Midwest Sees Near-Record Lows, Snow By The Foot

From Chicago CBS2

...On Jan. 20, 1985, Chicago recorded a record-setting low temperature of -27.

Bastardi said he doesn't expect cold as extreme as in 1985, but more like 1977-78, when nearly the entire country east of the Rockies saw a cold October and warm November like in 2009, followed by cold far worse than normal from January through March.