CLEVELAND, Ohio - Through July, this year has been the fourth warmest on record in Cleveland, based on statistics dating back to 1900.

The average temperature was 52.4 degrees during the first seven months of the year, based on daily readings reported by the National Weather Service. That's about 3.9 degrees above the 111-year average of 48.5 degrees but about a half-degree short of the record set in 1921.

The 2010 year got off typical start for temperatures in January and February, before turning higher than usual. Here's a month-by-month look at 2010:

January

: 62nd warmest at 27.1 degrees: average 27.5; record 40.1 in 1932.

February

: 57th warmest at 28.4 degrees: average 28.2; record 37.5 in 1998.

March

: 14th warmest at 42.2 degrees: average 37.1; record 49.5 in 1946.

April

: Warmest ever at 56 degrees: average 47.9.

May

: 5th warmest at 64.8 degrees: average 58.7; record 66.8 in 1991.

June

: 9th warmest at 72.4 degrees: average 68.2; record 73.9 in 1949.

July

: 11th warmest at 75.8 degrees: average 72.6; record 79.1 in 1955.

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April through July:

2010 is warmest ever at 67.2 degrees, nearly a full degree above second-ranked 1955 and a significant 5.5 degrees above the 111-year average.

Summer to date (June 21 through the end of July):

2010 is the 14th warmest ever to date at 75.1 degrees, about 2.8 degrees below topped rank 1949 at 77.9 degrees. This summer has been 2.9 degrees above the 111-year average of 72 degrees.

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