Milligan, Ohio’s Icebox

On February 10, 1899, a United States Weather Bureau station operated by Steve Eveland in the small hamlet of Milligan, Ohio, now part of McLuney, reported a temperature of 39 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature officially recorded in Ohio to date. Milligan’s location in the flat valley of Moxahala Creek made it susceptible to cold air masses drained from surrounding elevations. The record-breaking temperature was recorded during a severe cold spell throughout Ohio that began on February 8 and ended on February 15, 1899, when temperatures reached a few degrees above zero. Although Milligan can no longer be found on a map, it has been known as the coldest spot in Ohio for over one hundred years.

Ohio · United States