I remember 96 being really bad up here. Maybe your thinking of that year down there too? Your right about 95. We had a 107 degree day in Green Bay that year! My Aunt and Uncle got married that year and I just remember the entire summer seemed sunny, Hot and dry. Then we had a really bad winter that got cold in early November and dragged on tell into May.
I also remember a winter where we had not a drop of snow on the ground tell January 31st. I have pictures of the bare ground and we never got any snow up until that point. I would say that was 2002.