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BumRushDaShow

(145,401 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:34 PM Yesterday

Trump's inauguration will be coldest in decades

Source: ABC News

January 16, 2025, 10:40 AM


President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday is forecast to be the coldest in 40 years. An arctic front will pass by Washington, D.C., on Sunday night and winds will pick up out of the northwest, ushering in arctic air.

Monday's temperature will be at its highest -- about 25 degrees -- when the clock strikes Inauguration Day at midnight. Throughout the course of the day, the temperature will slowly fall.

When Trump is sworn in at noon, the temperature will be about 18 or 19 degrees. Due to the wind, the wind chill -- what temperature it feels like -- will be between 5 and 10 degrees. By 7 p.m., when the inauguration balls begin, the temperature will be near 13 degrees with a wind chill of minus 1.

The coldest January Inauguration Day on record was 1985 for President Ronald Reagan's second inauguration.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-inauguration-coldest-decades/story?id=117740964

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Trump's inauguration will be coldest in decades (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Yesterday OP
Because Hell froze over no_hypocrisy Yesterday #1
Perfect. Irish_Dem Yesterday #2
And hopefully it will start sleeting with the commencement of ceremonies. DJ Synikus Makisimus Yesterday #5
I came to say thinkingagain Yesterday #8
YAY BonnieJW 23 hrs ago #38
And reflects the mood of the country. NotHardly 7 hrs ago #70
Cold in every sense of the word. Dave Bowman Yesterday #3
It certainly chills me to the bone NotHardly Yesterday #25
Yepper....been watching on my Weather Underground. What's Trump going to do with that comb over in 15mph winds? Bengus81 9 hrs ago #68
Yes, he'll do something like this or he'll wear a stupid maga hat. Dave Bowman 7 hrs ago #69
KFC or McDonalds available and warm. Fair is Fair he skipped out four years ago skip it all and watch a movie. IA8IT Yesterday #4
MLK Day--I'm going to use the time to re-read his "Letter From A Birmingham jail", lastlib 23 hrs ago #35
Cold temperature another example of increasing climate change GoreWon2000 Yesterday #6
Are you being sarcastic? Woodwizard 23 hrs ago #34
Perhaps gorewon200 is (unclearly) referring to the .... royable 16 hrs ago #59
Hope Washington is frosted over for this one. ificandream Yesterday #7
And when Melanie takes the stage and gazes out upon the conned.... Blue Owl Yesterday #9
Remember ... if she's wearing sunglasses and smiling, it's really "fake Melania" FakeNoose Yesterday #32
And the freezing temperatures will make Trump's usual slurring even worse during his inaugural address. sop Yesterday #10
Maybe there is a God After all! endgenocide Yesterday #11
Great song and message. "He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays." And not in the Hall of Fame. Evolve Dammit Yesterday #16
It will be a record crowd. Huuuuge. Bigly. Have Sean Spicer do the count. keithbvadu2 Yesterday #12
Mother Nature knows... japple Yesterday #13
Not cold enough Marthe48 Yesterday #14
Welcome to a cold day in hell folks as it was the only way Trump would become president again. cstanleytech Yesterday #15
May their lips stick to their cans of Bud Lite and require surgical removal. Evolve Dammit Yesterday #17
Coldest Inauguration in decades, not just in air temp, but also in human kindness and caring. Fla Dem Yesterday #18
I wonder if Mailordia will show. CentralMass Yesterday #19
Glad i live in CALIFORNIA YoshidaYui Yesterday #20
Coincidently there was a band from California with lyrics about riding the snake. Crowman2009 22 hrs ago #42
yes, very cold markie Yesterday #21
I do Rebl2 Yesterday #30
The weather would be a good excuse for Biden not to show up. wnylib Yesterday #31
Hate to say it, but I don't think it will have much impact on the crowd size onenote Yesterday #22
Some in the crowd might even be leaving in stretchers due to severe frostbite. Crowman2009 22 hrs ago #43
I'm sure Trump will arrange for buses for quick transport stollen 19 hrs ago #54
Like I said before, he's a reverse faith healer. Crowman2009 15 hrs ago #61
Pity if they lost their bird! nt BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #58
JMO....it will be small like his last one PortTack 16 hrs ago #60
Tell Him Deep State Witch Yesterday #23
I wasn't going to use any words. This is what I was going to post. Dem2theMax Yesterday #24
Turnout will be interesting. I hope no one in protest shows up for Inauguration. OAITW r.2.0 Yesterday #26
It would be his cumupance if he froze right there at the podium. n/t aggiesal Yesterday #27
I sure hope nothing like this happens to trump. spike jones Yesterday #28
It'll be cold enough to give a demented old man a coronary Martin Eden Yesterday #29
He won't let his hair blow in the wind ... that's how petty and vain he is FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #33
Given how Trump is a reverse faith healer, a lot of the MAGA cult in the crowd will probably wind up with frostbite. Crowman2009 23 hrs ago #36
Let's hope this is Trump's William Henry Harrison moment. Crowman2009 23 hrs ago #37
Boom!!! Just read the Wikipedia entry on him and his illness and death would be a good blueprint...... RussellCattle 19 hrs ago #55
The wiki article seems to describe RFK Jr approved medical treatments. Crowman2009 4 hrs ago #72
Satan HATES the cold Traildogbob 23 hrs ago #39
Cold makes some things shrivel, madamesilverspurs 23 hrs ago #40
In so many ways... johnnyplankton 22 hrs ago #41
William Henry Harrison caught pneumonia at his inauguration, and died Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #44
We're on the same page tonight! Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #47
He didn't get sick until a week before his death. After running around in the rain LeftInTX 21 hrs ago #53
Leave me my dream. Scrivener7 13 hrs ago #63
Florida Man Catches Pneumonia CaptainTruth 22 hrs ago #45
Maybe he'll catch cold and DIE within 30 days... Jack Valentino 22 hrs ago #46
Nobody's watching the inauguration. PennRalphie 22 hrs ago #48
Harrison Strelnikov_ 22 hrs ago #49
Hell will indeed be ...... It only stands to reason. Ford_Prefect 21 hrs ago #50
Praying for freezing rain. I hear it's good luck Hassler 21 hrs ago #51
Yes, GOOD and cold! Reagan's was held INDOORS, due to the cold. elleng 21 hrs ago #52
I read that the temps will be low, too. C Moon 19 hrs ago #56
good. keroro gunsou 18 hrs ago #57
An Omen from the universe. Nt BootinUp 14 hrs ago #62
Exactly what I was thinking, an Omen KS Toronado 11 hrs ago #64
Totally appropriate. He has a heart of ice. Fla Dem 11 hrs ago #65
Yes let those magaloon brown shirts freeze their a$$e$ off! kimbutgar 9 hrs ago #66
I prefer 35 degrees with rain Henry203 9 hrs ago #67
What is freezing over? Ranting Randy 6 hrs ago #71
When bad things happen in liberal areas, the MAGA morons always say it's God's punishment. mwb970 57 min ago #73
5. And hopefully it will start sleeting with the commencement of ceremonies.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:40 PM
Yesterday

