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Nasty weather on tap for New Year fetes at Rose Parade in California and revelers in New York City
Weather at Times Square has ranged from minus 21°F wind chills to record 58°F warmth, affecting crowd safety and event logistics for up to 1 million attendees, experts say.
- Forecasters predict low-30s Fahrenheit with snow flurries for hundreds of thousands at the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop, tradition since 1907, possibly the coldest since 2017–18.
- Historically, records show extremes like the 1-degree low in 1917, 54-degree ball-drop temperature in 2022, 4 inches of snow on Dec. 31, 1948, and a 20-inch blizzard in 2010.
- AccuWeather meteorologist John Feerick warned of intermittent downpours and thunder, saying `It may not be raining the whole time` and `It's looking like a wet one,` while a recent example showed 17 degrees with 20 mph gusts chilling Times Square attendees.
- City crews worked to clear snow but areas with around 10 inches of snow on the ground complicated access, and organizers staged equipment around One Times Square including a Kia vehicle.
- After last year's lightning before the Ball Drop and thunderstorms that cleared by the Ball Drop, Rob Shackelford, meteorologist and climate scientist at weather.com, urges caution for future New Year's Eve celebrations.
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Nasty weather on tap for New Year fetes at Rose Parade in California and revelers in New York City
Marching bands, floats and thousands of spectators are bracing for a rare dose of New Year’s Day rain for the prestigious Rose Parade in Southern California.
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