NOUS42 KTAE 031959
PNSTAE
FLZ017-291630-

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
300 PM EST SUN FEB 3 2008

...JANUARY HAD NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL 
FOR TALLAHASSEE... 
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 
51.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST 
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 77 DEGREES ON THE 7TH AND THE 9TH.  
THE LOWEST WAS 25 DEGREES ON THE 3RD. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH 
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS NORMAL.    

JANUARY WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH 3.53 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED AT 
THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 1.83 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.88 INCHES ON THE 19TH. 
THERE WERE 8 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 2 
BELOW NORMAL. THERE WAS ONLY 1 DAY WITH THUNDER AT THE AIRPORT. THE 
AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 36 MPH FROM THE NORTHWEST ON 
THE 2ND.

THE OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
CALLS FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL 
TEMPERATURES AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY 
TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY IS 54.8 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 
4.63 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 49% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 
THROUGH APRIL WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 60.8 DEGREES)...A 32% CHANCE 
NEAR NORMAL (58.9 - 60.8) AND A 19% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 58.9). 
THERE ARE NO 3-MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS FOR SPECIFIC POINT 
LOCATIONS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE GENERALIZED OUTLOOK FOR THE 
TALLAHASSEE AREA CALLS FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW 
NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE IS 
14.59 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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