{"id":51283,"date":"2025-11-25T03:57:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T03:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/51283\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T03:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T03:57:12","slug":"will-macys-thanksgiving-day-balloons-be-impacted-by-wind-heres-the-parade-weather-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/51283\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day balloons be impacted by wind? Here\u2019s the parade weather forecast."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"33WSYAWY4FB7VKWGMKXCLH3ZBQ\">Organizers and spectators at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macys.com\/s\/parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.macys.com\/s\/parade\/\">Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade<\/a> will likely be keeping a close eye on the latest weather forecast, because strong gusty winds may be blowing the big balloons in downtown Manhattan on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PR5LLMFINFFWHIDEMCFY2UIZQA\">Forecasters from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/okx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/okx\/\">National Weather Service in New York<\/a> are calling for steady surface winds of 16 to 20 mph Thanksgiving morning and 21 mph in the early afternoon, with wind gusts expected to range from 26 mph in the morning to 36 mph in the early afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"52IMNXLFOJHXNOP7W5EPOV6GQI\">Some parts of the New York metro region could see occasional peak wind gusts as high 40 to 45 mph, according to the weather service\u2019s current forecast.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gusty winds forecast for Macy's Thanksgiving Parade 2025\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/ZUMRXEPV2BBAZNG4WLCFYYV7M4.jpg\"  \/>Tom Turkey by Macy&#8217;s will return for the 99th Macy&#8217;s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 27, 2025, in New York City. The Tom Turkey float is the longest-running in the parade.AP<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"57S2Y54QWRF7LHUSRYTKYBFHTI\">New York has strict safety rules dictating how high the iconic Thanksgiving parade balloons can fly, depending on how strong the winds are blowing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GU4DMT2VJ5DCNOAHOSUJ2VLG3Y\">Under city regulations, steady winds cannot exceed 23 mph, and gusts can\u2019t go above 34 mph for the balloons to safely fly in the parade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"EWBOFJ65RNETNALBLGPBGV7AGM\">The rules were implemented after powerful winds during the Thanksgiving parade in November 1997 caused a Cat in the Hat balloon to knock down a light pole, injuring four people, including one who ended up in a coma. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3TSTVDWF75BHBDFGBKGGX5GPSI\">Macy\u2019s balloons have been grounded only once in the parade\u2019s 99-year history. That was in 1971, when nasty weather kept the inflatables from flying.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SUOCDEKTWNG7LKNNEIY4KL5GVY\">Organizers of the 2025 Thanksgiving Day parade could not be immediately reached for comment Monday. So it\u2019s not yet known if Spider-Man, Minnie Mouse or other giant balloon characters will have to fly lower than usual.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KFJD7Q47TVHD7ICHDRGELYJTYU\">Regardless what happens with the balloons, parade spectators should be advised to bundle up. Temperatures in Manhattan are forecast to be stuck in the low 40s Thursday morning, and the wind will make it feel as cold as 32 to 36 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Current weather radar <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/inmasirPA_.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Organizers and spectators at the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade will likely be keeping a close eye on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-51283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}