Labor Day weather forecast will be a 'mixed bag.' See what is in store. John Bacon, USA TODAY August 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM ARLINGTON, Va. − The good, the bad but not much of the ugly describes the Labor Day weekend weather forecast across much of the nation.
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John Bacon, USA TODAY August 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
ARLINGTON, Va. − The good, the bad but not much of the ugly describes the Labor Day weekend weather forecast across much of the nation.
"It will be kind of a mixed bag but overall kind of a thumbs-up where a lot of people live," Carl Erickson, meteorologist for AccuWeather, told USA TODAY. "For most of us it looks really good − no big heat, low humidity."
The sweet spot includes a swath of the nation stretching from the Great Lakes through the Ohio Valley through most of the Mississippi Valley and the Mid-Atlantic states. Those regions "all look really nice," Erickson said. Chicago, Detroit and New York will be sunny with highs in the low to mid-70s. Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., will reach the low 80s.
Not everyone will be so fortunate. Erickson said much of the Southeast including the Carolinas, Georgia, the Gulf Coast and Texas can expect rounds of thunderstorms and showers through the weekend. The wet weather could extend up through the Eastern Rockies, New Mexico and Colorado.
"Excessive" rainfall over burn scars in the Rockies could also prompt flash flooding along steep terrain, the National Weather Service warned in its extended forecast discussion. And a "surface front" stretching from the southern High Plains across the Gulf Coast and through the Southeast will fuel heavy rainfall, the weather service said.
Are there any hurricanes in the forecast?
But the hurricane forecast for the Atlantic Basin remains quiet. Erickson said a storm system might evolve off the Southeast coast that could add to the region's heavy rains. But otherwise, "dry air and African dust floating around will help put a cap on things," he said.
To the west, a "moist monsoonal environment" could produce flash flooding over portions of southern New Mexico and far western Texas on Sunday, according to the weather service. Parts of the western Great Plains including Nebraska and Kansas also should be on the lookout for afternoon thunderstorms. Things improve again as you head farther west.
"Most of West should have dry weather, a couple showers around Seattle but otherwise dry," Erickson said.
Intense heat wave in the West has lifted
The heat wave that gripped the Pacific Northwest has eased, and the National Weather Service said highs temperatures in Seattle might not reach 80 degrees. Portland could see low 80s for highs.
In California, San Francisco will only warm up to the mid-70s, and Los Angelenos can expect a sunny, warm weekend with highs around 90 degrees. The state's interior valleys will see the 90s and the desert Southwest will reach triple digits but "nothing extreme or out of the ordinary as far as temperatures go out there."
Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, and the Auto Club reports that Americans will use the holiday to squeeze in one final trip before fall arrives.
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