It called for rain and storms the entire week before my wedding in July. On the day, it only rained for 5 minutes...during our first dance. It made for some really cool pictures:)

If it makes you feel any better, in Sweden we have a superstition that if it rains on your wedding dress the marriage will last forever!

In Scotland too! A wet knot is much harder to untie

East_Share_9406

My advice is to talk about your feelings with your STBH! Because what is marriage about but helping one another shoulder the little disappointments in life? Its also good to remember that sharing in the joy of your marriage is the real reason that people are traveling to your city—being able to tourist about is a side effect.

You also never know what could happen with the weather, so while I admire that you are trying to be prepared you shouldnt let yourself get too down about it.

There was another bride in here a few weeks ago talking about how it ended up raining on her wedding day and she actually loved the dreamy effect it had on her day. It was pretty cold and damp on our big day a few weeks ago but I loved the feeling of warmth in the venue with all our friends and family!

insidioussmilez

Thanks for your comment - I talked to my fiancé and he also doesn’t want rain but we had a laugh about getting so soaked that my nipple covers fall off :)

yes - I have seen great rainy wedding pics. I think I will pin some and share them with the photographer as inspiration

Where is your destination?

If it’s in Europe, I have traveled there in the fall when there is rain forecasted the entire trip.

But the rain is sporadic, it’s not a full downpour all day long, there’s still periods of sunshine mixed with clouds!

insidioussmilez

It is in Savannah. I thought Oct was one of The drier months. But I think it can get rain from the coast and gulf. I do hope it is sporadic, or just when people are sleeping or inside eating inside lol

I used to live in Savannah, it was very typical for days with rain forecasted for it to rain for 10-30 minutes mid-afternoon and then be sunny or partly cloudy the whole rest of the day. Fingers crossed it’s that way for your day!

KiraiEclipse

Yeah, unfortunately October is still what we in the South (or at least Florida) consider hurricane season. It can actually be quite wet. At least you're just expecting regular rain and not a hurricane.

I feel your pain, though. We had a sudden weather prediction shift two days before our October outdoor wedding. It was far too late to get a professional tent but, like you, we spent $200 on clear umbrellas.

Luckily, our venue did have an indoor option but it was tiny and not at all beautiful or interesting like their outdoor space was.

Hopefully you'll get lucky like we did and the rain will be short and you can enjoy your time outside. It might get quite humid after the rain, though. Cheap hand fans and lots of cool drinks would be great to have around.

Also, if you're willing and able to pay for it, you could buy up a bunch of cheap pop-up tents (the kind vendors use at outdoor events) from Walmart, Target, Home Depot, etc.

It won't be as good as professional tenting but would be better than just umbrellas if it does look like it's going to storm throughout your wedding. If you don't let the tents get too beat up, you can try to recoup some loses selling them on Facebook Marketplace, Ebay, etc.

lostandthin

same boat as you my wedding is this saturday and i am crushed. i don’t even care i am being very negative right now. trying to get all the emotions out so on saturday i don’t punch everyone that tells me i need to be happy and rain is good luck bullshit. it sucks**

insidioussmilez

Yes i feel you! I’ve been to handful of outdoor weddings and that had perfect weather and I think it’s not fair ;( (one of them did get divorced a year later lol) I want to eat junk food and mope.

lostandthin

me too it’s so unfair, exactly everyone gets perfect weather. i actually didn’t even think it through if it rained because the contingency plan at my venue is an ugly cramped ballroom. i am preparing myself for future MIL to tell me rain is good luck and don’t be sad at least 5 times during the rehearsal dinner on the 13th where it will also rain and we also were planning it outside. it’s so bad i am almost laughing to myself how i had this beautiful wedding planned and now it’s going to be a windy rainy miserable day. but the good news is i think once it’s saturday i will have grieved this all and i’ll just be okay with it. trying to feel all my emotions right now and get it out

emmaraehey

I just had my wedding Saturday. Lemme tell you it was so windy our arches broke and I also wanted to punch people saying it’s good luck, because 99 percent of people don’t want rain on the wedding day. I will say I was absolutely miserable about it leading up to the wedding, got all my feelings over it out and ended up having the best day. The rain managed to hold off during our ceremony and everyone had a great time including me and my new husband

lostandthin

this!!! 99 percent of people don’t want rain, so why are you telling me it’s good luck. would you want this? no? then don’t say that to me. but i know everyone will make weather comments. i am grieving now so i can have lots of energy and put on a smile when people say this to me. i’m so happy to hear that you had the rain hold off for your ceremony and y’all had a great time. that’s what is most important. no one wishes for rain on their wedding day. that’s why i picked october.. if i wanted rain i would pick march

