Snow Squalls May Impact New Year's Eve Travel from the Great Lakes to the Mid-Atlantic; Heavy Rain Returns to California
Lake effect snow will continue through Friday bringing significant snowfall to areas east to southeast of the Great Lakes. Snow squalls may impact New Year's Eve travel this evening and overnight across parts of the Great Lakes, Ohio Valley, Mid-Atlantic, and Upstate New York. Heavy rain will bring another flash flooding threat for southern California New Year's Eve into New Year's Day.
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Today
New Year's Forecast
Weather for the Week
Expect abundant sunshine today. Winds will be light and variable early and turn southerly by this afternoon. Temperatures will return to seasonable values with highs mostly in the 60s.
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.
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.