They chose to shamrock-shake off the rain.
Massive crowds refused to let a little rain ruin the luck of the Irish on Monday as revelers turned Manhattan streets green for New York City’s 264th St. Patrick’s Day parade.
Bagpipes were blaring as the parade kicked off around 11 a.m. with Mayor Eric Adams blowing a whistle alongside parade officials before beginning the march along the parade route up Fifth Avenue.
It will likely rain on the St. Patrick’s Day parade as showers are forecast in the Big Apple until about 2 p.m. Monday. Getty ImagesWhile he didn’t make a statement, Adams stopped for several photo opportunities. When asked by reporters if he saw the parade appearance as part of his campaign trail he laughed and replied, “Every day I’m out here is a part of doing the great job of being the mayor.”
Adams wasn’t the only politician showing his Irish spirit, with Gov. Kathy Hochul and NYC Council Speaker and mayoral candidate Adrienne Adams also decked in green and carrying Irish flags while marching next to each other in the parade.
Although early crowds got a light soaking tin the morning, the forecast was for the rain to clear as the afternoon progressed.
“The chance for rain becomes less as the parade progresses,” Fox Forecast Center meteorologist Mathieu Blue told The Post, noting that the showers “won’t be coming down” as heavy and persistently as they were overnight and into early Monday.
While it was hard staying dry, temperatures were at least bearable in the high 50s, Blue said — though with clouds unlikely to clear before sunrise Tuesday.
“So kind of a gloomy day in New York,” Blue said of St Patrick’s Day.
The parade will move up Fifth Avenue starting at 44th Street and ending at 79th. @NYPDnews/X
Showers are expected to taper off Monday afternoon, but it won’t be sunny afterward. Fox WeatherDespite the wet weather, New Yorkers and tourists were are expected to come out in full force as this past weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations will culminate in the oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the world on Monday.
More than 150,000 participants are set to march — and show off their pipes — along Fifth Avenue, where they’ll be cheered on by millions.
The parade, which begins at 11 a.m. and will end at approximately 4:30 p.m. and will , will follow a route up Fifth Avenue starting at 44th Street before concluding at 79th Street.
The entire stretch of Fifth Avenue where the festivities take place will be closed to traffic, and subway entrances on or near the route may be closed.
If you can’t make it there in person, the festivities will be televised from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on WNBC and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Cozi TV.
