Presidential inaugurations have been moved indoors several times due to winter weather. It happened most recently in 1985 as Reagan began his second term.
Dangerously cold temperatures are expected on Inauguration Day, sending millions of spectators to find other ways to watch the historic swearing in.
Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed, but felt they had no choice. That's what White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first
The Washington region should brace for dangerously cold weather on Monday when Donald Trump is inaugurated as the 47th president. Temperatures will not get much above 20 degrees, and, factoring in howling winds,
Bitter cold – along with a chance of snow – is in the latest forecast for President-elect Donald J. Trump's Inauguration Day.
It’s a frigid night with lows from 10 to 15 degrees and wind chills dipping to near zero at times. Confidence: M
Bitter cold gripping much of the country led to a record cold Presidential Inauguration, which was held indoors.
On Monday, freezing temperatures in Washington D.C. prompted organizers to move President Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony inside the Capitol Rotunda for the first time since 1985.
Since inaugurations started to be held outside in 1817, Trump's will be just the fourth inauguration in history to be held inside. Between 1789 and 1817, for the swearing in of presidents George Washington, Jon Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, inaugurations took place indoors.
Expected high today in Palm Beach County is 64, 40 degrees warmer than what Donald Trump faces in Washington, D.C., for his inauguration.
A "combination of strong winds and very cold temperatures will result in dangerously cold wind chills," the National Weather Service said.
Like the Trumps, Ronald and Nancy Reagan faced a tough decision in January 1985 due to dangerously cold weather. White House press secretary Larry Speakes revealed that the couple was "disappointed" to move Reagan's second inauguration indoors.