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Ugh, yes, it's pouring here today and I thought I was actually having a heart attack on my walk home from work, thinking about what the wedding would be like if it rained as hard as this...Let's all do the sun dance together, hopefully June will be warm and dry with no rain in sight!!!
Its maddening that all we can do is the sun dance, when we can control every other aspect!!
try not to worry about things you can't control! even if it rains, you'll still be married, and that's what's important. we had an outdoor ceremony and reception, and we were more worried about it being too cold for everyone. and of course it ended up being freezing, we moved to plan b which was some inside and some outside, and it turned out beautiful!
yup - this week SUCKS here in indy - rainwise...and our ceremony is outside (garden deck) but i'm sure it'll be beautiful - and if not, they will move the ceremony inside for us.
i hope for you that yours is gorgeous and dry and blue skies!!
I totally feel the same way! I'm still 3 weeks away but check the radar! I think its important to not let yourself get upset about it - now or day of. If you tell yourself it'll ruin your day - then it will. As sucky as I've heard other people say "make the best of it and be happy your friends and family are there". Its true.
I once went to a wedding where the bride was clearly upset about something - for the entire wedding. She didn't smile once! It was weird and a lot of people work of the bride's vibe. Don't be the pouty bride!
I'm starting to stress about this too---which is crazy because it NEVER rains in late June in Northern California...but wouldn't you know, this year there's rain in the forecast right up until Memorial Day! It's an El Nino year, which brings us extra rain out west (and I think in other parts of the country, too?) But definitely nervewracking, since we don't exactly have a rain plan. I'm trying not to think about it in the meantime!
The NWS projections for June do call for the rainfall to go back to normal across the country and the temps to tick back up to seasonal norms, though. Let's assume they're right. :)
I can't even say anything to try to ease your mind, I'm starting to panic for the same reason. I know things will still be beautiful, and they'll be fun. And I know getting married and having my family and friends there to celebrate is most important. But for so long I've been envisioning an outdoor wedding and I'll CRY if I can't have that. I wish I didn't care!!
I feel ya! It's been dreary/rainy here in Southern California the past couple days! That is NOT characteristic of our neck of the woods. I'm sending us all good vibes for good weather on our wedding days!! 
It rained every single day the week of my wedding. It was pouring. I remember going shopping with my little sis for last minute thing, and the two of us kept having to run and hide. It also snowed the week before my wedding. That was April in New York. 10 days from the wedding, the forecast predicted rain, cold, and miserable. I panicked. It was supposed to be an outdoor ceremony. My MIL wanted to order umbrellas just in case. I said let's wait and see. The day of the wedding, it was bright sunshine, over 70 degrees, and absolutely beautiful.
Don't let it get to you. Let it rain now, get all the rain out of the way, and you will have your sunshine then :-). But you know what, even if not, it WILL be beautiful. When the day arrived, I realized I couldn't care less. Keep staying positive! :-)
Have you guys heard of DryDay? I guess it is long rang weather forcasting. There isn't every city available. I am on a "transition day" meaning not rainging but chances are it might.
It's been raining here a lot as well and ugh...I would cry my eyes out if it rained on our day!!
I am very much so with all of you! My ceremony is outside and reception (at same place) is inside and out. We technicly have enough room inside if it rains...but it will be a too tight fit with no room for dancing, which was to be outside. It has been gross and rainy here and all I keep telling myself is that it is getting all the rain away before june! I am going to buy a few clear bubble umbrellas and a pair of rain boots and then try to stop thinking about it!
It makes me feel a little better that I am not the only one freaking out about this! We don't have a back-up plan, as in an indoor location, so it would just be tent-city with umbrellas for everyone.
caszos, I have heard of DryDay - as of now, it says we fall on a DryDay, but still with 40% risk, whatever that means. I'm not sure how it works or how accurate it is, though.
Miss Designer, I love clear bubble umbrellas! Have you found an affordable place to order them from?
