By Daily Mail (U.S.) | Created at 2024-10-31 18:25:41 | Updated at 2024-11-06 22:41:18
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This Halloween is on track to be one of the warmest ones in decades - but some trick-or-treaters still need snow boots.
Areas across the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes are experiencing higher-than-usual temperatures for this time of the year, while parts of Wyoming are covered in snow.
New York City is expected to reach 75 degrees, which would be the city's sixth-hottest Halloween, CNN reported. NYC's first hottest was in 1946 at 81 degrees.
In more recent years, the hottest temperature reached was 76 degrees.
Philadelphia could get as hot as 81 degrees. In 1946, the Pennsylvania city had its warmest Halloween ever at 82 degrees.
Trick-or-treaters across the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes will be experiencing one of the warmest Halloweens in decades (stock image)
A snow storm that hit Wyoming on Tuesday left neighborhoods coated in snow just before Halloween
Washington DC and Boston may both see an 80-degree day ahead.
The Nation Weather Service reported that temperatures from Thursday to Saturday will be 20 to 25 degrees higher than average in the Northeast, mid-Atlantic and Great Lakes regions.
The temperature spike has been caused by a warm front coming in from the Southern Plains.
Meanwhile, Western cities are not experiencing this pleasant weather.
Indianapolis south and Shreveport are prone to severe thunderstorms and winds Halloween night.
Louisiana, Seattle, Portland, Boise, Idaho and Redding, California have rain storms on the horizon.
Minnesota is bracing for snow, as the region's heavy rain is set to switch at around 4pm, according to the NWS.
'A few embedded thunderstorms are also possible, which could enhance snow rates further,' the service reported.
Twin Cities in Minnesota have been dusted with snowfall, as heavier snow is expected later in the day on Thursday
Some Minnesota areas, including the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, have already been dusted in snowfall.
The NWS' Thursday forecast noted moderate to heavy snow over Minnesota, extreme northern Wisconsin and parts of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Casper, Wyoming's first snow storm of the season arrived on Tuesday, Oil City News.
While other cities may be experiencing record-breaking heat, Casper's weather set a different kind of record.
Cowboy State Daily meteorologist Don Day reported on Wednesday: 'There were some impressive totals if you combine the rain and snow.
'Some of the really dry areas in northeast Wyoming got great amounts of moisture.
'Casper set a new record for this date.'
About 16 inches of snow coated Casper on Tuesday. Wright, Wyoming was hit with about 13 inches of snow.
A Wright resident gushed over the snowfall.
In a Facebook post from Wednesday, she wrote: 'It has been a long, dry summer and fall here and the skeletons are just as excited about the much needed moisture as we are!
'Happy Halloween Wright Wyoming.'
A Wyoming woman showed her Halloween decorations dusted in snow, as she hoped it would clear before the actual holiday
On Tuesday, when the first Wyoming snowflakes began to fall, an Evanston, Wyoming woman posted her festive decorations being dusted with snow.
'I sure hope the weather gets better before Halloween,' she captioned the Instagram post.
While the brunt of the storm is over, parts of Wyoming are still chilly and snow-coated.
