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."

WASHINGTON — The DMV is bracing for a bitterly cold Inauguration Day. Donald Trump will be sworn in as president during an inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025 with wind chills in the single digits and lower teens, and temperatures in the 20s. Weather has played a pivotal role in several past inaugurations.

Bitter cold – along with a chance of snow – is in the latest forecast for President-elect Donald J. Trump's Inauguration Day.

Donald Trump announced the change to his plans on TruthSocial, pointing to a wind chill forecast by the National Weather Service forecasting 'severe record lows' on Monday.

WASHINGTON: United States President-elect Donald Trump's will be held inside the Capitol on Monday instead of outdoors owing to severe cold marking first time in 40 years that

Donald Trump has moved his inauguration inside amid a subzero wind chill forecast that could cause frostbite in minutes.

Prepare for the coldest inauguration in recent history, with snow and strong winds expected. Stay warm and safe during President-elect Donald Trump's second swearing-in.

The high temperature for the day is projected to be below freezing, at 24 degrees, and could drop to a low of 9.

Donald Trump is set to return to the Capitol Building as he prepares for his second inauguration as president of the United States.Mr Trump will succeed Joe Biden in the White House from January 20, when he takes the oath of office in Washington D.