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After temperate Christmas, will Hilton Head get a sunny New Year’s Eve?

New Year’s Eve will be sunny with a high of 55 degrees, according to this projection from the National Weather Service in Charleston.
New Year’s Eve will be sunny with a high of 55 degrees, according to this projection from the National Weather Service in Charleston. National Weather Service

Christmas Day brought mostly sunny skies to the Hilton Head area, with temperatures topping off in the low 70s.

But next week, before the clock strikes 12 and the new year begins, Hilton Head residents can expect the weather to cool off a bit.

The weekend before New Year’s will be mostly sunny, with temperatures peaking in the high 60s and low 70s, according to projections from the National Weather Service Charleston office. Calm winds will begin Saturday night, reaching about 6 mph on Sunday morning.

Sunday will be partly sunny, with highs near 69, and on Monday, there’s a 20% chance of rain after 1 p.m. Temperatures are expected to remain warm, topping off at 73 degrees, but Tuesday will be noticeably cooler; temperatures are expected to drop by about 20 degrees to a high of 53 for the day.

Wednesday, New Year’s Eve, will be sunny and about the same weather-wise as Tuesday, with expected highs near 55 degrees. By nighttime, the weather will cool off, hitting a projected low of 37 degrees in the last few hours of 2025.

On New Year’s Day, the weather will remain sunny and temperate, with highs near 58 degrees.

To stay up-to-date on the latest weather projections for the Hilton Head area, visit the National Weather Service’s website.

Laura Finaldi
The Island Packet
Laura Finaldi is an award-winning reporter and editor whose career has taken her everywhere from manufacturing companies in Massachusetts to dairy farms in rural Florida. Before joining the Island Packet in 2025, she was an editor at Homes.com in Richmond, Virginia and covered retail and tourism in Sarasota, Florida for five years. She has been published in the Worcester Business Journal, the Richmonder, Virginia Business, the Boston Globe and USA Today. 
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