It`s no longer freezing in Chicago: Here`s how our recent cold stretch compares with the city`s coldest deep freezes on record
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

One thing about cold weather and Chicago — it`s not new. The city`s coldest recorded temperature took place Jan. 20, 1985, but many of the city`s lowest recorded temperatures came from arctic snaps in 1872 and 1899. The 1980s and 1990s saw frigid temperatures among the city`s coldest recorded, however only three days at or colder than 16 below — Jan. 6, 2014 and in two in January 2019 — took place after the year 2000.