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Trump’s 2025 Inauguration to Be Cold and Snowy
Donald Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025, will be a chilly affair.
Temperatures are expected to be in the upper 20s with strong winds making it feel even colder.
The National Weather Service also predicts a 30% chance of snow in the morning with partly cloudy skies.
This weather is much colder than Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, which had a high of 48 degrees and light rain.
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Washington, D.C., often sees unpredictable weather for January inaugurations.
The average noon temperature is 37 degrees, with early morning lows around 30.
Some inaugurations have faced extreme weather, like Ronald Reagan’s second ceremony in 1985, which was moved indoors due to wind chills of -20°F. In 1961, eight inches of snow fell the night before John F. Kennedy took office.
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Inauguration Day weather has a long history of challenges.
William Henry Harrison’s 1841 ceremony is infamous.
He gave a two-hour speech in freezing conditions without a coat or hat.
Harrison caught pneumonia and died a month later, marking the shortest presidency in U.S. history.
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January inaugurations replaced the original March date in the 1930s to avoid heavy rain.
While this change reduced rain risk, colder temperatures are now common.
For 2025, anyone attending should expect a cold, possibly snowy day.