It is official: last month was the largest January in 25 years for many parts of South Carolina – a public radio in South Carolina

As we close the books in January, it is no surprise that this January was more special than most in recent years. In fact, most of the national meteorological services in the state claim that 2025 has been one of the most cold January in 25 years.

The Arctic explosion was immersed in the southeastern part of the United States at the 2nd week of January 2025, arriving just in time for the largest section of the year. He brought record low temperatures and nourishes a winter storm that has fallen historically snowfall for parts of the deep south, including, as we know, South Carolina.

Unusually cold, dry Arctic air was already in place most of the Gulf coast, before the winter storm burned several states in a few inches of snow. Immersion in the jet stream pressed south and east through much of the central US, extending from the Great Lakes all the way to the shore of the Bay and the Carolins. The clash of moisture in the Persian Gulf with such cold, dry air was like a snowstorm-effect of the lake in the south.

A winter storm struck the southern United States from January 9-11, 2025. The storm brought frozen rain and snow from New Mexico and Texas to Carolina and Virginia.

Thehe Upstate Rain accumulation for freezing up to a quarter inch. In Greenville, South Carolina, temperatures were in teenagers on January 22, 2025. The storm made schools, business and public organizations close.

The cold weather model continued in the first three weeks of January, which helped reduce the total average of January around the country.

Here is a look at some of the records placed around the state in January:

In Upstate including Greenville/Spartanburg The area has its 2nd cold January from 2000. The average average temperature is 38.1 °, which is 4.4 ° larger than the average value of 42.5 °.

In MidlandsThe daily maximums were also insanely cold for January. In Colombia, January 2025 is the largest of 2000. The average average temperature is 40.5 °, which is 5.4 ° larger than the average of 45.9 °.

In Low side, Charleston had an average temperature of 43.5 ° F in January 2025. This set for the record of the 10th month. 16 days had a rate of 32 ° or below. The most cold was 21 ° on January 25th. The most heated was 74 ° on January 31st.

And Peede Experience with cold, northern air and temperatures quite freezing. Frozing rain accumulated up to a quarter inches and in the Pee Dee area. A winter storm brought snow and ice from the Midwest to the Carolins, with considerable snowfall in the interior. January 2025 temperatures were recorded low in the region. January 2025 for Drink It has been the most cold since 2000. The average average temperature is 40.2 °, which is 5.5 ° larger than the average value of 45.7 °.

Although it was a long month for anyone who hoped for a mild winter, January was a great reminder that it was doing it and could become brutally cold in the Palmto state, and sometimes more than expected.

On the bright side, February temperatures promise to be normal or a little higher, introducing in what may be the early arrival of South Carolina spring, despite what Punxsutawney Phil predicted for the rest of the country!