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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...COR DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
855 PM EDT TUE MAY 2 2006

...APRIL WAS WARMER AND MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 70.6 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 
FOR THE MONTH WAS 93 DEGREES ON THE 20TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW 
RECORD FOR THE DAY. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE WAS 38 DEGREES ON THE 
5TH. THERE WERE 4 TEMPERATURE RECORDS EITHER TIED OR BROKEN DURING 
THE MONTH. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 93 ON THE 20TH AND 89 ON THE 
3RD BROKE RECORDS. THE TEMP OF 92 ON THE 18TH AND 90 ON THE 15TH 
TIED PREVIOUS RECORDS.  

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED ONLY 1.08 
INCHES WHICH WAS 2.51 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 4 DAYS WITH 
MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 3 BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN 
A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.92 INCHES ON THE 22RD. THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH 
THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT DURING THE MONTH. THERE WERE 
SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL AROUND THE TALLAHASSEE AREA RANGING FROM PEA 
TO GOLFBALL SIZE ON THE 26TH. ALTHOUGH NO HAIL WAS REPORTED AT THE 
AIRPORT...THERE WAS A PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH ON THE 26TH OF 41 
MPH.     

THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR 
MAY IS 74.4 DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL OF 4.95 INCHES.

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BARRY