--- description: Forecasters say areas as far south as Miami face record-low weekend temperatures title: Eastern U.S. Set for Weekend Cold Snap image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b8e246d63cf2da1/6987635e524fc0461ddea21e/weather-united-states.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [weather](/tag/weather/) ## weather Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Eastern U.S. Set for Weekend Cold Snap, Record Lows by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 31, 2014 12:57 PM CUT  A car runs past fall foliage in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, on Oct. 28, 2014. A car runs past fall foliage in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, on Oct. 28, 2014.Yin Bogu—Xinhua Press/Corbis by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 31, 2014 12:57 PM CUT An arctic blast gave millions of people a real reason to shiver early Friday, bringing a deep chill to Halloween festivities from the Midwest and the Mississippi Valley through to the East Coast. Strong, freezing winds took hold across the Great Lakes and converted rain into the season’s first lake-effect snow. The southern Appalachians were also expected to get up to eight inches of snow by Saturday morning, forecasters said. Areas as far south as Miami faced record low temperatures this weekend. “It’s certainly unusual,” Weather Channel lead meteorologist Michael Palmer said. “It’s early for snow in many areas and… [Read the rest of the story at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arctic-halloween-weather-snow-record-lows-eastern-u-s-n238116 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3550845/cold-weather-halloween-record-low/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3550845/cold-weather-halloween-record-low/"},"headline":"Eastern U.S. Set for Weekend Cold Snap, Record Lows","datePublished":"2014-10-31T12:57:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:08:55.831Z","description":"Forecasters say areas as far south as Miami face record-low weekend temperatures","url":"https://time.com/3550845/cold-weather-halloween-record-low/","keywords":["weather"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b8e246d63cf2da1/6987635e524fc0461ddea21e/weather-united-states.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b8e246d63cf2da1/6987635e524fc0461ddea21e/weather-united-states.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-WASHINGTON-FALL-LANDSCAPE","caption":"A car runs past fall foliage in Washington D.C., capital of the United States, on Oct. 28, 2014.","creditText":"Yin Bogu—Xinhua Press/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/weather/","name":"weather"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3550845/cold-weather-halloween-record-low/","name":"Eastern U.S. Set for Weekend Cold Snap, Record Lows"}}]}] ```