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It looks like there’s a 90 percent chance that it will rain on President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural parade.
The National Weather Service forecasts that the high probability of precipitation will take place in D.C. mainly after 9 a.m. tomorrow. The high temperature will be near 47 degrees.
The Capital Weather Gang reports that though the rain will linger through late afternoon, it should “generally be light and intermittent.” And D.C. will see less than a quarter of an inch.
The heaviest amount of rain on Inauguration Day was when President Franklin D. Roosevelt entered his second term in 1937, according to NWS. Two hundred thousand visitors came to D.C. for the event, “though several thousand never got farther than Union Station” due to the cold and rain. Total rainfall for the day was a 1.77 inches, which set a record for rainfall on January 20.
Due to tomorrow’s forecast, the National Park Service revised its “no umbrella” policy to allow tote style umbrellas that collapse on the National Mall and inauguration parade route. However, long, non-collapsible umbrellas are still banned.