Scary Trick-or-Treat Forecast for Most of the U.S.

Multiple weather systems lead to a scary forecast for most of the U.S. as people head out to trick-or-treat on Halloween night. Multiple layers and winter coats will also be a necessity for some in addition to the kiddos Halloween costumes, while record warmth is possible for others.

A frightful low pressure system will move across the Great Lakes on Halloween night, dragging a dangerous cold front across the Midwest, Lower Mississippi Valley and western Gulf Coast. Ghouls and goblins might have to dodge a few raindrops early in the night across the Midwest and Mid-Mississippi Valley. This includes Boos, Ill., and Black Cat, Ark.

Rain showers and thunderstorms will accompany most people in the Great Lakes, Ohio and Tennessee valleys and western Gulf Coast. Cities likely to have a drenching night include Devils Elbow, Mich., Dead Man’s Crossing, Ind., Bloody Corners, Ohio, Transylvania Beach, Ky., Screamer, Tenn., Bloody Springs, Miss., Treat, La., and Chocolate Bayou, Texas.

For far northern Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, it will be a wild night as temperatures will be cold enough for light to moderate wet snow or a rain/snow mix. Any new snow accumulation that falls while trick-or-treating will be minimal. However, snow from earlier in the day could total as much 4 to 8 inches in spots! These places might need to pair those Halloween costumes with snow boots, including in Witch Lake, Mich.

Another low pressure system will be lurking over the Northwest. Rain showers will soak any witches or warlocks in the lower elevations of the Northwest, northern California and the northern Rockies. Meanwhile, snow will fall over the higher elevations. Mainly small, if any, accumulations are expected though. A soggy, snowy forecast is in store for places like Witch Hazel, Ore., Devils Ladder, Idaho, and Devils Den, Wyo.

It will be eerily quiet for vampires and monsters to collect their candy for the Desert Southwest, most of the Plains and the East Coast. Quiet weather awaits cities like Death Valley, Calif., Pumpkin, Texas, Screamer, Ala., Pumpkintown, N.C., Spook Hill, Md., Skull Run, W. Va., Bloody, N.H., and Deadmans Corner, Maine.

Expect ghastly cold weather for a large portion of the nation. Temperatures will generally be in the 30s and 40s for the Northwest, Great Basin and Rockies into the northern Plains, Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. Widespread 20s will send a chill down people’s spine for the higher elevations of the Mountain West. These cold temperatures will be found in places like Devils Slide, Utah, Spook City, Colo., Pumpkin Center, S.D., Casper, Wyo., and Devils Gap, Neb.

Dress in extra layers or bring a jacket if you’re in California, the central Plains or the rest of the Midwest. Temperatures will be dipping into the 50s and lower 60s, including in Slaughterville, Okla.,

Temperatures will be on the milder side to collect candy for the Desert Southwest into the southern Plains and the entire eastern U.S. Here, it should be in the 60s and 70s as you head out at night, including for places like Tombstone, Ariz., Slaughter Beach, Del., Deadman Landing, Fla., Skullhead, Ga., Spiderweb, S.C., Goblintown, Va., Hershey, Pa., and Sleepy Hollow, N. Y.