Mummers Will March On New Year's Day Despite Cold

PHILADELPHIA – It's official: the Mummers Parade is on for Monday, Jan. 1, New Year's Day, despite the frigid temperatures in Philadelphia's forecast.

Officials made the call on Saturday, Dec. 30, saying a majority of Mummers divisions voted to go ahead with the parade.

Parade spectators can warm up at the café on Dilworth Park, the nearby SEPTA concourse, the Kimmel Center, and the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts.

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The city is giving the parade marchers five warming tents in the parade staging area to keep them warm.

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Additionally, Sugarhouse Casino and PHL-17 are providing warming trolleys along Market Street for the marchers, officials said. Sugarhouse is also providing 5,000 hand warmers to the Mummers to help protect against the cold, city officials said.

The predicted temperatures on Jan. 1 are a high of 20 and a low of 10. Winds are expected to be 11 miles per hour from the northwest.

The forecast led city and parade officials to mull postponing the annual event.

Members of the Woodland String Band perform during the 116th annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia on Friday, Jan. 1, 2016. Outrageously costumed Mummers strutted their stuff Friday at the city's annual New Year's Day parade, a colorful celebration that features string bands, comic brigades, elaborate floats and plenty of feathers and sequins. (AP Photo/Joseph Kaczmarek)