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More record-cold temperatures tonight for metro Detroit

Posted at 12:52 PM, Jan 30, 2019
and last updated 2019-01-30 12:57:59-05

WXYZ — Today will likely be one of only six other days to not reach 0° in the Detroit area since records began 145 years ago. Then, tonight gets very, very cold.

Most of southeast Michigan will see temperatures drop to around -15° by Thursday morning, with wind chills continuing to hover around -30°.
It has only dropped below -15° in Detroit four times in the last 100 years; Once in 1994, 1984, 1976, and 1934.

Here are the coldest temperatures Detroit has experienced in the last 30 years:

-20° (January 19, 1994)
-15° (January 16, 2009)
-15° (January 18, 1994)
-14° (January 6, 2014)
-14° (January 7, 2014)
-13° (January 16, 1994)