Why Trump’s inauguration is taking place indoors for first time in 40 years
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The arctic blast is expected to affect millions of people across the United States with brisk winds, and dangerously cold wind chills expected to dip as low as 30 to 55 degrees below zero, says the NOAA. "Therefore, I have ordered the Inauguration Address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda," he added.
![[An extremely dangerous cold snap is expected to affect millions of people across the United States with brisk winds, and dangerously cold wind chill values expected to dip as low as s 30 to 55 degrees below zero, says the NOAA]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/20/10/newFile-4.jpg)
The last ceremony to be moved inside was Ronald Reagan’s second-term inauguration in 1985 when temperatures plummeted to 7F (-14C) which prompted organizers to cancel the parade on top of moving the ceremony. The frigid conditions have been triggered by the polar vortex, a three-dimensional ring of winds that typically linger above the North and South poles, that have dipped into the northern tier of the U.S.
While January is normally relatively cold in the U.S. this system is abnormally chilly for many. Temperatures are set to plunge to 21F by midday in Washington with a damning wild chill creating even more brutal conditions. The cold snap is expected to remain until Tuesday before moving toward southern and eastern coasts Sunday.
The nation’s capital will not see the worst weather in the country with some states being issued an “extreme cold warning” with “life-threatening wild chills as low as minus 55 degrees ” until Tuesday in states such as North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico, northern Nebraska, eastern Wyoming, west Colorado, north Alabama, north Atlanta, parts of Montana, Idaho, and North Carolina, said the NOAA.
