The warm weather Charleston is experiencing is expected to fade in the coming weeks.

Dalias Price, former Eastern professor and local weather observer, said temperatures will soon drop.

“It’s delightful weather, but we should enjoy it while we can because it won’t be long before it’s winter,” Price said.

The temperature is a reflection of a “lingering Indian Summer,” which is unseasonably warm air pressure, he said.

Price compared Sunday’s temperature to the normal recorded temperature for the date to demonstrate how unusual the weather has been.

Sunday temperatures rose to 78 degrees, within six degrees of the record high for the day, he said. The morning low was 62 degrees and is normally 40 degrees for this time of year. The the normal high would be 60 degrees.

Usually, around Nov. 10, “temperatures become more winter-like,” Price said. The coldest point is mid January before temperatures slowly rise again.

“The early winter season is coming when temperatures are in the 50s during the day and freezing at night.

“Really, we have three winter seasons,” he said. “Early winter, mid winter and late winter.”

Early winter begins in November, the middle of winter begins the end of the first week of December and late winter begins in January.

The first snow takes place in early winter, around Thanksgiving. Mid winter is “bitterly cold” and in late winter temperatures are 45-50 degrees. January is the coldest month and month with the most snow, Price said.

According to the National Weather Service, this week will be partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms in the middle of the week. Temperatures will have a low in the upper 50s with a high of 75 degrees through Wednesday. There is a chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday until noon. Temperatures for the rest of the week, beginning Wednesday evening, will have a low of 35 degrees with a high in the upper 40s.

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