Chilly temperatures pushed President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration indoors, a rare but not unprecedented move.
It has emerged that Washington Reagan Airport closed its runways on Monday evening to clear off snow from the surface and has advised passengers to check with their airlines befor
The temperature in D.C. is forecast to be around 22 degrees at noon on Monday during the swearing-in, the coldest since Ronald Reagan's second inauguration.
The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985, was forced indoors due to intense cold. As USA TODAY noted that day, "The USA's 50th inauguration today moves indoors – a victim of bone-chilling temperatures that threatened 350,000 invited guests and parade watchers."
The weather forecast in Washington, D.C., calls for a high of 24. That's much colder than the predicted high of 70 at Trump's Florida estate.
The presidential inauguration of Donald J Trump has been moved indoors due to frigid cold temps forecast for the nation's capital on Monday.
President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has ordered his inauguration ceremony to move inside the U.S. Capitol rotunda on Monday, Jan. 20, due to dangerously cold weather
President-elect Donald Trump moved his inauguration ceremony inside for Monday due to an "Arctic blast." How cold will Florida be?
The decision means the 250,000 people who had tickets to view the inauguration outside will no longer be able to do so - with a live viewing now taking place at the nearby Capital One Arena.
In the hours after President-elect Donald Trump moved his second inauguration ceremony inside the U.S. Capitol, crews along Pennsylvania Avenue were busy taking
President-elect Donald Trump said his inauguration will take place in the Capitol Rotunda due to dangerously low temperatures.