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CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH                                
1232 AM EST TUE FEB 24 2004

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...THE CLEVELAND CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 23 2004...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1871 TO 2004

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         42    415 PM  66    2000  38      4       30       
  MINIMUM         30    405 AM  -4    1873  23      7       13       
  AVERAGE         36                        30      6       22      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.03                      0.08  -0.05     0.27    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.73                      1.84  -1.11     2.60    
  SINCE DEC 1      7.43                      7.46  -0.03     8.29    
  SINCE JAN 1      3.42                      4.32  -0.90     4.58    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.2                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    5.4                                               
  SINCE DEC 1     64.9                                               
  SINCE JUL 1     69.7                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       29                        36     -7       43       
  MONTH TO DATE  830                       885    -55      893       
  SINCE DEC 1   3134                      3188    -54     3297       
  SINCE JUL 1   4159                      4357   -198     4467       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         0      0        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE DEC 1      0                         0      0        0       
  SINCE JAN 1      0                         0      0        0       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    14   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    SE (150)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    16   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    SE (120)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     4.8                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  31 PERCENT                                      
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.9                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  RAIN                                                               
  LIGHT SNOW                                                         
  FOG                                                                
  HAZE                                                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST   100          M900 PM                                     
 LOWEST     57          M400 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    79                                                       
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THE CLEVELAND CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   38        69      1961                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   23        -7      1889                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
FEBRUARY 24 2004......SUNRISE   710 AM EST   SUNSET   611 PM EST   
FEBRUARY 25 2004......SUNRISE   709 AM EST   SUNSET   613 PM EST   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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