I don't know if it was 2014 or 2015 ( I think 2015) but I had to venture to the suburbs of Detroit in January to pick up a car I bought on Ebay (big mistake, long story). Left Virginia at about 6 pm. Cold as can be and a lot of snow (for us) on the ground. Drove through the night and stopped at a rest area on 75 South of Detroit. It was like 8 below zero and the wind was whipping. When I went to load the car on the trailer that morning about 10 there was snow everywhere (at least a foot) although the roads were cleared. I have never been colder in my life. Feet went numb after 10 minutes or so. It was still 4 below at that point. Driving home, the wind on 75 was blowing directly across the highway, pushing the snow onto the road and making the truck and trailer wallow around in a most disconcerting way. I had no confidence driving faster than about 55 and cars and semi's were just blowing past me. That was one of the most stressed driving experiences I've had.
That whole trip was a nightmare. Driving through snow covered West Virginia roads was the icing on the crapcake.

If that wasn't considered a bad winter (here in VA just a few days of that would make it a bad winter) I don't want to know what a bad Michigan winter is.