Presidential Inauguration Weather Trivia

The weather is a huge piece when planning for the inauguration. Ronald Regan expierenced the coldest inauguration during his 2nd ceremony. 7º in 1985. He also endured the warmest inauguration at 55º in 1981. Top 5 warmest Inaugurations 1981 – Jan. 20th – Reagan – 55º 1913 – Mar. 4th – Wilson – 55º 1885 – Mar 4th – Cleveland – 54º 1989 – Jan. 20th – Bush – 51º 1953 – Jan. 20th – Eisenhower – 49º Top 5 coldest Inaugurations 1985 – Jan. 21st – Reagan – 7º 1873 – Mar. 4th – Grant- 16º 1961 – Jan. 20th – Kennedy- 22º 1893 – Jan. 20th – Cleveland – 25º 2009 – Jan. 20th – Obama – 28º

(Information from Justin Grieser at the Washington Post.)

Broken down by party, the Republicans see the warmer conditions. Nothing like that expected today, temperatures at 49º with a good chance for rain right at the time the president is sworn in. Check the weather at the inauguration with the ABC-7 StormTRACK Weather & Traffic app, just change the location to Washington D.C.