# Rose Parade

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-parade/338104>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 2, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-parade/338104 "2006-01-02T19:01:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-parade/338104/1 "2006-01-02T19:01:35Z")

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After watching most of the Rose Parade this morning, just curious - When was the last time it was held in the rain? I’m in my “cough” 50’s and don’t recall ever seeing that before.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-parade/338104/2 "2006-01-02T19:06:27Z")

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[This](http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-campout2jan02,1,4397868.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=1&cset=true) LA Times article states that it has been 51 years since the Rose Parade was held in the rain.

Registration might be required for the LA Times link

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**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-parade/338104/3 "2006-01-02T22:33:28Z")

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I am rather shocked that it is raining today. I was born and raised in LA and I wouldn’t call myself superstitious, but it being a bright and sunny day for the Rose Parade is just one of those things I have taken as a given. It DOESN’T rain on the Rose Parade, it just doesn’t. The fact that it is raining today is a bit offputting.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rose-parade/338104/4 "2006-01-02T22:38:46Z")

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Well, the last time it rained on the parade, Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren was the Grand Marshall.

This year, the Grand Marshall is Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Hmmmmmmmmm… 😉

Honestly, there are lots of people in my parents generation whose families moved to CA because of the weather they saw on New Years Day in Pasadena! I even know a few!