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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
832 PM EST THU JAN 1 1998

THE YEAR 1997 IN REVIEW AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT...

TEMPERATURES:   AVERAGE HIGH  58.1  WHICH IS 0.6 BELOW NORMAL
                AVERAGE LOW   42.0             1.5 ABOVE
                AVERAGE       50.0             0.4 ABOVE

                WARMEST  92 ON JUN 25
                COLDEST  -4 ON JAN 19
     
                RECORD HIGHS  NONE    RECORD LOWS  20 ON APR 10
                                                   45 ON AUG 06
                                                   48 ON AUG 07

PRECIPITATION: TOTAL 35.36 INCHES  WHICH IS 1.27 BELOW NORMAL

PEAK WIND:  45 MPH FROM THE WEST FEB 27

HIGHLIGHTS....

EIGHTH WARMEST FEBRUARY WITH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 34.4. THE WARMEST
FEBRUARY WAS IN 1930 WITH AN AVERAGE OF 37.5.

SIXTH COLDEST MAY WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 52.9. THE COLDEST MAY WAS IN
1907 WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 51.1


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