That way everyone present can freeze over, too.

Bengus81

(7,584 posts)
68. Yepper....been watching on my Weather Underground. What's Trump going to do with that comb over in 15mph winds?
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 11:35 AM
9 hrs ago

Watch...he'll demand a fully enclosed box under the guise of "security".

IA8IT

(5,971 posts)
4. KFC or McDonalds available and warm. Fair is Fair he skipped out four years ago skip it all and watch a movie.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:39 PM
Yesterday

lastlib

(25,074 posts)
35. MLK Day--I'm going to use the time to re-read his "Letter From A Birmingham jail",
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:32 PM
23 hrs ago

One of the most American documents in our history.

Not gonna listen to that Felon/Rapist's verbal vomit. - - - - - - - - - -

GoreWon2000

(1,131 posts)
6. Cold temperature another example of increasing climate change
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:44 PM
Yesterday

As the northern polar ice caps continue to melt because of our warming planet, gravity is pulling all of the melting mess southward which is blocking the warmer water currents from coming up from the south to moderate the temperature.

Woodwizard

(1,073 posts)
34. Are you being sarcastic?
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:25 PM
23 hrs ago

Gravity falling south?

Yes warming will change currents that's a given.

royable

(1,380 posts)
59. Perhaps gorewon200 is (unclearly) referring to the ....
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 03:58 AM
16 hrs ago

Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC). Changes in the arctic that could affect deep ocean currents and turn off the Gulf Stream which warms east and west coasts of the North Atlantic. Perhaps?

Blue Owl

(55,027 posts)
9. And when Melanie takes the stage and gazes out upon the conned....
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:47 PM
Yesterday

The temps will drop even lower with that icy stare….

sop

(11,929 posts)
10. And the freezing temperatures will make Trump's usual slurring even worse during his inaugural address.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:53 PM
Yesterday

MAGA morons all across America: "WTF did he just say?"

