Summer Begins 651 AM Sat, June 21-Summer Weather Info

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Summer Weather Info for Northern OH and Northwest PA (National Weather Service, Cleveland, OH)

Summer 2014 begins at 651 AM EDT, Sat, June 21 (Summer Solstice):

- High temperatures in early June are normally in the lower to mid 70s.

- By early/mid July, high temperatures average in the lower/mid 80s (the peak for the summer).

- By early September, high temperatures range from 77 to 80.

- It is common for high temperatures to reach into the 90s (see summer temperature chart below) but rarely reach 100.

-The longest day (June 21) has about 15 hours of sunshine at Mount Vernon, OH (the southern part of our forecast area) and about 15 hours, 15 minutes of sunshine in Erie, PA in the northern part of our forecast area.

- An El Nino is likely developing in the Pacific. Summers in northern Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania are rarely hot and dry during the onset of an El Nino. The summer is more likely to bring normal or below normal temperatures with normal or above normal rainfall.

More summer temperature information:

Temperatures F, 30 year average 1981-2010	Avg 90+ Days Per Year	Most 90+ Days/Year	Hottest Ever High Temperature/Year
Toledo	16	44/1988	105 July 14, 1936
Mansfield	6	28/1988	105 July 21, 1934
Cleveland	10	36/1988	104 June 25, 1988
Akron-Canton	8	30/1988	104 Aug 6, 1918
Youngstown	8	29/1988	103 July 10, 1936
Erie, PA	4	17/1988	100 June 25, 1988