On Jan. 21, 1985, Ronald Reagan's second inauguration became the coldest in modern American history, with temperatures plunging to 4 degrees below zero at dawn. The extreme cold forced the ceremony ...
While the 2025 inauguration's swearing-in ceremony was forced indoors by cold weather, there was one such day even colder. Jan. 21, 1985, 41 years ago today, was the coldest inauguration on record.