Halloween In Northern Illinois: Here’s The Extended Forecast

Here in Northern Illinois, you rarely know what to expect on Halloween when it comes to weather conditions. Think back to last year, October of 2023. Northern Illinois, including the Chicago area had temperatures in the mid to upper 30s, and Chicago even got some snowfall on Halloween.

We've had Halloweens where the temperatures soared into the upper 70s, and we've had Halloweens where we dealt with temperatures in the high 20s to low 30s along with windchill (or, "feels-like") numbers that were below freezing. Remember the 3-plus inches of snow on Halloween of 2019?

You've shoveled, you've sweat, and you've been everywhere in-between with Halloween weather in Northern Illinois, so let's see what the extended outlook says about weather on Halloween of 2024.

Maybe I'm Sensitive To This Because Of A Childhood Memory

Many years ago when I was a kid, I was wildly excited one particular Halloween because I just happened to have a brand-new, fit-like-a-charm Spider Man costume that I just couldn't wait to impress my friends and neighbors with.

Temperatures that week had been really pleasant, with highs in the middle 60s and lows in the low 50s, so I knew it would be perfect weather for web-slinging around the neighborhood absolutely and completely coat-less. Of all the Halloweens I had experienced (about 6 of them), I knew this one would be the best...

...Except it wasn't. Temperatures crashed into the upper 30s by trick-or-treat time, and my mom enforced a rule that I never saw Spider Man's Aunt May enforce--that's right, I had to wear a coat over my costume. If it weren't for the ridiculous amount of Snickers bars I came home with, the night would have been a total loss.

Not to give anything away, but this Halloween won't cause these sorts of problems.

I Think You May Like The Weather You'll Be Experiencing This Halloween

I don't want to have anyone get really carried away by this, but the extended weather forecast for Halloween in Northern Illinois is...warm weather. Or, at least warmer than normal.

Halloween 2024 Falls On A Thursday During A Warm Weather Week With A Chance Of Rain

According to Weather.com, next week, the week of October 27th, will feature temperatures that should work really well for a Northern Illinois Halloween week:

• Sunday (October 27th): Sunny and 56 degrees
• Monday (October 28th) Partly cloudy and 65 degrees
• Tuesday (October 29th) 80 degrees (really!) and windy
• Wednesday (October 30th): Cloudy and 77 degrees with a 40% chance of rain
• Thursday (Halloween, October 31st): Cloudy with a 70% chance of showers in the morning, with a high of 60
• Friday (November 1st): Sunny skies with a high temperature of 56.

Regardless of the conditions, Halloween in Northern Illinois this year will be better than the Halloween Minnesota had to deal with back in 1991: