It’s going to be Hallo-warm on Thursday, with temperatures predicted to reach scary heights for holiday celebrations.
This year is expected to be one of the warmest Halloweens on record in New York City, with temperatures in Central Park predicted to reach 79 degrees — just two shy of the record of 81 set in 1946.
Temperatures are expected to rise throughout the week, from the low of 42 degrees the city saw on Monday morning to highs of 74 degrees on Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
But Halloween will be the warmest day of the week, according to meteorologists. Even the nighttime forecast is pleasant, with a low temperature of 65 degrees expected.
Additionally, no precipitation is expected on Thursday. New York has seen almost no rain the entire month, with the city’s first measurable rainfall — just 0.01 inches — finally arriving on Tuesday.
In fact, October 2024 could end up being the driest month in the city’s history, as the record currently belongs to June 1949 with just 0.02 inches.
It’s expected to be more than 20 degrees warmer for this year’s Halloween celebration than last year’s, which saw a high of just 53 degrees and a low of 46. Historically, the average temperature on Halloween in New York is around 61 degrees.
But this year, the forecast in New York was comparable to traditionally warmer locales, such as Miami, which was also set to see highs in the upper 70s. Notoriously hot Las Vegas had even cooler expectations than the tristate area, with highs only reaching the low 70s.
More seasonable temperatures were expected to return by the weekend, with temperatures dropping overnight Friday into Saturday, and highs only in the upper 50s and low 60s across Nov. 2-3.
