Yes, the weather today is chilly - feeling a lot more like the middle of winter than it has recently. But what you might not know is that in the earth's annual orbit around the sun, today we are closer…

Today the temperature soared to 80 degrees in Columbia.  That ties the record for the date, set back in 1985.  This warm weather isn't going to last much longer, with much cooler temperatures arriving on Monday.

The USGS has confirmed that there were several earthquakes here in the Midlands today - centered a few miles south of Elgin. The strongest earthquake hit at 2:18pm and had a magnitude of 3.3.  For all the latest, you can…

On Sunday Columbia's temperature reached 78 degrees. That broke the record for the date - which was 77 degrees set almost 60 years ago.  Our December "heat wave" will continue for several more days, so more records could fall this…

On Christmas Day, NASA is set to launch its new James Web Space Telescope.  This new telescope is not set up to replace the Hubble telescope as much as it is simply the next generation of the technology and its…

With Christmas just a few days away, you may be wondering what the odds are of us getting snow on Christmas.  Well, this year, the odds are zero.  It's going to be in the 70's.  But what are the odds…

December has been much warmer than average so far this year. In fact, it's averaging 4.5 degrees warmer than average through the first half of the month. This is in keeping with the trend over the last 50 years of…

The Arctic is heating up - a lot. And the latest numbers for November continue to illustrate this trend, where the Arctic was almost 6 degrees above normal.  Check out the tweet below from Antii Lipponen.  @anttilip In November 2021,…

Here in Columbia November was very dry.  And although the warmest temperature of the month broke 80 degrees, the temperatures were cooler than average. Below are the images that summarize November 2021 in South Carolina.

The temperature climbed all the way to 82 degrees today in Columbia. That breaks the record high for the day of 79 degrees set back in 1970.  In case you're wondering, the record high for December is 83 degrees. That…

The 2021 Hurricane Season officially ended today. (Just so you know, once in a while Mother Nature doesn't know that it's the end and occasionally a storm forms in December.)  One of the highlights -or lowlights of the season is…

The Yale University School for the Environment has published an article making the case for putting solar panels in parking lots.  The land is already being used to park cars, so why not just add solar panels on top.  They…

A partial lunar eclipse will start on Friday morning at 1:02 AM eastern time.  A lunar eclipse is when the earth casts its shadow on the moon.  The eclipse will last 3 hours and 28 minutes, making it the longest…

You may have wondered about the cost difference between filling up a normal car with gas verses charging an electric vehicle. Well, the results are in. Charging is cheaper than gas. Check out this article that sums up several studies: …

Today's high hit 80° after an overnight low of 36°.  That's a swing of 44 degrees, breaking the record for 2021.  Below is the list of other "big swing" days, courtesy of the National Weather Service in Columbia.

The United Kingdom, and the adjacent North Atlantic and North Sea, is a windy area. And they are making big strides in taking advantage of that renewable, pollution-free, resource. At times in 2021, wind farms produced as much as 24%…