Provided/ NWS Houston

A cold front that arrived on Tuesday evening is expected to keep Houston-area temperatures lower than average through the end of the week, including on Halloween.

The long-awaited fall weather is capping off a potentially record-hot October.

According to the National Weather Service office for the Houston and Galveston region , temperatures are expected to stay below 70 degrees on Thursday and reach a high of 71 on Friday. Halloween night is forecast to be mostly clear with a low of 54.

National Weather Service meteorologist Cameron Self said temperatures may remain slightly below average into the weekend.

"They may try to become a little closer to normal this weekend, but it looks like there could be another cold front over the weekend," Self said. "What does

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