I-95 corridor from D.C. to New York City early New Year’s Day morning. Heavy rain and isolated severe thunderstorms will impact coastal southern California including Los Angeles tonight into early on New Year's Day.
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There are no watches, warnings, or advisories at this time.
New Year's Forecast
Warm Start to 2026
Weather for the Week
2026 rings in with great weather! Today is mostly clear with daytime highs from the mid 60s to near 70 degrees. Wispy high clouds tonight won't obscure the fireworks. It's cool at midnight in the mid to upper 40s. New Year's Day will be breezy and mostly sunny to partly cloudy with highs warming into the low to mid 70s.
Our brief streak of cooler days to end 2025 will soon come to an end. Warm weather is on the way, and South-Central Texas is likely to have an unseasonably warm start to January 2026. Expect afternoon highs generally in the 70s and 80s to start the month.
After a chilly finish to 2025, the new year will begin with temperatures back to above normal. A light freeze is possible expected this morning over about half the area, and new years eve will feature near normal temperatures and mostly light winds. Temperatures will warm back to well above normal by Friday. The first full week of January will feature partly to mostly sunny skies and no chance of rain.