30.7. No other January even close...next coldest was 6 degrees warmer.

Upsets happen

Only 2 days above 40 here that month.

Yes. There were several warm ups this far south in 1950, a couple days in the 50s at SLE. Still exceptionally cold and much more extreme than 1949, that month just had no warm up.

Looking at the Mount Washington (Vancouver Island) web cams, it's absolutely dumping up there now. A very healthy looking snowpack and this is just at the base (3600 ft asl) -