After the heat wave, here’s the hot weather SC can expect the rest of summer, forecasts show
The heat wave in South Carolina may be over, but that doesn’t mean more brutally hot weather isn’t on the way in the coming months.
Parts of South Carolina and a good chunk of the Northeast U.S. suffered through a blistering heat wave the previous two days. The National Weather Service placed South Carolina under a heat advisory on Tuesday and Wednesday and for good reason. The heat index in the Midlands reached triple digits on Wednesday.
Storms and rain are expected to cool the Palmetto State down some the rest of the week. But with June quickly coming to an end, what kind of heat and weather can residents expect during the rest of summer?
Both the National Weather Service and the Farmers’ Almanac are forecasting above-average temperatures for the summer.
“More long-time high temperature records may be broken this year,” Farmers’ Almanac states.
NWS summer forecast
The NWS Climate Prediction Center calls for a 40% to 50% chance of South Carolina having above-normal temperatures in July, August and September. In the Northern Hemisphere, summer officially ends this year on Sept. 22.
The state is also predicted to have a 40% to 50% chance of above-normal rainfall for July through September.
Farmers’ Almanac extended forecast
The Farmers’ Almanac summer weather forecast calls for above-average temperatures for most of the nation. However, it only expects higher-than-usual amounts of rainfall in the Southeast.
Hot weather at the start of July will lead into big thunderstorms for the state on Independence Day, the Farmers’ Almanac states.
Much of the middle of July will be hot with a little rain, followed by more thunderstorms and hot temperatures to end the month.
Mostly fair skies are expected to start off August. However, the Farmers’ Almanac predicts a hurricane threat between Aug. 8-11, starting from the Florida coast and then moving up along the Southeast coast.
More thunderstorms are expected for the Carolinas Aug. 16-19, followed by humid and showery weather and then scattered thunderstorms to end the month.
Thunderstorms are expected to clear in time for Labor Day. However, more widespread thunderstorm activity will appear the week of Sept. 4-7. The Farmers’ Almanac predicts another potential hurricane threat along the Atlantic seaboard toward the middle of September, followed by more storms and rain showers through to Sept. 20, at which point fair skies are expected for several days.
How Farmers’ Almanac predicts the weather
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.
