PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
320 AM EDT SUN SEP 21 2003

...2003 REMAINS IN THE TOP 5 FOR YEARS WITH FEWEST 90 DEGREE DAYS...

AS SUMMER OFFICIALLY COMES TO AN END...NORTH THROUGH WEST CENTRAL 
GEORGIA REMAIN IN THE TOP 5 FIVE FOR YEARS WITH THE FEWEST 90 DEGREE 
DAYS. IN THE REMAINDER OF MIDDLE GEORGIA...THE NUMBER OF 90 DEGREES 
DAYS FOR 2003 IS NEAR NORMAL. THE WETTER THAN NORMAL SPRING AND 
SUMMER HIGHLY INFLUENCED THE REDUCTION IN 90 DEGREE DAYS.

CURRENTLY...ATLANTA IS IN THIRD PLACE...ATHENS IS IN SECOND 
PLACE...AND COLUMBUS IS IN THIRD PLACE.

THE FOLLOWING IS A BREAKDOWN OF STATISTICS FOR MAJOR CITIES IN NORTH 
AND MIDDLE GEORGIA.

CITY     YEAR   NUMBER OF 90 DEGREES DAYS

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ATLANTA  1967   2
         1884   4
         2003   7
         1961   7
         1965   9
         1923   9
         1889   9

YEARLY AVERAGE IS 33 SINCE 1878

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ATHENS   1906   7
         1974  13
         2003  15
         1967  15
         1949  16
         1994  18

YEARLY AVERAGE IS 51 SINCE 1898

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COLUMBUS 1994  30
         1967  34
         2003  50
         1976  51
         1974  52
         1975  54

YEARLY AVERAGE IS 73 SINCE 1948

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MACON    1994  31

YEARLY AVERAGE IS 73 SINCE 1899...WE HAVE HAD 72 THIS YEAR...WHICH IS 
NEAR NORMAL.


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