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Presidential Inauguration Day 2025 is also Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and will complete an extended weekend with a true wintry finish for millions of Americans. The sun rises behind the U.S ...
President-elect Donald Trump's second inauguration will mark the coldest presidential ceremony in more than 40 years. Washington is forecast to reach only the mid-20s for a high temperature, along ...
The first inauguration to be held on Jan. 20 - Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second inauguration in 1937 - also set the record for the heaviest rain on inauguration day. The day was cold and rainy ...
The cold was sweeping east into the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast just in time for Inauguration Day. Washington, D.C., was expected to be so frigid the ceremony was moved indoors .
Nixon and successor Johnson on Inauguration Day. A major winter storm occurred the day before the inauguration, with temperatures at 20 °F (−7 °C) and snowfall at 1–2 inches (2.5–5.1 cm) per hour [7] and a total of 8 inches (20 cm) during the night, [8] causing transportation and logistical problems in Washington and serious concern for the inauguration.
The day of the inauguration was overcast with cold wind and a noon temperature estimated to be 48 °F (9 °C), but the president-elect chose to not wear an overcoat, hat, or gloves for the ceremony. [1] Harrison delivered the longest inaugural address to date, running 8,445 words. [1]
Extreme cold has been forecast in Washington DC on inauguration day, with temperatures expected to hit a low of -11C (12F) and a high of -5C (23F). With wind chill factored in, the temperature ...
Inauguration Day broke several records for the Washington Metropolitan Transit system. The 1,120,000 estimated Metrorail riders broke the record of 866,681 trips set the day before (which had broken the record set on July 11, 2008), and marked the first million-trip day in the system's history.