Halloween 2024 Forecast: Unseasonably Warm Temps in Some U.S. Cities, but Storms and Snow for Others
Some cities may even set new Halloween temperature records, while others will be dodging raindrops and snowflakes
Some cities in the United States will be enjoying some unseasonably warm temperatures this Halloween, while others will see more dreary conditions.
Halloween on Thursday, Oct. 31, “will be reminiscent of summer in the East, with temperatures 20-30 degrees above normal,” according to the National Weather Service.
The unseasonably warm temperatures will span from the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions to the Lower Great Lakes region and eastern portions of the Ohio Valley, per the NWS’ Weather Prediction Center.
Some portions of the southeastern U.S. will also experience above-average temperatures this Halloween, according to The Weather Channel.
“Parts of the South and East could be sweating through their costumes come trick-or-treating time,” The Weather Channel said, “as temperatures are expected to linger in the 70s into the evening hours.”
Some places like New York City, Philadelphia, Boston and Hartford, Conn., may even set new Halloween temperature records.
However, strong to severe thunderstorms could form over parts of the Ohio/Tennessee Valley and Lower Mississippi Valley on Halloween, with some possibly lingering into the evening hours.
Cities like Memphis, Tenn., Louisville, K.Y., Little Rock, Ark., New Orleans and more have the potential to see severe weather Thursday afternoon, according to the Storm Prediction Center.
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Meanwhile, in central portions of the U.S., a cold front “will usher in more seasonable temperatures,” as well as “isolated severe thunderstorms in parts of the Midwest and Mississippi River Valley,” according to the NWS.
Forecasters predict a wave of low pressure “will pull cold air over parts of the Upper Midwest” and produce “moderate to heavy snow over parts of Minnesota, extreme northern Wisconsin, and portions of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.”
Moderate to heavy snow is also expected to fall over parts of the Southern Cascades, the Northern Intermountain Region and parts of the Upper Midwest on Thursday, according to the NWS.
And in the Northwest, forecasters predict the weather “will remain unsettled with rain and heavy mountain snow.”
Temperatures in these regions are expected to be seasonably cool, but could stay below average as well, according to The Weather Channel. By the evening, temperatures could be as low as the 30s and 40s.
Weather conditions have already forced some areas to postpone some pre-Halloween activities. In Iowa, more than a dozen communities moved their Beggars’ Night festivities from Wednesday, Oct. 30 to Thursday after strong to severe storms were predicted in the region.