The sudden weather-induced change forced a scramble for hundreds of thousands of people who had spent months planning for the swearing-in of the nation’s 47th president.

Ronald Reagan kept formalities brief and stayed warm after parade attendees were warned their flesh would freeze

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he will move the inauguration ceremony indoors as Washington, DC prepares for record low temperatures. The ceremony will now take place inside the Capitol rotunda.

With temperatures expected to plummet in the United States, President-elect Donald Trump announced a change in plans for his inauguration on January 20, saying all events will

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Washington, D.C., will experience a high of 21 degrees and a low of 11 degrees around noon when the inauguration is set to begin.

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

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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President-elect Donald Trump said he is moving his inauguration indoors Monday due to the freezing weather expected in Washington, D.C. Trump said he'll be sworn in and deliver his inauguration address inside the Capitol Rotunda.