Halloween forecast for trick-or-treaters across America
Trick-or-treaters may want to consider adding layers for warmth in the northern U.S. as a blast of arctic air has dropped temperatures for millions. In the South, temperatures will be more comfortable.
Ghostly cold air takes hold for Halloween
Trick-or-treaters across most of the U.S. will need an extra layer on Halloween as an arctic blast has dropped temperatures below freezing in the North, even creating a white Halloween for some.
Halloween is upon us as trick-or-treaters are ready to take to the streets in search of something sweet. However, the forecast will not be such a treat, leaving some ghosts and goblins in the central and northern U.S. in search of heat.
A bitter blast of arctic air has plummeted temperatures from coast to coast in time for Halloween.
Here's the FOX Forecast Center's trick-or-treat forecast across the U.S. on All Hallow's Eve.
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Northwest
Tuesday evening will be cold and cloudy across the Northwest as trick-or-treaters begin door-knocking.
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Hour-by-hour Halloween forecast for the Northwest.
After sunset, temperatures will dip into the 30s for Missoula and Billings in Montana and Casper in Wyoming.
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Trick-or-treaters would be wise to get an early start in Seattle and Portland, Oregon, to get the most candy and hold onto temperatures in the 50s.
Southwest
Hour-by-hour Halloween forecast for the Southwest.
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As the sun goes down in the Desert Southwest on Halloween, temperatures will quickly drop.
After starting the evening in the lower 80s, Phoenix drops to a comfortable 75 degrees by 8 p.m. Los Angeles remains in the 70s throughout the last of the trick-or-treating.
Denver, Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, will all be in the 30s by the time all the candy has been handed out.
Midwest
Trick-or-treaters may want to consider dressing as a mummy for warmth in the northern U.S. as a blast of arctic air has dropped temperatures for millions.
Temperatures won't rise above 40 degrees across the Midwest on Halloween evening.
Hour-by-hour Halloween forecast for the Midwest.
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Ghostly cold and snow have fallen in time for Halloween in states including North Dakota, South Dakota and Minnesota.
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Tricker treaters in Chicago and Minneapolis could have a white Halloween along with bone-chilling cold, with temperatures remaining in the mid-30s through the evening thanks to a fast-moving storm system known as a Manitoba Mauler.
Northeast
Indoors plans or a quick trunk-or-treat event might be the way to go this Halloween in the Northeast, with temperatures flirting with freezing in New England and rain showers in the forecast along portions of the mid-Atlantic coast.
Hour-by-hour Halloween forecast for the Northeast.
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The FOX Weather Futuretrack even shows flurries or a few snow showers developing from western and northern New York into Vermont.
Southern Plains
Texas will feel more like Christmas than Halloween on Tuesday, with colder-than-average temperatures expected for places like Houston, Dallas and Austin.
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Hour-by-hour Halloween forecast for the southern Plains.
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The rest of the southern Plains are also forecast to be below average as trick-or-treaters navigate the neighborhood.
Albuquerque, New Mexico, dips into the upper 40s after the sun sets, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, will already be in the 40s by the time trick-or-treating is well underway.
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Southeast
In the Southeast, your current costume choices can remain in place with mild temperatures forecast for Halloween evening, but consider bringing an umbrella if you are trick-or-treating in the Carolinas.
The FOX Forecast Center is tracking some rain and clouds for Raleigh, North Carolina, and a mostly cloudy sky in Charleston, South Carolina.
Halloween evening forecast for the Southeast.
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Mississippi and Alabama will dip into the 40s by 8 p.m. when it's time to count your candy at home.
Atlanta woke up to chilly temperatures on Halloween morning and those will return for trick-or-treaters on Tuesday evening, remaining in the lower 50s by the time the last bowl of candy has been emptied.
Don't forget the bug spray in Florida, where temperatures into the early evening will be in the lower 80s for Orlando and Miami.