Greenville is starting Thursday with clear skies, crisp air and a forecast high near 74 degrees. The sunshine sticks around through the afternoon, but a cooler weekend is on the way as dry northeast winds build.
Sunny Thursday Gives Way To Chilly Nights
Temperatures should climb from the upper 40s this morning to around 74 degrees by midafternoon, with little wind and no chance of rain. Skies stay clear Thursday night as temperatures fall to around 47 degrees, the latest National Weather Service forecast shows.
Friday remains sunny but cooler, with a high near 68 and an overnight low around 46. The bigger change arrives Saturday, when northeast winds of 12 to 15 mph could gust as high as 23 mph and keep the high near 65, according to the updated Greenville forecast.
Dry Stretch Continues Into Next Week
Saturday and Sunday nights are forecast to bring lows of 44 and 45 degrees, respectively, under clear skies. The National Weather Service’s point forecast keeps both nights above freezing.
A forecast low near 44 degrees does not signal a freeze in Greenville, but first-freeze dates have varied widely across the region. The Greenville-Spartanburg record includes an Oct. 3 first-freeze date, according to the freeze-history archive. A chilly forecast alone does not mean frost is expected in every nearby community.
The weekend cooldown is modest compared with Greenville-Spartanburg’s late-October climate averages: the normal high and low for Oct. 22 are 71.1 and 47.8 degrees, while the Oct. 24 normal high is 70.4 degrees. Saturday’s forecast high near 65 would be about 5 degrees below that daily normal, even as the overnight forecast stays well above freezing. National Weather Service climate normals put those daily averages in context.
Sunday remains sunny, with a high near 67 degrees. Monday is also sunny, with a high near 72. Dry weather continues through Wednesday, with highs near 74 Tuesday and 72 Wednesday, the latest National Weather Service forecast shows.
The National Weather Service expects relative humidity below 25% this afternoon in parts of northeast Georgia, where an increased-fire-danger statement is in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday. It names Rabun, Habersham, Stephens, Franklin, Hart and Elbert counties; the notice cites dry vegetation and low fine-fuel moisture as factors that could help outdoor fires spread quickly. Greenville-Spartanburg’s statement does not include Greenville County, South Carolina.
