Halloween Afternoon in Dallas–Fort Worth: 74 and Overcast, a Mild Night for the Sidewalks, Storms Saved for Tuesday
The trick-or-treat forecast holds: mid-70s and dry this evening, a mild and mostly dry Sunday, a warm and unsettled Monday, and then Election Day's thunderstorms — a 79 percent chance on the station's live feed.
Halloween afternoon has settled into the pattern the morning files promised. The station's live weather feed read 74.5 degrees and overcast at mid-afternoon Saturday, feeling like 76.6, on the way to a high of 76.5 and an overnight low of 66.2 — with the day's rain chance holding at 14 percent. For the costumed crowds heading out at dusk, that is about as kind as a North Texas Halloween gets: warm enough for short sleeves under the costume, dry enough for cardboard and face paint to survive the route.
Sunday keeps the mild run going. The feed calls for a high of 77.6 and a low of 63.4 with only a 3 percent rain chance — a good day for the Día de los Muertos processions and outdoor festivals on the calendar across Dallas and Fort Worth, and for turning the clocks' extra hour into time outside. Monday then turns warmer and less settled: a high of 87.7 with the rain chance climbing to 48 percent.
The week's weather story remains Tuesday. Election Day carries a thunderstorm code on the feed, a high of 76.4, a low of 65.6 and a 79 percent rain chance. Voters who can choose their hour should watch the radar as Tuesday comes — and everyone should expect the commute and the trip to the vote centers to contend with wet roads at points in the day. Wednesday clears behind the storms, with a high of 73.8 and a rain chance back down to 2 percent.
