I watched the parade from the 18th floor terrace of a friend's apartment on lower Fifth Avenue.
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1984 (June 24) - Clouds moved in early in the afternoon, but rain held off until around 4:00.
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(And the day before, I ran in the Gay Pride Run in Central Park for the first time.) This was the first, and only, time I marched in the parade. 1983 (June 26) - Under sunny skies, the high reached a seasonably warm 82°.(He made clips attached to raccoon and chinchilla tails.) Rather than watch the parade, I helped my boyfriend at the booth he had at the Christopher St. 1982 (June 27) - Hazy sunshine and close to seasonal temperatures.Rather than go to the parade, I went to the beach instead. 1981 (June 28) - It was a beautiful summer day, with a high of 85°.Heavy rain moved in (0.70" was measured), but not until after 11 PM, the first rain since June 10. 1980 (June 29) - The afternoon high of 77° was six degrees cooler than average.(However, later in the evening things heated up at Madison Square Garden where the Village People performed in concert.) 1979 (June 24) - This was the chilliest Gay Pride Day, as the afternoon high was only 65°, sixteen degrees below average, and more typical of late April.1978 (June 25) - Today's high of 82° was at the seasonal average.1977 (June 26) - After a rainy evening yesterday (0.68" fell between 6:00 and 10:00), today was dry and slightly warmer than average, with a high of 85°.There have since been seven other parades held in 90-degree weather (including 20). 1976 (June 27) - This was the first Gay Pride Day in which the afternoon temperature hit 90°.However, temperatures were seasonably warm. 1975 (June 29) - This year rain moved in mid-afternoon, as 0.15" fell between 4-6 PM, shortly after the parade ended.Before that, the afternoon temperature was a pleasant 83°.
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After a cool morning low of 57° (the chilliest reading of any Gay Pride Day, later tied in 2007) the high reached 80°. 1970 (June 28) - Whereas the Stonewall riots began on a stifling hot day (the afternoon high that Saturday was a record 96°), the weather today for the first Gay Pride parade was refreshingly mild.And chances are very good that the festivities will be rain-free as measurable rain has fallen just nine times in the past fifty years (20 were two of these years). Three years had highs in the 60s (1972, 19). Since the first parade was held in 1970 the temperature has been in the 90s eight times (the last two times were in 20). A week of Gay Pride events culminates with the annual Gay Pride Parade on the last Sunday of June (roughly coinciding with the date of 1969's Stonewall Riot).