The parade stayed dry. The atmosphere had causes. The claim of personal meteorological preference remains unverified.
A favorable patch of sky
It did not rain during a July 4 parade in Milford. People gathered, the route remained serviceable, and gratitude was expressed. Gratitude is welcome. A causal claim needs additional paperwork.
Weather systems form and move across areas far larger than a parade route. Temperature, pressure, moisture, terrain, and timing interact without consulting the event calendar. A dry hour in one place may share a system with a flooded afternoon somewhere else.
The jurisdiction problem
If the weather was altered for the parade, where did the intervention begin and end? At the town line? At the marching band? Did it include spectators driving home? What of the picnic six miles away, where rain arrived anyway?
These questions are not mockery. They reveal how quickly a satisfying interpretation accumulates invisible boundaries after the result is known.
Gratitude without a weather claim
A person may feel grateful for a beautiful day without presenting that feeling as meteorological evidence. Private gratitude and public causation are different kinds of statement.
Enjoy the parade. Notice the sky. Thank one another for showing up. The forecast remains a physical description rather than a moral ranking of municipal celebrations.