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BumRushDaShow

(145,348 posts)
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:34 PM 15 hrs ago

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

That way everyone present can freeze over, too.

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
15 hrs ago

lastlib

(25,069 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
11 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
15 hrs ago

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
11 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
4 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

(55,023 posts)
9. And when Melanie takes the stage and gazes out upon the conned....
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 05:47 PM
15 hrs ago

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

sop

(11,914 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
14 hrs ago

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

Evolve Dammit

(19,414 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
13 hrs ago

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
13 hrs ago

Fla Dem

(26,017 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
13 hrs ago

Crowman2009

(2,891 posts)
42. Coincidently there was a band from California with lyrics about riding the snake.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 10:10 PM
10 hrs ago

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

wnylib

(25,064 posts)
31. The weather would be a good excuse for Biden not to show up.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:39 PM
12 hrs ago

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

(44,865 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
13 hrs ago

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
7 hrs ago

like he did in the CA desert. Not.

Deep State Witch

(11,455 posts)
23. Tell Him
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 07:56 PM
12 hrs ago

That William Henry Harrison said that wearing a coat to your inauguration isn't manly.

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
12 hrs ago

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

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

OAITW r.2.0

(28,938 posts)
26. Turnout will be interesting. I hope no one in protest shows up for Inauguration.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 08:18 PM
12 hrs ago

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

FakeNoose

(36,213 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
11 hrs ago

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

Crowman2009

(2,891 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
11 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
7 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

(10,306 posts)
39. Satan HATES the cold
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 09:44 PM
11 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

(31,292 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
8 hrs ago

In 2014, it was determined he likely died from typhoid

PennRalphie

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

(137,306 posts)
52. Yes, GOOD and cold! Reagan's was held INDOORS, due to the cold.
Thu Jan 16, 2025, 11:41 PM
9 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!!!)

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