Thursday, January 26, 2017

What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Ohio?

What is the coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the state of Ohio? This is a weather trivia question that people living in Ohio or people thinking of visiting Ohio including the casinos, Hocking Hills, Rocking and Roll Hall of Fame, Cedar Point and all the other great tourist attractions in the state will find interesting. 



Ohio is certainly considered a cold weather state since it is in the north and borders Lake Erie. Despite that, the record coldest temperature ever recorded in the state of Ohio is probably a lot colder than most people might imagine.

What is the Coldest Weather Temperature Ever Recorded in Ohio?

  • -39 degrees below zero on February 10, 1899

The coldest weather temperature ever officially recorded in the state of Ohio is -39 degrees below zero. That record low temperature for Ohio was recorded on February 10, 1899, in Milligan. 

Milligan is a unincorporated community located in south-central Ohio about 50 miles east of Columbus. The record coldest weather temperature for Ohio was set during the Great Blizzard of 1899 when record cold temperatures were set from Maine to Cuba.

How does a -39 degrees below zero record weather coldest temperature stack up vs the rest of the United States? It's ranks as the 28th coldest record weather temperature out of the 50 states.

The coldest weather temperature ever recorded anywhere in the United States is -80 degrees below zero which occurred on January 23, 1971, in Prospect Creek, Alaska. The coldest weather temperature ever recorded in the lower 48 states is -70 degrees below zero which occurred on January 20, 1954, in Rogers Pass, Montana.

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