President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to take the oath of office in the Capitol Rotunda on Monday, when below-freezing temperatures are again expected, recalls the last time cold weather prompted a similar decision.

Ronald Reagan took the oath of office with temperatures at 7 degrees and wind chills plummeting to -20 degrees, leading to the cancelation of the outdoor ceremony and inaugural parade, according to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.

Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed, but felt they had no choice. That's what White House Press Secretary Larry Speakes told reporters on Jan. 18, 1985, after the Republican president and first

From the friendships he has formed, to the public's perception of the MAGA leader, much has changed since Trump last took the oath of office.

President-elect Donald Trump's will be sworn in under the Capitol Rotunda, rather than outside. But he's not the only president inaugurated in an unusual location.

Since inaugurations started to be held outside in 1817, Trump's will be just the fourth inauguration in history to be held inside. Between 1789 and 1817, for the swearing in of presidents George Washington, Jon Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison, inaugurations took place indoors.

In 1909, William Taft took the oath of office inside the Senate chamber after a blizzard dropped nearly 10 inches of snow on D.C. But the parade was held outdoors, featuring 20,000 marchers. “I always knew it would be a cold day in hell when I became president,” Taft quipped at the time, according to the Washington Post.

Presidential inaugurations have been moved indoors several times due to winter weather. It happened most recently in 1985 as Reagan began his second term.

Ronald Reagan became the oldest President to take office at the age of 73. In 2021, outgoing President Joe Biden broke the record at the age of 78 years, And now Trump, who turned 78 in June 2024, will become the oldest person to start a presidential term.

After Trump takes the oath of office and gives his Inaugural Address ... to be delivered in the United States Capitol Rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985,” he said he’ll move ...

according to archived transcripts of press briefings housed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California. President-elect Donald Trump's decision to take the oath of office ...