Rose Bowl Weather: First Wet Parade, Game In 20 Years Possible

He made a New Year’s Day promise to his Hoosier-fan wife 30 years ago. Now, they’re making good on it

Peggy Sinko and her husband Ken Sinko help with 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) It may have taken him 30 years, but Ken Sinko is about to fulfill a promise to his bride Peggy this New Year’s Day. The Oak Park, Illinois couple, both 76, landed in California this w…

Weather Takes Center Stage for Rose Parade and NYE Ball Drop Celebrations

As the nation is gearing up to ring in the New Year, some of its most beloved celebrations from coast to coast are bracing for some unwelcome weather conditions. For the first time in 20 years, the annual Rose Parade in Pasadena, now celebrating its 137th year, is anticipating rain, on the heels of one of the wettest Christmas seasons in Southern California. According to the National Weather Service, the New Year’s Day parade will see a 100 perc…

With rain forecast for the Rose Parade, Pasadena says no umbrellas allowed along route, urging ponchos instead

Planning on staying dry as you take in the floats and bands and floral pageantry of the 137th Rose Bowl in person? In anticipation of precipitation, the city of Pasadena reminds the hundreds of thousands of 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…

Rain Returns for New Year's Eve, New Year's Day Across Southland

Santa Ana winds expected to continue gusting across much of the Southland Tuesday, beginning a week of unsettled weather that is forecasted to include more rain in the saturated region, including the likelihood of heavy rains falling on the normally sunny Rose Parade in Pasadena. The National Weather Service has extended wind advisories for the Los Angeles area through 3 p.m. Tuesday followed by rainy weather on Wednesday. “A return to wet weath…

Rose Parade Could Be Doused for the First Time in 20 Years

For the first time in 20 years, rain could intrude upon the Rose Parade in Southern California, a venerable New Year's Day event that attracts thousands of spectators and is watched by millions more on TV. Storms caused Christmas week flooding, mudslides, and other miseries across the region. And now,...

Rain Forecast For Rose Parade, First Time In Decades

For the first time in 20 years, it’s expected to rain on the Rose Parade. The January 1 procession is almost invariably held during a mid-winter heatwave and clear blue skies, an advertisement for life in Southern California broadcast to a frozen nation. The statistics bear that out: It has rained only 10 times in […]