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 Polar Express that blasted into Washington for President Ronald Reagan’s second inaugural in 1985 forced the whole inaugural ceremony indoors, and the parade was canceled.

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