Halloween in New York City: Clear Skies and a Dry Night for the Village Parade
Halloween lands on a clear, dry Saturday in New York City, with temperatures near 61 for the trick-or-treat hours and a crisp night ahead for the Village Halloween Parade on Sixth Avenue.
New York City gets the Halloween it would have ordered. The station's weather feed shows a clear sky over the city this afternoon at about 61 degrees, with Saturday's high at 60.9 and no precipitation in the day's numbers at all. The evening cools steadily toward an overnight low of 44.5, so costumes with a layer underneath are the right call for anyone staying out late.
The night's main event is the Village Halloween Parade, which steps off at 7 p.m. and runs straight up Sixth Avenue from King Street to West 15th Street, ending around 11 p.m. The parade is free, anyone in costume can march, and organizers say the crowds run heaviest between Bleecker and 14th streets. Families looking for an earlier start have children's parades in Greenpoint at noon and Park Slope in the evening, and the Queens Night Market holds its last night of the season from 4 p.m. to midnight behind the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
Sunday stays dry and a touch cooler, with a high of 60.6 and a low of 37.5 — the coldest night of the stretch — and Monday recovers to 63.6. Two clock notes ride along with the weekend: daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, when clocks go back an hour, and that same Sunday morning brings the city marathon, so alarms and travel plans both deserve a second look tonight.