The afternoon high of 79° was perfect for marching. In later years Gay Pride Day 1979 would be cooler (high of 65°), 1984's wetter (1.46').
Close to an inch of rain fell during the morning, and under gray skies the afternoon high managed to reach only 66°, fifteen degrees below average. It was a cool and damp Gay Pride Day, courtesy of the remnants of hurricane Agnes. After a cool morning low of 57° (the chilliest reading of any Gay Pride Day, later tied in 2007) the high reached 80°.Ĭonditions were very summer-like, with a high of 89°, eight degrees warmer than average. 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).
