Inauguration Day weather - Tucson News Now

At noon today President Barack Obama will be publicly sworn in to office. The weather will be mild with light winds, mostly cloudy skies, and a noon temperature of 44°. The temperatures are typical for the DC area in late January. 

The weather today is about as good as it gets for a January inauguration. The warmest inauguration on record was in 1981 for President Ronald Reagan's first term in office. The temperature hit 55° at noon. 

The coldest inauguration on record was just 4 years later for President Reagan's second term in office. At noon it was 7° with a wind chill factor taking the feels-like temperature down to -10° to -20°.  According to the National Weather Service, the ceremony was moved indoors and the parade was canceled. 

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