Conditions: Baltimore, Maryland, 10/31/2024 08:30:03 am
Temperature

51°

Partly Cloudy with Fog

51°

Dew Point
Relative Humidity

100%

Feels Like

51°

Wind (W)

3mph

Air Pressure

30.21

Sun
Sun Rise

07:34 AM

Sun Set

06:06 PM

Day Length

10:32 Hours

Difference

2 min 16 sec loss

Moon
Moon Rise

06:42 AM

Moon Set

05:32 PM

Next: New Moon

Nov 01,2024

Moon Phase

Waning Crescent

Climate
Average Low

41°

62°

Average High
Record Low

25°


(1966)

85°


(1946)
Record High
Conditions

October 31 Kind Of Hot Halloween With Severe Storm Risk In The Central US

NOAA
climate data
Severe Weather
Forecast

October 31, 2024

Thursday Morning Report

Happy Halloween! Today will be the warmest day of this stretch, and it may be welcome but could be warm and sweaty in some costumes. There was a record heat wave in Baltimore during the last three days of October in 1946. Temps hit the lower 80s and remain on the books. Today, we will get into the 80s, but we might expect to stay below the record mark.

A strong cold front will be responsible for severe storms in the South and snow in the Northern Plains. This will cross our region tomorrow and lead us into a cooler weekend.

The drought report will be updated today and is expanding. We have not had measurable rain in 4 weeks!

Morning Temperatures

Check out this warm start! Temps are in the mid-50s to 60s across central Maryland…. 40s and 50s inland and into southern PA.

One highlight: The mountains of Western Maryland are also in the 60s near McHenry.

October 31 weather temperatures Halloween Thursday morning

Morning Surface Weather

High-Pressure pumps in the heat enhanced by a strong cold front! We remain with well above average temps and nearly no rain!

The cold front will be very active, with severe storms across the South and snow developing to the north!

It will fade as it arrives East, but we will get cooler air this weekend.

 October 31 weather Halloween Thursday morning

NOAA Severe Storm Risk

There may be an outbreak of severe storms with large hail and tornadoes… Highlighted from western Missouri to central Oklahoma.

October 31 weather NOAA severe storm risk Halloween

 

Afternoon Forecast Temperatures

Warming up into the mid and upper 70s.

October 31 weather Halloween Thursday afternoon

 

Trick Or Treating

Remaining warm/comfortable for the kids.

October 31 weather Halloween Thursday trick or treating

 

CLIMATE DATA: Baltimore

TODAY October 31

Sunrise at 7:34 AM

Sunset at 6:06 PM

Normal Low in Baltimore:  41ºF

Record 25ºF in 1966

Normal High in Baltimore: 63ºF

Record 85ºF 1946

 

Drought Update

No Measurable Rain Since October 2nd; Only A TRACE on October 4th.

It’s been 4 weeks without rain.

Rainfall DOWN -5.87” since Sep 1.

 

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1

Morning Lows

October 31 weather temperatures Friday morning

 

Radar Simulation: 7 AM to Noon

The cold front will arrive as the rain is fading away. The best we can hope for is some sprinkles or a brief shower in the morning.

October 31 weather rain Friday

Afternoon Highs

October 31 weather temperatures Friday afternoon

Saturday

A new air mass with cooler temperatures into the weekend.

Animation: Saturday through Tuesday

As the core of that air mass shifts off the coast, we will get the return flow pumping in with another big warm-up.

NOAA Temperature Outlook

It will be ANOTHER WEEK of very warm temperatures.

October 30 weather NOAA Temperature Outlook

7 Day Forecast

This seems like a repeating pattern with a cooler weekend, VERY WARM Midweek, and not much rain in sight.

October 31 weather forecast 7 day Halloween

 

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FIRST FROST DATES

Here are the average dates across Maryland, and they match the advisories we saw last week.

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Forst Frost Maryland

 

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October 17 2024 Supermoon Hunters Moon

 

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RESTATING MY MESSAGE ABOUT DYSLEXIA

I am aware there are some spelling and grammar typos and occasional other glitches. I take responsibility for my mistakes and even the computer glitches I may miss. I have made a few public statements over the years, but if you are new here, you may have missed it: I have dyslexia and found out during my second year at Cornell University. It didn’t stop me from getting my meteorology degree and being the first to get the AMS CBM in the Baltimore/Washington region.

One of my professors told me that I had made it that far without knowing and to not let it be a crutch going forward. That was Mark Wysocki, and he was absolutely correct! I do miss my mistakes in my own proofreading. The autocorrect spell check on my computer sometimes does an injustice to make it worse. I also can make mistakes in forecasting. No one is perfect at predicting the future. All of the maps and information are accurate. The ‘wordy’ stuff can get sticky. 

There has been no editor who can check my work while writing and to have it ready to send out in a newsworthy timeline. Barbara Werner is a member of the web team that helps me maintain this site. She has taken it upon herself to edit typos when she is available. That could be AFTER you read this. I accept this and perhaps proves what you read is really from me… It’s part of my charm. #FITF