Well due to a admin error we are having to have our ceremony in a parky orchardy thing - in September - RAIN!!! So we are going to have loads of umbrella's borrowed from friends (any colour as long as it's not black) for the congregation - and then a great big see through one for us and the official. I'll be walking up the isle with my bouquet, umbrella and uncle LOL!
Great...according to DryDay our wedding falls on a risky day. Every time it rains lately, I just keep hoping that the weather is "getting it out of its system" before our wedding.
Oh yay, we have the lowest risk of rain for the next two months on our wedding day!!
I'll cross my fingers for you! I think the rain is slowly clearling out of TN. This weekend looks to be good, for example. But I totally know where you are coming from. We aren't getting married for a while yet but it seems like it never rains at this time of year so it's scary!
get ready for plan B! We had a September wedding I was freaking outwhenever I ooked at the weather forecast, the only thing bad was we couldnt have park pictues, which would have meant we would have more time with our guests, luckily it was nice and sunshiny
be prepared so you dont have to stress and just plan with plan B
Rain is good luck so don't worry. My FI worked at a wedding about a week ago where it was an outside reception. It did rain. It rained after the ceremony, but before the reception. As my FI recalls it poured for about 10 minutes and then it went away.
Be sure to put some tents up so your guests have somewhere to run for cover. I'm not worried because I'm getting married inside a church with a reception indoors as well. I was actually sorta bummed that the weather would be beautiful but we would be stuck in a building. But I guess I wouldn't really mind if it rained....
Ugh, this weather business has me such a mess! Accuweather has a 15 day forecast that is probably made up, but right now it is saying there is a 89% chance of thunderstorms! :(
Accuweather is telling us we'll have rain too. BAH! We need to do some anti-rain-dances STAT.
im right there hoping and praying it doesnt rain, as everything is outside. its practically rained every day the past month here in nashville :(
I just looked at DryDay.com and it says my date is a "risky" day for our location...however, thats a little confusing because for the past 20 years, its only rained twice on that day. I'm a little skeptical (or maybe I'm just trying to be optimistic...)
We have been checking the weather for this weekend around here and are pretty happy. Our venue has beautiful rain back up plans so it will be fine either way. The way I keep look at it is that we will get some great mud puddle pictures if the rain comes out. :-)
@scissors: I am convinced Accuweather is a total mind-you-know-what. Last Saturday it said hot, humid, and sunny. Yesterday it said rain. Today it says humid with partial sunshine. How can it change that much?? It's made up. But I will mention you in my hourly anti-rain dances if you do the same for me!!
@ashmarie89: I am so happy to find another all-outside June wedding in Nashville! Sometimes I think we were crazy for doing this. What are your back-up plans for rain or intense heat?
@farmersdaughter: I'm starting to think dryday.com is made up too.
@amaroo24: That's great you are looking on the bright side! I need to try to do that.
daniellemybelle I was just planning to pick up a few at Target since they have them with silver handles and edges. They were like 12.99 each.I agree that AcuWeather is #(&!^& up because it keeps changing by the day.
@daniellemybelle ~ we have a tent outside for shade and the back up plan in case it rains. were just having small ceremony at SO grandparents house. im hoping and praying for good weather, that it doesnt rain and isnt too hot. it hasnt rained the past few days so maybe the spring showers have (finally) passed
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With the wedding almost exactly a month away (yay!), every time it rains, I am just filled with this full-body panic. All I can think is how so much of the specialness of our outdoor ceremony and reception at my childhood home will be taken away if it rains. I know we will just get more tents, put them up way ahead of time so the ground stays dry, and have white umbrellas for all the guests - but I know that especially if it is really coming down, people won't enjoy it nearly as much. We want people to stroll around during the cocktail hour and enjoy hors d'oeurves, we want kids to run around and play, we want it to feel like a great family day in the summer, and that just won't happen if it rains!
More than anything, I feel like I won't be able to fully enjoy my wedding day if it is raining because I will be sad, and second guessing our choices. And I know there is NOTHING I can do to predict or control it, and so I am generally freaking out!! Is anyone else feeling this way??