HIGH: 31
LOW: 19
* A break in the cold temperatures at the start of the day as west to southwest winds take hold, increasing to 8 to 18 m.p.h. by the afternoon.
* Sunshine filters through high and mid-level clouds.
* Afternoon high nearly 7 degrees milder than 24 hours earlier.
* Partly cloudy Wednesday night, not quite as cold.
* Lows range from the mid-teens in coldest inland locations to the low 20s in downtown Chicago.
JAN. 21 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 29(degrees)/14(degrees)
Record high: 62(degrees) (1906)
Record low: -22(degrees) (1984)
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