Wednesday brought a steady dose of rain on Wednesday in parts of Southern California, where in Pasadena the prospect of the first rain on the Rose Parade in 20 years — and only the 11th time in its 137 years — didn’t stop the last hustle and bustle of preparations for Thursday’s giant spectacle.
Decorators were busy decorating. The floats were being moved into position. And spectators were beginning their pilgrimige to Colorado Boulevard and the 5.5-mile parade route.
The only difference so far: They were doing it with ponchos, umbrelleas, rain coats and tarps.
The National Weather Service said there is “a near 100% chance” of rain falling on the Rose Parade on Thursday — and on people camping out for the parade on Wednesday night.
Rain has not fallen on the Rose Parade 2006. The floral procession has traditionally managed to avoid precipitation, with rain dampening the event less than a dozen times in its previous 136 years.
The storm system moved into the area from the south Wednesday, expected to bring periods of rain through next week, heaviest Wednesday night into New Year’s Day, virtually guaranteeing soggy Rose Parade and New Year’s Day celebrations.
That said, city officials said they were ready for showers that will likely fall on the thousands of specators along the Rose Parade route on Thursday.
”I feel confident the City is prepared,” said Pasadena spokesperson Lisa Derderian. “We are in constant communications with the National Weather Service and our partners at the Tournament of Roses and Rose Bowl Stadium. We have planned and prepared for various scenarios and it’s all hands on deck with both boots on the ground personnel and behind the scenes agencies who are instrumental in assisting us year after year at a county, state and federal level.”
Derderian encouraged visitors to the city to plan head and review the rules.
In the rain workers hang a Rose Parade sign along Orange Grove Boulevard in Pasadena on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)“We know rain or shine it’ll be a great Parade and it’s a great way for our community to welcome the new year after what so many of our residents and neighbors have gone through this past year,” Derderian added.
Those rules? In anticipation of precipitation, the city of Pasadena has been reminding locals and visitors determined to line Colorado Boulevard on New Year’s Day that no umbrellas are allowed along the 5.5-mile parade route.
Not only would holding one hamper one’s ability to wave at grand marshal Magic Johnson or point to gasp-inducing elements of the 40 or so floats, most importantly, brollies would block the view of other spectators.
Parade organizers suggest using ponchos or rain jackets instead (easily available at local stores and perhaps enterprising vendors on a convenient Pasadena corner).
Technically, the umbrella ban is enforceable only in the grandstand seats, prime spots people paid for, according to Tournament of Roses officials. But one can expect to get spirited pushback from Rose Parade diehards if one is blocking their view along any part of the 5.5-mile route.
Also see: Shhhh! It’s looking like rain on the Rose Parade and Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 1The last time it rained on Pasadena’s iconic parade was 2006, when the theme was “It’s Magical,” an echo of this year’s “The Magic in Teamwork.” Umbrellas were decidedly not in fashion then too, but parade attendees then report all the moisture didn’t dampen their Rose Parade spirit.
Volunteer Jena Walker places lettuce seed on a part of the float during float decorating for the La Cañada Flintridge Tournament of Roses Association float Goin’ Nutz at Flintridge Prep in La Canada on Monday, December 29, 2025. (Photo by Libby Cline Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)Jena Walker of Louisville, Kentucky, reported for duty at La Cañada Flintridge’s Rose Parade float yard in that city on Dec. 29, fully prepared for conditions that out-of-state visitors don’t expect from sunny Southern California.
Walker said she offered her decorating services to about eight Rose Parade float associations and La Canada was the only one to call and email her, making her a lifelong fan of the city.
Los Angeles Unified School District Honor Band is wrapped in plastic during the 117th Annual Rose Parade on Monday, Jan. 2, 2006, in Pasadena, Calif. It rained on the Rose Parade for the first time in more than a half century. (Photo by Leo Jarzomb, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)“So I was in, I became a member, got their newsletters, and bought the tickets for the parade and the game,” she said. A little precipitation isn’t going to rain on her parade.
“I was born and raised in Indiana, my dad was an IU (Indiana University) grad,” Walker added. “Besides, someone told me today to think of it this way: I get the unique experience of seeing California in the rain. So I’m going with that.”
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