Warm, wet weather in the forecast for Halloween
Posted Oct 28, 2024 06:19:48 AM.
Last Updated Oct 29, 2024 07:09:20 AM.
The ghouls and goblins could have extra scary face paint this year, with a potentially wet Halloween on the horizon.
The spooky night will come after another few days of unseasonably warm weather in Waterloo Region. Not one, but three days this week could break decades-old temperature records.
This comes as Waterloo Region beat a 104-year-old weather record last Monday, Oct. 21, with a high of 25.6 C.
Starting Tuesday this week, 570 NewsRadio Meteorologist Jill Taylor is calling for a high of 20 C. The hottest it has been in the past on Oct. 29 is 20.6 C set back in 1946 and again in 1950.
Wednesday, the high to beat is 22.2 C, set back in 1950, and hit again in 1999.
And then Halloween-Thursday, less likely to beat, but not impossible, a high of 22.2 C set in 1950. Taylor expects the high Thursday to still be unseasonably warm, but closer to 21 C.
“So very mild temperatures for Halloween could see some record highs…We’ll see the temperatures start out around 16 maybe even 17 C to start the evening, and then drop to around 9 C…and then back to that fall-feel on Friday morning at 4 C.”
The wet weather is expected to begin on Tuesday, with heavy rain and fog possible throughout the morning. That rain is expected to continue on Thursday, with showers beginning in the late morning and into the early evening.
Taylor expects the rain to end in time for the trick-or-treaters on Thursday evening.
Some fun facts heading into Halloween this year, digging back into the record books, Taylor says the wettest Halloween was back in 1932, with 25.7 mm of rain recorded on Oct. 31.
And in 1923? It was an extra spooky night, with 5.1 cm of snow!
