WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony is moving indoors to the Capitol rotunda because of a frigid weather forecast in the nation's capital Monday, the president-elect announced on social media Friday.

Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 47th president of the United States on January 20. The inauguration will begin with fireworks on January 18, according to the committee.

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.

President-elect Donald Trump explains why his inauguration will be held indoors, the first time a presidential inauguration will be inside since 1985.

Bitter cold gripping much of the country led to a record cold Presidential Inauguration, which was held indoors.

With the temperature in Washington DC plummeting to –14C (7F) with a biting wind, Ronald Reagan ... to move Trump’s inauguration indoors Credit: GETTY IMAGES Reagan and his wife Nancy ...

Trump left Biden a letter when his first term ended in 2020, despite skipping the inauguration. Biden never revealed the contents of the letter, but just said it was “very generous.”

Ronald and Nancy Reagan ... Speakes waved off concerns for Reagan’s own health as a man taking office a second time at nearly 74 years old. (Trump turned 78 in June and will become the oldest ...

President-elect Donald Trump will take office today. Find out what time the inauguration starts and how to watch the swearing-in ceremony and other events on cable and streaming.

Donald Trump will be sworn in as president Monday, returning to power to enact his sweeping vision of America after leaving his office in shame four years ago.

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.

The worst weather for an inaugural came in March 1909, when 10 inches of snow forced William H. Taft to move indoors to be sworn in.