Christmas brought 70-degree temps. Will New Year’s in Myrtle Beach be the same?
Christmas Day saw people pack the beaches along the Grand Strand as temperatures rose into the 70s.
But heading into the new year, the weather will be somewhat back to normal for the Myrtle Beach area, according to Steven Pfaff, warning coordination meteorologist for National Weather Service in Wilmington, North Carolina.
With a cold front moving into the area, things will be “more seasonably” by Sunday, as highs are expected to reach into the mid 60s, Pfaff said.
But temps will climb back up into the 70s Monday, bringing with it a 20% to 40% chance of rain, before dropping back down into the 50s for a high on Tuesday.
From there, the Myrtle Beach area will remain in the upper 50s with lows in the mid 30s through the end of the week, Pffaff said. New Year’s Day will see “cooler than normal weather” for the area, he said.
The weather has been a roller coaster for 2025, Pffaff said.
“(We’ve had) a little bit of everything,” Pfaff said.
Myrtle Beach-area weather in 2025
Recorded rainfall as of Dec. 26 was at 48.5 inches, compared to 48.76 inches last year. However, the area is down about 10 inches of rainfall over the last five years, Pfaff said.
The Grand Strand avoided any hurricane landfalls this season, but “rip currents were problematic,” Pfaff said. The Myrtle Beach area had several drownings in 2025 that were attributed to the rip currents.
The area did see a number of severe storms. The biggest highlight, however, was January’s snowfall, which brought about 5 inches of snow to the beach.
“It was a rare event for us,” Pfaff said.
