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The weather climbed into the 90s for the Clallam County Fair this year and may have led locals to cooler grounds.

Thursday and Friday, Aug. 18-19, were the hottest of the event going upwards of 94 degrees before cooling off and leading to high winds on Sunday.

As a result, fair manager Shari Ioffrida said attendance was down from last year.

“We feel that it was the 90-plus degree weather,” she said.

“Sunday’s attendance was around the average, so the wind did not affect the attendance.”

Ioffrida previously said Sundays have been a bright spot in recent years with attendance going up each year since beginning the Variety and Talent Show six years ago.

Attendance for the fair in the past five years reached its peak in 2014 at 28,767 attendees and lowest at 27,159 in 2012.

Overall, the fair went well though, she said.

“The rodeo was bigger than ever with well-known contestants, and between all of the music, Knights of the Realm show, the hypnotist, mutton bustin’, logging show, draft horse pull and the Variety & Talent Show, the entertainment was fantastic,” Ioffrida said.

This year’s rodeo featured a considerable amount of prize money, some of the highest in the state, she said, which organizers hoped would bring in more talent.

The Clallam County Junior Livestock Auction saw 51 participants sell 82 lots that included steers, hogs, turkeys, chickens, rabbits and lambs.

Organizers said some of the regular buyers donated their animal to local food banks.

Participants use funds from their sales for future animal projects and/or future schooling.

Results from exhibits and animals will be released soon, organizers said.

Next year’s Clallam County Fair is set for Aug. 17-20, 2017.

For more information, visit http://www.clallam.net/Fair/.