Halloween Weather Forecast for Mount Vernon Area: Trick or Treat?

You couldn’t ask for nicer fall weather Tuesday in Northern Virginia, with blue skies and temperatures hitting 80 degrees. In just a few days, costumed kids and families will be scampering through neighborhoods, trick or treating for Halloween.

So what’s the weather going to do on Friday in Northern Virginia? Patch talked to a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office in Sterling Tuesday afternoon and here’s what he has to say:

Temperatures will be in the mid-50s in the late afternoon on Friday and begin falling quickly after sunset (at 6:13 p.m.), says meteorologist Dan Hofmann with the NWS.

There is about a 50 to 60 percent chance of rain with chances increasing after dark as a cold front moves in, he said. If there is rain, it will likely begin falling between 6 to 8 p.m.

“You better have an umbrella and jacket to go along with that costume,” he said.

After the front moves in, temperatures will plunge into the upper 30s late Friday night into Saturday morning, for any revelers who will be out howling at the moon.

On Saturday, showers could stick around in the morning, but it should clear up during the day. On Saturday and Sunday, temperatures could only get as high as the upper 40s, Hofmann said. By Sunday, it should be partly sunny.

The normal high temperature this time of year, is about 63 degrees for Northern Virginia, Hofmann said.

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PHOTO of costumed trick or treaters from Patch archive