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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
930 PM EST MON JAN 1 1996

THE YEAR 1995 IN REVIEW AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT...

TEMPERATURES:   AVERAGE HIGH  59.8 F  WHICH IS 1.1 ABOVE NORMAL
                AVERAGE LOW   42.1             1.6 ABOVE
                AVERAGE       51.0             1.4 ABOVE

                WARMEST  98 ON JUL 14
                COLDEST  -1 ON FEB 12
     
           RECORD HIGHS  76 ON MAR 20    RECORD LOWS  40 ON SEP 12
                         92 ON JUN 19                 36 ON SEP 23
                         95 ON AUG 13                 36 ON SEP 24

PRECIPITATION:    TOTAL  39.05 INCHES  WHICH IS 2.42 ABOVE NORMAL

PEAK WIND:  54 MPH FROM THE WEST JUL 15

HIGHLIGHTS....

SECOND WARMEST SUMMER WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 74.9. THE WARMEST
SUMMER WAS IN 1949 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 75.0.

TIE FOR ALL TIME WARMEST AUGUST WITH 1947. THE AUGUST AVERAGE
TEMPERATURE WAS 77.8.

THE FIFTH STRING OF AT LEAST 7 DAYS WITH A HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90+    
OCCURRED FROM AUG 11 TO 17TH. THE LONGEST STRING WAS 11 DAYS FROM 
AUG 25 TO SEP 4 1953.

DECEMBER WAS THE SECOND SNOWIEST DECEMBER ON RECORD WITH 29.6 INCHES. 
THE SNOWIEST DECEMBER WAS 1962 WITH 30.3. DECEMBER WAS ALSO THE SIXTH
SNOWIEST MONTH EVER. THE SNOWIEST MONTH WAS JAN 1978 WITH 42.8.

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