Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade weather: Winds could threaten iconic balloons
Update: 2025-11-25
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Paradegoers can expect sunshine and a chill in the air, but gusty winds may make it tough for some of the parade’s most famous balloons to take flight.
Elsewhere, several inches of rain falling over a few days through Thanksgiving will slow motorists during the busiest travel week of the year, as a surge of moisture arrives ashore from the Pacific.
Lake-effect snow, gusty winds and sudden squalls will to impact post-holiday travelers from the Great Lakes to the Northeast, creating slick and hazardous conditions Friday. Snow will also streak across the Plains.
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