Springlike warmth to end as cold front roars in before New Year’s
Bring your sweaters and long coats out of storage — again.
An incoming cold front is expected to plummet temperatures to below average for the New Year’s holiday.
But before then, take a beat and enjoy two more springlike days in metro Atlanta. Unfortunately — or fortunately, if you’re a winter lover — an unseasonably warm stretch that shattered the city’s Christmas Eve temperature record is coming to an end after this weekend.
The average high for this time of year is around 54 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. By Saturday, temperatures are expected to climb into the mid-70s, potentially tying a record for that date. The current record is 75 degrees, set in 2015.
Sunday will bring more mild weather, with highs in the low to mid-70s and some cloud coverage.
But Monday, the temperature shift begins.
“We have falling temperatures through the day. A cold front is going to move through North Georgia and we’re going to feel that in a pretty big way,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan said about Monday’s forecast.
The frigid air could bring bands of rainfall overnight Sunday and into Monday morning, the Weather Service said. Monday will be warmer during the earlier hours, and temperatures will fall through the afternoon and remain bitter through the night.
“Winter lovers rejoice — we return on Monday night,” the Weather Service said in its forecast.
The low Tuesday morning is projected to only reach 26 degrees, and the high is expected to cap at 42.
New Year’s Eve will be slightly warmer, hitting about 30 degrees in the morning and 51 degrees during the afternoon.
Thursday, the first day of 2026, will stay cold with morning temps in the high 20s and afternoon temps in the low 50s.
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