President Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration in 1985 marked the coldest January inauguration. That day, the temperature reached seven degrees, whiles the highs barely hit 17 degrees. The ceremony was forced indoors causing the inaugural parade to be cancelled. The coldest March inauguration goes to Ulysses S. Grant for his second inauguration in 1873, with a record low of just four degrees that morning, only rising to 16 degrees by noon. Wind chills were well below zero due to strong wind gusts as high as 40 mph.
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