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

The presidential inauguration will be held inside the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Monday, Jan. 20, disqualifying many tickets from actual attendance. The move was in response to a very cold weather forecast in Washington that morning. A press release from the Capitol Police said ticketed areas outside will be closed.

President-elect Donald Trump, who tends to like things big (and beautiful), will get a bigger stage for his inaugural swearing-in on Monday. But his team’s demands will push lawmakers and other VIPs out of the cozy,

The second inauguration of Ronald Reagan on Jan. 20, 1985, was forced indoors due to intense cold. As USA TODAY noted that day, "The USA's 50th inauguration today moves indoors – a victim of bong-chilling temperatures that threatened 350,000 invited guests and parade watchers."

At least 40 states, from Oregon to Florida and up to Maine, are on cold alerts on Monday morning.

Trump’s inauguration will take place inside the U.S. Capitol because of cold temperatures in D.C. The cold has moved the inauguration inside, but it has not stopped Trump supporters from showing out.

Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2025, will be the coldest in almost 40 years. Frosts down to -4 are expected in Washington today, BBC and CNN report. According to the weather forecast, after a few mild days at the end of last week,

The inauguration of a US president is taking place indoors for the first time since 1985. On Monday, Donald Trump will become the first president since Ronald Reagan to take the oath of office inside the Capitol Rotunda building instead of on its terrace overlooking the Washington Mall.