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Milligan, Ohio is a small town in Perry County, Ohio, now part of the town of McLuney. On February 10, 1899, during what became known as the Great Blizzard of 1899 a United States Weather Bureau Station reported a temperature of 39 degrees Farenheit below zero. To date, this is the lowest temperature officially recorded in Ohio. Milligan's location in the flat valley of the Moxahala Creek made it susceptible to cold air masses drained from surrounding elevations. The record-breaking temperature in Milligan was recorded in the midst of 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.
