Austin Halloween Evening Weather: 74.1 and Overcast, and Election Day Thunderstorms Now at 80 Percent
Trick-or-treat hours stay dry and mild under overcast skies, with Saturday's high at 75.6. The bigger change is Tuesday: the Election Day thunderstorm chance has climbed to 80 percent on the station's live feed.
Halloween evening in Austin is mild, grey and dry. The station's live feed read 74.1 degrees under overcast skies (weather code 3) at the 16:04 cycle, feeling like 80.3, with Saturday's high at 75.6 and the day's rain chance at just 4 percent - comfortable conditions for trick-or-treating, the downtown Halloween crowds and the 6:30 p.m. kickoff at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium.
Sunday stays overcast and dry, warming to 81.2 with a rain chance of 3 percent, and Monday turns warmer still at 87.9 under the same grey pattern. Clocks fall back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday as daylight saving time ends, so Sunday evening will feel an hour darker even with the mild temperatures.
The change in this update is Election Day. Tuesday's forecast now carries a thunderstorm (code 95) with a high of 78.2, a low of 68.4 and a rain chance of 80 percent - up from the 73 percent the feed showed at midday. Voters heading to Travis County vote centers on Tuesday should plan for wet weather for at least part of the day; the desk will update the timing as the front gets closer.
Behind the front, Wednesday clears back to overcast and dry at 75.8 with a rain chance of 1 percent, and Thursday and Friday stay dry in the upper 70s and low 80s.
