On Jan 20 in weather history...

1943 -- South Bend's coldest temperature: -22°.

1985 -- Fort Wayne's coldest overall day, with a high of -11° and a low of -22°. South Bend's coldest January high temperature, at -6°.

1991 -- Up to a foot of lake effect snow fell on LaPorte and Saint Joseph Indiana counties today into tomorrow, with Michigan City reporting a snow depth, after the storm, of 20 inches.

1994 -- South Bend completed its longest stretch of sub-zero weather: 64 hours.

2000 -- Heavy lake effect snow, including 15 inches at Baroda (Berrien County).

2004 -- Heavy lake effect snow, including 14 inches at LaPorte and a foot at Rolling Prairie (LaPorte County).


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