Texas Halloween Weather Forecast: Cool Trick-or-Treating and Weekend Outlook

Halloween Evening Forecast

• 🎃 Perfect trick-or-treating weather is expected across Texas, with temperatures in the low 70s early evening, cooling to the mid-60s by 7-8 PM.
• 💨 Light winds out of the southeast at 5-10 mph will prevail, making for a comfortable evening.
• 🌙 By 9 PM, temperatures will drop to around 57 degrees, and by midnight, near 60 degrees.

Weekend Weather Outlook

• 🌦️ A cold front is expected to arrive around midday Saturday, bringing scattered, light rain showers with only a 20% coverage.
• 🥶 Cooler air will filter in after the front, with overnight lows dropping into the mid-40s by Sunday morning.
• ☀️ Sunday will see cooler temperatures with a high near 68 degrees, potentially requiring a jacket in the early morning.

Next Week and Beyond

• 📈 Temperatures will climb into the upper 70s next week, with morning lows in the upper 40s and low 50s.
• 🍂 A warming trend is anticipated towards the end of the 14-day forecast, with temperatures dropping back into the 60s and morning lows in the 40s.
• 🌡️ Early November is predicted to be warmer than normal for a large portion of the country, including Texas.

Drought Conditions and Fire Risk

• 🔥 Drought conditions are increasing due to a lack of significant rain in August, September, and October.
• ⚠️ Moderate to severe drought is in place for Trinity County and creeping into eastern Harris County.
• 💨 While today's fire risk is low due to light winds, drier air on Saturday will persist.

Tropical Update

• 🌀 Tropical Storm Melissa is no longer a threat and is racing off into the open Atlantic as a post-tropical storm.
• 💨 It is moving northeast at 48 mph, a significantly faster speed than previously observed.