Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 15, according to the Tribune’s archives.
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Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago )
- High temperature: 60 degrees (1949)
- Low temperature: Minus 19 degrees (1979)
- Precipitation: 0.81 inches (1877)
- Snowfall: 4.2 inches (1997)
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