New York Rains on Tartan Day Parade

Torrential rain failed to dampen spirits at the 8th annual Tartan Parade in New York.Crowds lined 6th Avenue in Manhattan as more than 2,000 pipers and drummers marched past.
Link: BBC News.

A day to celebrate Scotland and it rains? Torrentially? On a parade? Would anyone who’s actually been to a prade in Scotland be surprised at this?