January, and indeed the entire winter, of 1996-97 were quite a doozy up in my neck of the woods. Temps routinely 20-30 below and wind chills between 60-90 below. Even the Norwegians (Or “sad vikings” to us Germans) were complaining.
117 Inches of snow, with virtually none of it melting before the big flood in the spring.
https://www.weather.gov/media/bis/sd1997January.pdf