Michigan Halloween Forecast is Frightening
Halloween is around the corner, and if you’re planning to do some trick-or-treating with little ones, you’ll want know the Michigan forecast and what to expect. You never know what kind of weather you’ll get on Halloween, but now that it’s almost here, weather experts have a good idea of the local forecast and what kind of clothing your little ones will have to wear.
Michigan Halloween Forecast
Halloween weather across the U.S. obviously varies a lot. “In the United States, the spooky celebration, well known for its weather variations from year to year, sees normal high temperatures ranging from the 40s to the 80s and normal lows ranging from the teens to the 70s across the contiguous states alone,” Weather Nation TV notes. They add that, “Many U.S. locations experience drastic temperature swings throughout the month of October.”
What else is interesting, and kind of funny, is that no matter the weather, a 2021 YouGov poll discovered that roughly one in five adults, about 21% of participants, have the porch lights off and pretend not to be home on Halloween evening when trick-or-treaters are welking around. I love passing out candy on Halloween, but the past few years have brought pretty bad weather where I live, so I’ve opted not to do it. I do feel bad for kids who miss out on a real Halloween due to bad weather, whether that’s cold conditions, rain or any other kind of bad weather event. Finally, according to the Library of Congress, historians believe that trick-or-treating was originally called “belsnickeling,” meaning a German-American Christmas tradition where kids dressed up in costumes and traveled to their neighbors’ homes to see if they could guess who they were all dressed up.
As for the Michigan Halloween forecast, it’s frightening. What’s frustrating is that most of Michigan will see summer-like temperatures and weather on Tuesday, October 29, and Wednesday, October 30. Those days, temperatures will be near 80 degrees in areas such as Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids, with sunny or partly cloudy skies. But, wind will come in on Wednesday, and by Thursday, we’re looking at a wet and cold Halloween. For the Halloween forecast, showers are expected to roll in during the morning hours throughout much of Michigan, and the good news is that they’ll possibly roll out by the evening, but we’re looking at “high wind gusts possible,” according to The Weather Channel‘s Halloween forecast, a high in the upper-60s and low around 40. So, expect a cold and possibly very windy Halloween, and maybe just listen to a Halloween playlist.
