{"id":478694,"date":"2025-12-29T23:06:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/478694\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T23:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T23:06:11","slug":"rain-could-be-an-unwelcome-entry-at-the-rose-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/478694\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain could be an unwelcome entry at the Rose Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

By ED WHITE, Associated Press<\/strong><\/p>\n

For the first time in 20 years, rain could be an intruder at the Rose Parade<\/a> in Southern California, a venerable New Year\u2019s Day event<\/a> that attracts thousands of spectators and is watched by millions more on TV.<\/p>\n

Storms caused Christmas week flooding<\/a>, mudslides and other miseries across the region. Now comes a 90% chance of rain Thursday in Pasadena, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe try not to say that word around here,\u201d joked Candy Carlson, a spokesperson for the Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the organization behind the 137th Rose Parade, which precedes the Rose Bowl college football playoff game.<\/p>\n

It has rained only 10 times in the parade\u2019s history, she said, and not since 2006.<\/p>\n

Wet weather is unlikely to keep floats, marching bands, entertainers and others from participating. Carlson said people riding on floats will have rain gear if necessary, and tow trucks will be standing by in case of mechanical problems.<\/p>\n

Spectators will need to prepare, too. Umbrellas are not allowed in parade seating areas that require tickets, though the ban doesn\u2019t cover people who simply line up along the nearly 6-mile route. Curbside camping \u2014 no tents \u2014 begins at noon Wednesday. Rain also is predicted that day.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u2019s parade theme was \u2018Best Day Ever!\u2019 and six days later it was the worst,\u201d said Lisa Derderian, spokesperson for the city of Pasadena, referring to the devastating Eaton wildfire<\/a> in Los Angeles County. \u201cWe want to start the new year on a high note. Hopefully Mother Nature cooperates with the weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

In New York City, meanwhile, forecasters are predicting temperatures in the low 30s, which is not unusual, when the ball drops in Times Square<\/a> on New Year\u2019s Eve. Light rain is possible that night in Las Vegas, where several casinos will be shooting fireworks from rooftops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By ED WHITE, Associated Press For the first time in 20 years, rain could be an intruder at…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":478695,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,216827,130526,216826,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-478694","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-rain-rose-parade","12":"tag-rose-parade","13":"tag-rose-parade-rain","14":"tag-san-diego","15":"tag-sandiego","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115805368105207135","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}