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CDUS41 KCLE 170548
CLIERI


CLIMATE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH                                
146 AM EDT TUE MAY 17 2005

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...THE ERIE  PENNSYLVANIA CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 16 2005...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1847 TO 2005

WEATHER ITEM   OBSERVED TIME   RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST     
                VALUE   (LST)  VALUE       VALUE  FROM      YEAR     
                                                  NORMAL             
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TEMPERATURE (F)                                                     
 YESTERDAY                                                           
  MAXIMUM         50    456 PM  90    1991  68    -18       56       
  MINIMUM         38   1159 PM  32    1980  49    -11       45       
  AVERAGE         44                        58    -14       51      
                                                                     
PRECIPITATION (IN)                                                   
  YESTERDAY        0.00                      0.10  -0.10     0.00    
  MONTH TO DATE    0.81                      1.61  -0.80     2.48    
  SINCE MAR 1      7.31                      8.12  -0.81     9.92    
  SINCE JAN 1     14.67                     12.93   1.74    14.74    
                                                                     
SNOWFALL (IN)                                                        
  YESTERDAY        0.0                                               
  MONTH TO DATE    T                                                 
  SINCE MAR 1     34.9                                               
  SINCE JUL 1    122.6                                               
  SNOW DEPTH       0                                                 
                                                                     
DEGREE DAYS                                                          
 HEATING                                                             
  YESTERDAY       21                         9     12       14       
  MONTH TO DATE  236                       173     63      141       
  SINCE MAR 1   1846                      1642    204     1486       
  SINCE JUL 1   6140                      6135      5     5971       
                                                                     
 COOLING                                                             
  YESTERDAY        0                         1     -1        0       
  MONTH TO DATE    1                        16    -15       31       
  SINCE MAR 1      1                        22    -21       42       
  SINCE JAN 1      1                        22    -21       42       
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WIND (MPH)                                                           
  HIGHEST WIND SPEED    16   HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  HIGHEST GUST SPEED    20   HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION    NW (310)      
  AVERAGE WIND SPEED     6.9                                         
                                                                     
SKY COVER                                                            
  POSSIBLE SUNSHINE  MM                                              
  AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.5                                              
                                                                     
WEATHER CONDITIONS                                                  
 THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY.                        
  NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED.                               
                                                                     
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT)                                          
 HIGHEST    86          1200 AM                                     
 LOWEST     56           300 PM                                     
 AVERAGE    71                                                       
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THE ERIE  PENNSYLVANIA CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY
                         NORMAL    RECORD    YEAR                    
 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   68        87      1962                    
 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F)   49        31      1957                    
                                                                     
SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                   
MAY 17 2005...........SUNRISE   558 AM EDT   SUNSET   837 PM EDT   
MAY 18 2005...........SUNRISE   557 AM EDT   SUNSET   838 PM EDT   
                                                                    
-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.                                      
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.                                
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.                                       
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.                                          


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