(AccuWeather/WBEN) - Halloween will be quiet and seasonable, with plenty of sunshine and afternoon highs in the 50s. The trick-or-treat forecast will be a little cool. Temperatures will hover near 50 degrees around 5 or 6 p.m. for younger children heading out after dinner, then fall into the mid- to upper 40s by 8 or 9 p.m. The good news: It will stay dry, with mostly clear skies.
Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, when clocks fall back to 1 a.m. The change will bring brighter mornings by the clock, but earlier sunsets as Buffalo moves deeper into fall.
A strong polar vortex tends to keep frigid air near the Arctic Circle. When it weakens, cold air can move south. Temperatures are expected to trend lower in parts of the United States during the first and second weeks of November. The change is more likely to come from chilly air developing beneath large jet-stream storms than from a bitter blast racing south from the Arctic.
The most noticeable change for much of the eastern United States will likely be the end of weeks of sunny days and warm afternoons. The extended stretch of warmth has been more unusual than the cooler weather and rain expected ahead.
Several rainy days are possible across much of the East during the first two weeks of November, compared with the final two weeks of October. The pattern could cool further during the second half of November.
