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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1005 AM EST TUE MAR 6 2007

...FEBRUARY WAS COOLER WITH NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 51.7 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.1 BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH WAS 82 DEGREES ON THE 28TH. THE LOWEST WAS 18 DEGREES ON THE 
17TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THE DAY. THE PREVIOUS 
LOW ON THE 17TH WAS 21 SET BACK IN 1943. THERE WERE 7 DAYS IN THE 
MONTH WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS 1 
BELOW NORMAL.   

FEBRUARY SAW NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL WITH A TOTAL OF 4.43 INCHES 
MEASURED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 0.20 INCHES 
BELOW NORMAL. MOST OF THE RAIN HOWEVER FELL ON THE FIRST 2 DAYS OF 
THE MONTH. A DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS BROKEN ON THE 1ST WITH 3.95 
INCHES AND THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 4.02 INCHES 
ON THE 1ST THROUGH THE 2ND. THERE WERE TWO DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS 
AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND 
GUST OF 38 MPH FROM THE SOUTH ON THE 25TH.    

THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH 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 
MARCH IS 61.1 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 6.47 INCHES.   

THE THREE MONTH AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH THROUGH MAY AT 
TALLAHASSEE IS 67.1 DEGREES. ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION 
CENTER THERE IS A 44% CHANCE THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WILL BE 
ABOVE NORMAL (> 67.1 DEGREES)...A 33% CHANCE NEAR NORMAL 
(65.5 - 67.1) AND A 23% BELOW NORMAL (< 65.5). THERE ARE NO THREE 
MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS FOR SPECIFIC POINT LOCATIONS AT THIS 
TIME. HOWEVER...THE GENERALIZED OUTLOOK FOR THE TALLAHASSEE AREA 
CALLS FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE 
NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL THREE MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE IS 
15.01 INCHES.  

THE FOLLOWING WEBSITE CAN BE ACCESSED TO RECEIVE 3-MONTH AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE FORECASTS FOR SEVERAL OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE LOCAL 
TRI-STATE REGION:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/CLIMATE/CALENDAR_OUTLOOK.PHP?WFO=TAE

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