Expect a balmy, quieter-than-normal Halloween, with the first blue moon on the holiday since 2001. An offshore wind flow should keep skies mostly clear to see the blue moon, the name for a second full moon in a single calendar month, when it rises at 6:20 pm. Traditional Halloween celebrations are largely canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and officials have strongly discouraged — or outright banned — trick-or-treating. Major events, such as West Hollywood’s Halloween Carnaval and the Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor haunt in Long Beach, have been scrapped. Warm temperatures should persist through the weekend, with valleys reaching the 90s, said David Sweet, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 31, 2020 19:31 UTC