President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather, upending months of meticulous planning for a massive outdoor event with crowds sprawling down the National Mall.
The coldest inauguration on record was President Ronald Reagan’s second swearing-in ceremony in January 1985, when the temperature was 7 degrees, followed by President Ulysses Grant’s ceremony in 1873 at 16 degrees and President John F. Kennedy’s ceremony in 1961 at 22 degrees.
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."
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