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History of Inauguration Day weather
Inauguration Day 2025 is shaping up to be a cold one in our nation’s capital. However, more notable weather has occurred, as we swear in our nation’s leaders.
What You Need To Know
- Inauguration Day used to be in March
- Only a handful have seen temps below freezing
- Rain is historically more common than winter weather
While the presidential inauguration dates back to 1789, official weather records for Washington, D.C.
go as far back as Ulysses S. Grant’s second inauguration in 1873. That still gives us weather information for 38 inaugurations.
Weather history
The inauguration also used to happen on March 4, but changed to January 20 in 1937, with the second inauguration of Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Snow isn’t usually a big concern, for the most part. Six inaugurations had measurable snow, and the last one was in 2001. Measurable precipitation in general - snow or rain - has happened on 15 of the 38 inaugurations since 1873.