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Rain showers Tuesday; snow-free Halloween for the first time in 3 years

A little on the chilly side for Halloween 2025

snow accumulates along a road
Snow accumulates Oct. 31, 2024 in Hermantown, Minn.
Erica Dischino for MPR News 2024

A little rain will fall into our lives through Tuesday. A minor to moderate weather system is spreading showers eastward across Minnesota overnight. Showers will cover most of Minnesota Tuesday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s NAM 3 km resolution model shows the showers gradually sliding east and grazing the Twin Cities form time to time Tuesday. The forecast model loop below runs between 7 p.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Wednesday.

NOAA NAM 3 km model
North American Mesoscale 3 km model between 7 p.m. Monday and 1 a.m. Wednesday.
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

The steadier rains will focus on central Minnesota mainly west of the Twin Cities. Rainfall totals between one-half and 1 inch will be common in central Minnesota southward into Iowa. The Twin Cities will see less rainfall with a sharp cutoff in the east.

European (ECMWF) model precipitation output
Precipitation output through Tuesday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather

Temperatures Tuesday will hover in a few degrees either side of 50 in most areas.

Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
NOAA

Cool Halloween

We’ve had snow on Halloween around Minnesota the past two years.

snow piles on leaves
Snow piles on changing leaves on Oct. 31, 2024 in Hermantown, Minn.
Erica Dischino for MPR News

But not this year.

Partly sunny skies return to Minnesota from Wednesday through Halloween into the weekend. Right now the forecast looks dry. Highs on Halloween will hover in the 40s south. Trick or treat temperatures favor upper 30s north with lower 40s south.

European ECMWF model temperature
Model temperature output for 7 p.m. Friday
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, via Pivotal Weather

So it could be better or worse for Halloween this year. Costumes with a little insulation will be the most comfortable.