PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1211 PM EDT SAT SEP 1 2012

...THE HOT AND DRY SUMMER OF 2012...

THE SUMMER OF 2012 WILL BE NOTED FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF
HEAT...PARTICULARLY DURING JUNE AND JULY...AND FOR THE LACK OF
WIDESPREAD BENEFICIAL RAINFALL EVENTS. AUGUST CONTAINED A FEW
PERIODS OF BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WHICH HELPED DAMPEN THE
OVERALL AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE SUMMER. THUNDERSTORMS WERE HIT
AND MISS FOR MUCH OF THE SUMMER AND POINT RAINFALL TOTALS ARE
DEFINITELY NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ENTIRE REGION. NOW THAT
METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER (JUNE...JULY...AUGUST) HAS WRAPPED
UP...HERE ARE A FEW STATISTICS FOR OUR THREE MAIN CLIMATE SITES.

---WARMEST SUMMER (AVERAGE TEMPERATURE)---

    COLUMBUS           CINCINNATI          DAYTON
 1. 77.1 / 1934     1. 78.8 / 1934      1. 77.9 / 1934 
 2. 76.6 / 1936     2. 78.7 / 1936      2. 77.7 / 1936
*3. 76.4 / 2012        ...                 ... 
 4. 76.3 / 1944   *18. 76.7 / 2012    *12. 75.2 / 2012 2010 2002
                                                  1952 1894

NORMAL 
    73.5               74.3                72.5

---DRIEST SUMMER---

     COLUMBUS            CINCINNATI          DAYTON
  1. 4.63 / 1933      1. 3.81 / 1904      1. 5.03 / 1965
  2. 4.98 / 1930      2. 4.21 / 2007      2. 5.49 / 1940
     ...                 ...                 ...
*11. 6.35 / 2012     *7. 4.89 / 2012     *6. 6.08 / 2012

NORMAL 
    12.12               11.20               11.19

---MOST NUMBER OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS IN SUMMER---

    COLUMBUS         CINCINNATI        DAYTON
*1. 44 / 2012     1. 53 / 1936      1. 48 / 1944 
 2. 42 / 1944     2. 51 / 1944      2. 47 / 1899
 3. 41 / 1988        ...                 ... 
 4. 40 / 1955    *9. 40 / 2012    *13. 34 / 2012

---MOST NUMBER OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS IN A YEAR---

        CINCINNATI           COLUMBUS             DAYTON
     1.  64 / 1936       1.  49 / 1955       1.  62 / 1900
     2.  58 / 1944           49 / 1936           62 / 1899
     3.  56 / 1913       3.  47 / 1895       3.  58 / 1897
     4.  54 / 2007       4.  46 / 1944       4.  55 / 1944
         54 / 1934       5.  45 / 1953       5.  53 / 1908
     6.  51 / 1953       6.  43 / 1988       6.  51 / 1936
     7.  47 / 1959       7.  42 / 1934           51 / 1901
         47 / 1954       8.  40 / 1999           51 / 1894
         47 / 1914           40 / 1991       9.  48 / 1898
         47 / 1874           40 / 1900      10.  46 / 1988
                             40 / 1899

AS OF THE END OF AUGUST...THE NUMBER OF 90+ DEGREE DAYS IN 2012
STAND AT:

COLUMBUS...47
CINCINNATI...43
DAYTON...37

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SNYDER