Evolve Dammit

(19,438 posts)
16. Great song and message. "He's not the kind you have to wind up on Sundays." And not in the Hall of Fame.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:05 PM
Yesterday

cstanleytech

(27,246 posts)
15. Welcome to a cold day in hell folks as it was the only way Trump would become president again.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:03 PM
Yesterday

Fla Dem

(26,041 posts)
18. Coldest Inauguration in decades, not just in air temp, but also in human kindness and caring.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:17 PM
Yesterday

Crowman2009

(2,893 posts)
42. Coincidently there was a band from California with lyrics about riding the snake.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:10 PM
22 hrs ago

Of course that song was title "The End" and that sounds pretty ominus now that I think about it.

wnylib

(25,081 posts)
31. The weather would be a good excuse for Biden not to show up.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:39 PM
Yesterday

He will probably be there anyway, but I hope that he arrives late and leaves early. Don't give a damn what happens to the MAGA crowd and their fuhrer, but I don't want to see Biden get sick.


onenote

(44,874 posts)
22. Hate to say it, but I don't think it will have much impact on the crowd size
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:48 PM
Yesterday

Yes it will be bitterly cold. But it was pretty damn cold for the first Obama inauguration: mid 20's, with winds gusting to 20-25 mph, and wind chill temps in the teens. Not as cold as what's coming, but still quite cold. And the crowd was awesome. I don't think Trump's crowd will top Obama's but i also think that would be the case no matter what the weather.

That being said, I'm not sad in the least that Trump's crowd will be shivering.


stollen

(623 posts)
54. I'm sure Trump will arrange for buses for quick transport
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 01:00 AM
19 hrs ago

like he did in the CA desert. Not.

Dem2theMax

(10,503 posts)
24. I wasn't going to use any words. This is what I was going to post.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:04 PM
Yesterday

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Let's put it this way, we are both on the same wavelength.

OAITW r.2.0

(28,955 posts)
26. Turnout will be interesting. I hope no one in protest shows up for Inauguration.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:18 PM
Yesterday

Say, less than 10,000, That will piss Trump off more than anything else.

FakeNoose

(36,225 posts)
33. He won't let his hair blow in the wind ... that's how petty and vain he is
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:54 PM
23 hrs ago

I'm guessing this will become the first Inaugural to be moved indoors, just to protect the Presidential hairdo.

Crowman2009

(2,893 posts)
36. Given how Trump is a reverse faith healer, a lot of the MAGA cult in the crowd will probably wind up with frostbite.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:37 PM
23 hrs ago

RussellCattle

(1,803 posts)
55. Boom!!! Just read the Wikipedia entry on him and his illness and death would be a good blueprint......
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 01:15 AM
19 hrs ago

…..for Trumps demise sometime later this month. The Wiki article mentions cold-like symptoms, fatigue, mental anxiety, a severe chill, a mustard plaster, a laxative, severe pain, bloodletting, low pulse rate, heated cups, castor oil, vomiting, pneumonia, laudanum, opium, camphor, wine, brandy, severe diarrhea, delirium, septic shock and enteric fever. This all in the ten days between the inauguration and his death. I’d be satisfied with something similar for Trump, but with more pain and let’s say ninety days.

Traildogbob

(10,324 posts)
39. Satan HATES the cold
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:44 PM
23 hrs ago

He will have to shut his yap way early. Maybe his Chin anus will freeze into that shape he makes of Putin’s Mushroom.

LeftInTX

(31,325 posts)
53. He didn't get sick until a week before his death. After running around in the rain
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:50 PM
21 hrs ago

In 2014, it was determined he likely died from typhoid

PennRalphie

(374 posts)
48. Nobody's watching the inauguration.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:35 PM
22 hrs ago

Right? I can’t even believe that any of DU will watch. What’s the point? Several threads about not watching.

Let them be cold. Nobody will watch anyhow.

elleng

(137,330 posts)
52. Yes, GOOD and cold! Reagan's was held INDOORS, due to the cold.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:41 PM
21 hrs ago

(My daughter was due 2 days later, and I walked across the Mall back to apartment from doc's office. Daughter born ON her due date!!!)

KS Toronado

(19,995 posts)
64. Exactly what I was thinking, an Omen
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 09:00 AM
11 hrs ago

Plus we'll get to hear him re-purpose an old lie, "Biggest inauguration crowd ever!" Meanwhile will
MSM say it's so cold people stayed home or will they repeat his lies?

kimbutgar

(23,822 posts)
66. Yes let those magaloon brown shirts freeze their a$$e$ off!
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 10:59 AM
9 hrs ago

And the 🍊💩🤡 also suffer the cold.

But snow and freezing rain also need to happen !

mwb970

(11,727 posts)
73. When bad things happen in liberal areas, the MAGA morons always say it's God's punishment.
Fri Jan 17, 2025, 07:55 PM
57 min ago

Did God have anything to do with this cold snap? Or is it Democrats controlling the weather again?

Or, maybe it's just a cold spell during the winter.

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