[SFDXA] Dayton Hamvention Attendance Up!

[Bill]

The official count for Hamvention® 2012 was announced Friday night at the DARA Membership meeting.  The count was 24,483.
Was it the weather or the economy?
1991: 33,500 (K4KL, Ross Brown)
1992: 33,000 (K4KL, Ross Brown)
1993: 33,669 (record, ARRL Newsletter, peak before the change from April to May)
1994: 35,000 (Started in May, over estimated, Dayton Daily News statement)
1995: 33,000 (estimated, Dayton Daily News statement, drizzle&    mid 40's)
1996:
1997: 28,000 (ARRL Newsletter)
1998: 28,120 (ARRL Newsletter)
1999: 28,176 (ARRL Newsletter)
2000: 28,804 (ARRL Newsletter)
2001: 26,151 (ARRL Newsletter, hard rain)
2002: 24,832 (ARRL Newsletter)
2003: 22,168 (ARRL Newsletter, nearly constant rain on Saturday)
2004: 19,869 (ARRL Newsletter, rain)
2005: 20,411 (ARRL Newsletter)
2006: 20,324 (ARRL Newsletter)
2007: 19,318 (K4KL, ARRL Newsletter)
2008: 17,250 (ARRL Newsletter, Friday rain but sunny overall) (Hamvention Reflector Stats 6-29-08)
2009: 18,877 (K4KL, ARRL Newsletter, rain late Saturday afternoon for short while)
2010: 19,750. (ARRL Newsletter, mostly sunny, pleasant weekend)
2011: 22,312 (Dayton Hamvention direct query - WA8APB) Sunny and warm all 3 days, upper 70's to lower 80's. Read the 2011 recap.
2012: 24,483 (DARA Meeting) The weather for this year was very pleasant with temperatures in the 80's and sunny all 3 days. Read the 2012 recap.