Slermanator

People are telling you it's good luck because they're trying to get you to let go of worrying about the since you can't control it. And they're probably trying to try and get you to realize what's important about your wedding, and it's not the weather!



Every wedding I've been to in the rain is usually more fun anyway!

Neanthia

I've always heard rain on a wedding day was good luck, that and a good umbrella could make for cute photo ops. That being said, I know it's not everyone's cup of tea and it's perfectly okay to feel upset at this, but you'll get through it and make some beautiful memories.

Runnergirl411

Can i ask if you are certain? I was married two weekends ago, and didn't realize it was rain season. The forecast showed rain everyday, but I was told it normally rained once a day in the evenings. I tried not to think about it leading up to it. The venue also had a backup plan to move it inside if needed, but that would've been such a bummer.



I was there for 10 days and it rained every single day (in the evening or at night) except for my wedding day.

Equivalent_Degree_47

My husband and I just got married in June and it poured all day!

When I tell you rain on our big day was one of the VERY best parts of it I couldn't be more serious!!!!

Our wedding ceremony was supposed to be outside and it got moved inside so it like really altered the course of the day - looking back I wouldn't have it any other way.

Everyone was SO much more excited to party for our wedding -which was a destination wedding for a lot of people in Maine!

You're not taking up a beach weekend, not taking anyone off the golf course or away from a BBQ outside at home.

Everyone is just so jazzed to have such a fabulous event to go to in the rain. The rain also kept everyone inside at our wedding and focused on THE WEDDING.

No one was outside smoking cigs, walking around, chatting in small groups away from the dance floor.

EVERYONE was so focused on the party. Literally every single person that I've seen that came to our wedding has been like "that was the best wedding we've been to and the rain made it that much more intimate and special" If I could go back and change it I wouldn't change a single thing.

Me before the wedding couldn't believe I'm saying this but rain on our wedding day was the best weather EVER!!!!

p.s - when I was upset about the rain everyone was like its not about that it's about marrying your best friend which honestly ultimately was so true. Mu husband and I didn't want to hear it in the moment but it literally the rain won't matter when your wedding day rolls around. Trust me, the rain will make it SO much better and more fun. Literally every wedding I have been to this year has been in the rain and every single one of them has been SO much more fun because of it!

A knot tied in the rain is strongest!

BlackLocke

It rained on our wedding day. I wanted to get family pictures outside by a gazebo but we had to take them inside, in front of a chintzy plastic greenery background. Later it was just a drizzle, and our photographer pulled us aside to get a few photos of just us by the gazebo. I didn’t want to leave our guests, but I’m so glad he made us do it, those are my favorite pictures.

Do you have a shot list? Look at that while envisioning an indoor only option.

rowanberries

My wedding weekend was at the jersey shores few weeks ago. The hotel, boardwalk, and venue were all very close but required walking from one place to the other. Turned out to be a tropical storm. Definitely not ideal, I was very depressed about it as well but it was still the best night of my life. Then a week later, the same location I took pictures at and the venue itself, and all the roads were flooded. I felt incredibly lucky in retrospect.

And everyone is traveling to see you get married, you can’t control the weather so don’t stress about that. Roll with the punches and adapt to what will be.

BananaBeanery

I just had my wedding this past weekend, 10/7/23 in Massachusetts, and it forecast heavy rain the entire week.

I was stressed out and depressed the whole week.

Day of the wedding it rained, then miraculously was clear for the ceremony, & then poured the rest of the night. It made it magical and special. It was amazing.

ihatevoicemails

If it makes you feel any better, I just had my destination wedding/vacation at the end of September and the morning after the wedding I realized I had COVID. We spent the only remaining days of vacation hiding in our hotel room with fevers! We tried to make the best of it, some things are just out of your control!