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There’s still time to get that Will Steger arctic explorer costume together for Halloween this year. And if you go that route, you might be one of the more comfortable trick-or-treaters out there next Tuesday.

A late October polar air mass will bring freezing temperatures to Minnesota this year. 

It’s still a little early to be precise on temperatures a week out, but it looks like highs will likely be in the 30s to low 40s on Halloween this year across Minnesota. Winds may push wind chills even lower on Halloween evening.

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model has temperatures across Minnesota in the 20s by 7 p.m. on Halloween night:

Brisk northwest winds will likely funnel in the chill early next week. Here’s the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model wind flow for 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 31. 

And check out these wind chills, the European model also cranks out wind chills in the teens across Minnesota by 7 p.m. next Tuesday:

Last year we hit 65 degrees in the Twin Cities on Halloween day. But we’ve endured some cold Halloweens in the past 10 years in Minnesota.

In the Twin Cities, the high was just 36 degrees for Halloween four years ago in 2019. It was a frigid 35 degrees two years before that in 2017. The last time the Twin Cities hit 70 degrees on Halloween was 23 years ago in 2000!

Here’s a look at Halloween temperatures from 2000 in the Twin Cities. I’ve highlighted the coldest (2017) and warmest (2000) Halloweens.

 from the Minnesota State Climatology Office. 

We’ll keep an eye on possible forecast changes in the next week.

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It’s still a little early to be precise on temperatures a week out, but it looks like highs will likely be in the 30s to low 40s on Halloween this year across Minnesota. Winds may push wind chills even lower on Halloween evening.




One of the colder Halloweens ahead next week?

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European model (ECMWF) temperature forecast 

One of the colder Halloweens ahead next week?

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