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         ...5TH COOLEST SPRING ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...
         ...5TH COOLEST MAY ON RECORD AT NORFOLK...


- WITH AN AVERAGE TEMPERATURE OF 55.1 DEGREES...SPRING (MAR-MAY) 
2005 WAS THE COOLEST SPRING SINCE 1926...AND RANKS AS THE 5TH 
COOLEST ON RECORD AT NORFOLK. EACH OF THE THREE SPRING MONTHS ENDED 
UP COOLER THAN NORMAL...WITH MAY BEING ESPECIALLY COOL. 

- THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MAY OF 62.5 DEGREES ALSO RANKS AS THE 
5TH COOLEST ON RECORD AT NORFOLK. ONLY 4 DAYS THIS MAY RECORDED A 
DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 80 DEGREES OR HIGHER...COMPARED TO 12 
SUCH DATES IN A NORMAL MAY...AND 22 LAST YEAR. A NEW RECORD LOW 
DAILY MAXIMUM OF 58 DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 25TH. 

- THROUGH THE END OF MAY...THE TEMPERATURE HAS STILL NOT HIT 90 
DEGREES THIS YEAR AT EITHER NORFOLK OR RICHMOND. MORE THAN HALF OF 
THE TIME...90 DEGREES OR HIGHER HAS OCCURRED BY THE END OF MAY. THE 
LATEST DATE IN WHICH A 90 DEGREE DAY HAS OCCURRED IN NORFOLK TOOK 
PLACE IN 1972...WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT REACH 90 UNTIL JULY 
2ND. THE EARLIEST WAS IN 1907...WHEN THE MERCURY HIT 90 ON MARCH 
23RD. 

- THE 5 COOLEST SPRINGS...AND MAYS ON RECORD AT NORFOLK:

RANK        SPRING               MAY

 1       54.7  F IN 1885       61.2  F IN 1967
 2       54.9  F IN 1875       61.3  F IN 1920
 3       55.00 F IN 1874       62.26 F IN 1877
 4       55.01 F IN 1926       62.34 F IN 1992
 5       55.1  F IN 2005       62.5  F IN 2005


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BROWN