Lingering Cold and Snow in the Great Lakes/Appalachians/Northeast; Pacific Storms Continue to Impact the Northwest

In the wake of a storm lifting through the Canadian Maritimes, heavy snow will continue downwind of the Great Lakes through this weekend and over parts of the Appalachians and interior Northeast through Friday along with gusty winds. Several Pacific storms will continue periods of low elevation rain showers and mountain snow over the Northwest U.S. today thorough this weekend. Read More >

Halloween

PERIOD OF RECORD: 154 YEARS (1871 - 2024)

The highest temperature recorded on Halloween is 78F degrees in 2024. The lowest the mercury has fallen to on Halloween is 22F back in 1975. The high temperature averages 54F degrees and the low 39F degrees on Halloween. The greatest Halloween snow occurred back in 1917 when 4.0 inches fell on the 31st, and a storm total through the beginning of November 1st totaled 7.8 inches. A strong cold front pushed across Buffalo during the evening hours of Halloween in 2019. Strong wind gusts to 59 mph downed many trees, created numerous power outages and brought a daily record precipitation event.

Temperature (F) Data

Highest	78	2024
Lowest	22	1988
Highest Minimum	61	2024
Lowest Maximum	32	1906
Average High	54
Average Low	39

HIGH TEMPERATURE (F) BY 10 DEGREE RANGES

(since 1944; 81 years)

	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s
Number of occurrences	2	17	29	27	6
Percentage	3%	21%	36%	33%	7%

Precipitation Data

(since 1944; 81 years)

Number of times 0.01" or greater:	34
Number of times 0.10" or greater:	21
Number of times 0.50" or greater:	7

Precipitation Records

Greatest Precipitation

1.43"

2019

Almanac Data for Recent Halloweens

Year	High	Low	Precip
1980	52	45	0.00
1981	64	40	0.00
1982	60	50	0.77
1983	57	27	0.00
1984	57	38	T

1985	63	37	0.00
1986	60	29	0.00
1987	55	37	0.00
1988	49	26	0.00
1989	72	47	0.47

1990	60	41	0.00
1991	57	39	0.00
1992	42	34	0.00
1993	37	32	0.48 (2.8" snow)
1994	58	47	0.38

1995	43	38	0.10
1996	45	35	0.00
1997	64	42	T
1998	54	29	0.00
1999	62	46	0.01

2000	53	30	0.00
2001	58	40	T
2002	43	26	0.02
2003	69	56	0.00
2004	57	48	T

2005	58	44	0.00
2006	64	44	0.04
2007	66	43	T
2008	61	43	0.00
2009	63	45	0.59

2010	47	34	T (T snow)
2011	54	35	0.01
2012	46	40	0.10
2013	67	45	1.22
2014	49	42	0.10

2015	52	33	T
2016	50	32	0.00
2017	43	35	0.08 (0.1 snow)
2018	58	44	0.28
2019	62	40	1.43

2020	46	28	0.00
2021	57	50	0.03
2022	61	48	0.04
2023	40	32	0.09 (0.4 snow)
2024	78	61	T