Jan. 21, 1985, 40 years ago today, was the coldest inauguration on record. Ronald Reagan was sworn in for his second term on a day in which the morning low was 4 degrees below zero and the midday reading was only 7 degrees. It did eventually reach 17 degrees by the afternoon, but wind chills in the afternoon were in the teens and 20s below zero.

The Inauguration Day forecast calls for bitter cold and high winds. It is expected to be D.C.’s coldest inauguration in 40 years.

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

Temperatures in the 20s is a walk in the park for Ohioans, but not in Washington where President Donald Trump’s inauguration took place Monday. With a temperature of 27 degrees and a wind chill of 15 degrees at Reagan National Airport for the swearing in of the 47th President of the