# What's the weather forecast for your location for Election Day?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [November 4, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815 "2012-11-04T03:00:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/1 "2012-11-04T03:00:27Z")

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Northern Illinois – “Times of sun and clouds. Highs in the low 50s and lows in the mid 30s.”

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/2 "2012-11-04T03:12:59Z")

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Raleigh, NC - 53, some rain in the afternoon.

Election Day 2008, it was in the low 50s and pouring rain all day long.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/3 "2012-11-04T03:17:35Z")

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Madison, WI: 45 with rain, and an accumulation of democracy.

But 50 and sunny the day before for The Barack ‘n’ Bruce Concert.

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**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/4 "2012-11-04T03:28:12Z")

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Central Ohio. Mostly sunny with a high of 49.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/5 "2012-11-04T03:46:09Z")

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Rochester, NY: High of 43°, low of 28°, mostly sunny, 10% chance of rain, winds SSE at 6 mph

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/6 "2012-11-04T06:57:00Z")

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Partly cloudy in Houston.

A cool 49 degrees in the morning, rising to 72 by the afternoon.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/7 "2012-11-04T14:05:59Z")

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Souith SF Bay area. Sunny, with highs around 84 deg.

Eat your hearts out, bitches!! 🙂

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/8 "2012-11-04T14:17:25Z")

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New England. Warm, dry, rainy, cloudy, sunny, windy, calm, clear, hazy, possibly snow or thunderstorms. Same as every day.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-weather-forecast-for-your-location-for-election-day/639815/9 "2012-11-04T14:24:10Z")

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Partly cloudy, high of 63. But as I’m more or less on the Mississippi / Alabama border, the weather is not going to make the slightest bit of difference to the outcome of the election.