I’d forgotten that single digit temperatures drove Ronald Reagan’s second inauguration inside the Capitol.  And I never knew that in 1873, the weather was so cold for President Grant’s second inaugural that it froze the turkeys intended for the dinner banquet, and killed the decorative canaries that had been brought in for his inaugural ball.  That is, I wasn’t hip to such meteorological lore until I read this piece in yesterday morning’s Washington Post, describing the role that weather has played in Inaugurations past.  Let’s hope this year we’re treated to the phenomenon known as the “January thaw” — when temperatures climb to a balmy and unseasonable 60+ degrees.  But just in case, a word to the wise: leave your singing birds at home.