Temperatures for Donald Trump’s inauguration day, this Monday (20), could be the lowest since Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985.
Washington DC could go days without seeing temperatures rise above freezing.
Trump described the conditions as “dangerous” and that he did not “want to see people hurt in any way.”
“I have therefore ordered that the inaugural address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of the very cold weather,” he wrote on social media. Truth Social on Friday (17).
The Capitol One Arena — not far from the National Mall, where crowds would normally gather to watch the ceremony — will be open to watch the inauguration, and the Republican said he would stop by the arena after his inauguration.
Concerns about Inauguration Day weather.
President William Henry Harrison is believed to have caught a cold during his 1841 inauguration ceremony, during which he gave a two-hour speech and wore no coat or hat. He later contracted pneumonia and .
Inauguration could be the coldest in decades
The most recent indoor inauguration was Ronald Reagan’s ceremony in 1985, postponed for a day and moved to the Capitol Rotunda due to freezing temperatures.
This Monday’s forecast estimates a thermal sensation of -11 ºC.
