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Temperatures plunged Saturday, Jan. 13, and snow fell heavy Sunday night. Nashville got above freezing just once over the following week — a sunny Thursday afternoon — before plunging back to single digits over the weekend. Prolonged cold and ice tested the city’s shelter network, a broad coalition of institutions and people trying to help the growing population of people living outside.
Several inches of snowfall on Sunday and Monday in Nashville resulted in the closure of area institutions and the cancellation of events, including those related to the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.