Halloween 2023: It's a chilly forecast for central Iowa trick-or-treating

Halloween weather: You'll want a warm costume for trick-or-treating this year in central Iowa

INVESTIGATION. WELL, LOTS OF TRICK OR TREATERS AND THEIR PARENTS ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON TODAY’S FORECAST SO THEY KNOW HOW TO DRESS FOR BEGGARS NIGHT. ZANE, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MANY LAYERS TO PUT ON UNDERNEATH THOSE COSTUMES. A LOT. I MEAN, DEPENDING ON YOUR TOLERANCE IS NOT EXACTLY GOING TO BE NICE OUT THERE. THIS EVENING. LAURA, OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW THERE’S YOUR WINDCHILLS ARE MOSTLY IN THE 20S HERE ACROSS THE STATE. AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE NOON HOUR ON OUR MONDAY SKIES, PRETTY DRY. WE’VE JUST GOT A FEW CLOUDS STILL DRIFTING ALONG IN PARTS OF SOUTHEASTERN IOWA, MAINLY, OTHERWISE A GOOD AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE. SO SO IT IS GOING TO BE BRIGHTER OUTSIDE THE REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT WE WILL BE DRY. STILL, IT’S JUST GOING TO BE CHILLY. TEMPERATURES BY THIS EVENING. MOST SPOTS DOON BEGGARS NIGHT TONIGHT, SIX, 7:00 OR SO. YOU’RE GOING TO BE TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 30S. JUST ENOUGH OF A BREEZE THAT IT’LL FEEL LIKE THE PROBABLY UPPER 20S. NOT TOO WINDY. GENERALLY TEN MILES PER HOUR OR LESS ON THOSE WINDS. THAT’S A LOT BETTER WIND SPEEDS

Halloween weather: You'll want a warm costume for trick-or-treating this year in central Iowa

Beggars' Night in Des Moines will be downright cold Monday.The annual trick-or-treat tradition in Des Moines goes from 6 p.m., when we'll have a temperature of around 38 degrees, to 8 p.m., when it will drop to about 34 degrees, according to our latest forecast. By the time Beggars' Night ends, it'll feel like 27 degrees. That will follow a high of 40 degrees Monday, which we should hit around 4 p.m. Halloween on Tuesday, when about a dozen central Iowa towns hold their trick-or-treating, will be even colder, with a high of 37 degrees. It should be hovering right around 32 degrees at 6 p.m. Tuesday but will feel more like the low-20s. HAPPY HAUNTING: Here's when central Iowa towns are trick-or-treatingTrick-or-treat weather fun factsThe two busiest nights traditionally in central Iowa for trick-or-treating are Beggars' Night (Oct. 30) and Halloween (Oct. 31). The normal high temperature for both dates, according to the National Weather Service, is 56 degrees, and the average low for both is 37.The record high for Oct. 30 is 85 degrees, set in 1950, and the record low is 8 degrees, from 1925. The record high for Oct. 31, 86 degrees, was also set in 1950, while the record low of 18 degrees happened in 1949.Interactive Radar | Weather AlertsDownload the ��vlog appWHICH CANDY IS KING? Iowa's favorite candy revealed before HalloweenIowa weather forecast through HalloweenGet ��vlog's latest weather forecast Monday: Mostly sunny. High 40F. Winds W at 10 to 13 mph.Monday night: Mostly clear early with a few clouds arriving later at night. Low around 25F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.Tuesday: Partly cloudy and windy. Slight chance of a snow shower. High 37F. Winds NW at 20 to 25 mph. Gusts up to 30 mph.Tuesday night: Mainly clear early, then a few clouds later on. Low 20F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. From the ��vlog archives'Such a savage thing': Iowans share gruesome story of Villisca ax murdersIowa man turns family-owned barn into a hex barn in 2000 to ward off witches and weedsSmall town Iowa moves to make Halloween safer in 1985These Halloween costumes from 70s, 80s and 90s are amazing

DES MOINES, Iowa —

Beggars' Night in Des Moines will be downright cold Monday.

The annual trick-or-treat tradition in Des Moines goes from 6 p.m., when we'll have a temperature of around 38 degrees, to 8 p.m., when it will drop to about 34 degrees, according to our latest forecast. By the time Beggars' Night ends, it'll feel like 27 degrees.

That will follow a high of 40 degrees Monday, which we should hit around 4 p.m.

Halloween on Tuesday, when about a dozen central Iowa towns hold their trick-or-treating, will be even colder, with a high of 37 degrees. It should be hovering right around 32 degrees at 6 p.m. Tuesday but will feel more like the low-20s.

HAPPY HAUNTING: Here's when central Iowa towns are trick-or-treating

Trick-or-treat weather fun facts

The two busiest nights traditionally in central Iowa for trick-or-treating are Beggars' Night (Oct. 30) and Halloween (Oct. 31). The normal high temperature for both dates, according to the National Weather Service, is 56 degrees, and the average low for both is 37.

The record high for Oct. 30 is 85 degrees, set in 1950, and the record low is 8 degrees, from 1925. The record high for Oct. 31, 86 degrees, was also set in 1950, while the record low of 18 degrees happened in 1949.

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