Updated October 31, 2025 09:47AM
What the Halloween Forecast Looks Like Across the U.S.
Weather experts share where to expect spooky storms, chilly temps, and the best trick-or-treating weather tonight
(Photo: AccuWeather, Sarah Mason/Getty)
Parents everywhere will be checking their local forecasts the days leading up to Halloween, trying to get an idea for how to pack before heading out with their kids to trick-or-treat. Outside gathered some insight from weather experts on how to prepare, depending on where in the country you live.
If you’re in the East: I’d be wise to bring a poncho and umbrella along, as heavy rain is on its way.
Weather will be “a trick for the East,” AccuWeather lead long-range expert Paul Pastelok said, with temperatures dropping into the thirties and twenties in some Eastern states on Halloween night. He also shared that Southeast and parts of Florida will be “noticeably cooler” and outdoor events could get soaked across New England, but conditions should dry out towards the end of the night.
If you’re in the West: Halloween weather will be a treat, with warm and dry conditions.
Though the weather in most of the western side of the country is expected to be pleasant, “some bulky costumes and inflatable decorations could be blown around by gusty Santa Ana winds in Southern California,” Pastelok shared.
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The Best Weather on October 31
Trick-or-treating conditions will be best in the following areas, meteorologists say, where the weather is expected to be dry, clear, and warm.
- Frankenstein, Missouri
- Casper, Wyoming
- Tombstone, Arizona
- Doomsday, Alabama
- Death Valley, California
Halloween Weekend Weather
The West may luck out on Halloween, but a long train of storms will affect the coastal Northwest soon after. Rounds of rain and wind are expected to arrive in Washington and Oregon on Saturday, and snow is possible in the higher elevations of the Cascades.
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Weather experts say showers are expected to be especially relentless in parts of the Northeast and Florida. And cooler temperatures will move through northern Florida, parts of the Southeast, the mid-Atlantic, and the Midwest.
On the flip side, warm air will move into the Southwest this weekend, pushing up through the Rockies from California and into the northern Plains going into Sunday.