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AS IS THE CASE IN ANY EXTENDED WEATHER OUTLOOK -  WITH
NO OBVIOUS  OVERRIDING GUIDANCE AVAILABLE - WE MIGHT AS
WELL RELATE TO WHAT ARE THE AVERAGE CLIMATOLOGICAL
CONDITIONS.

OVER THE 123 DAYS FROM MAY THRU AUGUST, WE CAN EXPECT
25 DAYS OF THUNDERSTORM WEATHER.  WE WILL HAVE TO DEAL
WITH OCCASIONAL EPISODES OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND
TORNADO ALERTS.

NORTHEAST OHIO AVERAGES 10 DAYS OF 90 DEGREE, OR HIGHER,
TEMPERATURES.   THAT IS  THE PRECISE NUMBER WE HAD LAST
SUMMER.  THE LARGEST NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 90 OR HIGHER
CAME IN 1952 AND 1955 (WE NEVER MENTIONED GLOBAL WARMING
BACK THEN)  WITH 37 DAYS.   THE LAST REALLY BLAZING SUMMER WE
HAD WAS IN 1988 WHEN WE RECORDED 36 DAYS.

SO, KEEP THE LEMONADE AND POPSICLES HANDY.   THE GOOD OLD
SUMMERTIME SHOULD BE JUST THAT.