A bit of snow can make the difference between a cold, grey winter and something magical, but it also makes traveling all the more difficult for the millions of New Yorkers heading out for the holidays

While it may feel like the cooler autumnal weather has just arrived in New York, the winter months are not far away. Here's what to expect.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A weather alert has been issued by the New York City Emergency Management Department in anticipation of a storm forecast to impact the city on Thursday. In coordination with the National Weather Service, the department is monitoring a low-pressure system set to deliver heavy rainfall and gusty winds to the five boroughs.

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A storm system will bring welcome rainfall to parched Upstate New York, but it might also make for spooky weather on Halloween night. The National Weather Service predicts heavy rain all day Thursday and into Friday, with 1 to 2 inches of rain falling across much of the region.

NEW YORK - A storm could dampen early Halloween festivities and soak trick-or-treaters in New York City. A coastal storm that has been traveling up the Eastern Seaboard is still in the forecast.

The trick-or-treat forecast continues to look “spooky” and a bit “chilling” with wet weather nearby passing through. Here’s your region-by-region trick-or-treat forecasts! Northern New York: In our entire tri-state coverage area,

CNY Central 2025/2026 Winter Weather Oulook The Weather Authority team of Peter Hall, Mike Brookins, Violet Scibior, Sam Postich and Josh Kozlowski spent weeks researching different factors which could potentially impact the winter weather in Syracuse and surrounding communities.

In some years, the waters of the equatorial Pacific Ocean are abnormally warm or cool, conditions known as El Nino and La Nina, respectively. This year, there’s a weak La Nina that is likely to fade over the winter, so meteorologists don’t have that key signal to make clearer predictions.

Conditions, he said, should be drying out from southern New England to the mid-Atlantic by Friday evening - which could potentially create breezy conditions for trick-or-treaters on Halloween. His advice - bring a rain poncho or umbrella.

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