An Early Look At Halloween

We are now less than a week away from Halloween, which is next Saturday. Halloween always seems to be a day in which the forecast can drastically change from year to year. We have seen temperatures in the 80's on Halloween, and we have seen snow on Halloween. This year looks like it will have a Halloween forecast the falls between those two extremes.

As it appears now, it looks like it will be dry through the early afternoon, but some showers may be possible later in the afternoon and into the evening hours, right in time for Trick-or-Treat festivities. Now the caveat with this forecast is that between the main two long-range forecast models we use to make our forecasts, one is suggesting this rain and one keeps us entirely dry. As it looks now, I think the model suggesting some rain showers will win out. Therefore, I have included a scattered shower threat in the forecast for Halloween evening, but it does not look like a washout as of now.

Temperatures will be seasonable in the lower 50's to start the evening and the upper 40's to end the Trick-or-Treating events. Now, Halloween is not the only thing happening next weekend. Sunday morning marks the end of Daylight Savings Time.

This means we gain an hour, but that hour comes out of our daily dosage of sunlight. So, if you thought it was getting dark early already, get ready for sunsets to occur between five and six.