--- title: Trump Inauguration Weather: Rain Forecast for Inauguration description: An 89% chance of rain has been forecast for the moment Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th President of The United States canonical: https://time.com/4640630/donald-trump-inauguration-day-weather-rain/ author: Zamira Rahim article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-20T13:26:36.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T02:49:32.406Z article:section: Politics og:title: Expect a Rainy Day in Washington for Donald Trump's Inauguration og:description: An 89% chance of rain is predicted for noon, the moment Trump will be sworn in og:url: https://time.com/4640630/donald-trump-inauguration-day-weather-rain/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Expect a Rainy Day in Washington for Donald Trump's Inauguration twitter:description: An 89% chance of rain is predicted for noon, the moment Trump will be sworn in twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Expect a Rainy Day in Washington, D.C. for Donald Trump's Inauguration > Sponsored content. 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Forecasts show that there is an 89% chance of rain for noon, when the inauguration will be held at the U.S. Capitol, [_USA Today_ reports](http://www.usatoday.com/story/weather/2017/01/19/inauguration-day-weather-forecast-damp-dreary/96772658/).The weather service, AccuWeather and the Weather Channel all predict the temperature at noon to be about 45 degrees. “Rain jackets and umbrellas will be essential,” said AccuWeather meteorologist Kyle Brown. [Trump has said that he has a feeling tere will be “beautiful” weather on Inauguration Day, despite the forecast. ](https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/i-have-a-feeling-its-going-to-be-beautiful-trump-says-about-inauguration-weather/2017/01/19/76c7d038-de9c-11e6-8902-610fe486791c%5Fvideo.html) The National Park Service tweeted that collapsible umbrellas will now be allowed along the Inauguration parade route. > [](https://twitter.com/NationalMallNPS/status/822086626520207360) The National Weather Service predicts mild weather for Saturday, when the Women’s March on Washington will be held. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4640630/donald-trump-inauguration-day-weather-rain/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4640630/donald-trump-inauguration-day-weather-rain/"},"headline":"Expect a Rainy Day in Washington, D.C. for Donald Trump's Inauguration","datePublished":"2017-01-20T13:26:36.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T02:49:32.406Z","description":"An 89% chance of rain is predicted for noon, the moment Trump will be sworn in","url":"https://time.com/4640630/donald-trump-inauguration-day-weather-rain/","keywords":["Donald Trump","washington DC","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Zamira Rahim","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/zamira-rahim/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4640630/donald-trump-inauguration-day-weather-rain/","name":"Expect a Rainy Day in Washington, D.C. for Donald Trump's Inauguration"}}]}] ```