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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1105 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006

...JULY WAS MUCH DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR 
TALLAHASSEE...

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 3.93 INCHES 
WHICH WAS 4.11 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. IT WAS THE DRIEST JULY SINCE 
1996 WHEN ONLY 3.35 INCHES WAS RECORDED. THERE WERE 13 DAYS WITH 
MEASURABLE RAINFALL BUT 7 OF THOSE DAYS SAW LESS THAN ONE-TENTH OF 
AN INCH. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.46 INCHES ON 
THE 18TH. JULY MARKED THE FIFTH MONTH SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH BELOW 
NORMAL RAINFALL AND OUR YEAR TO DATE RAINFALL DEFICIT HAS INCREASED 
TO OVER 12.50 INCHES. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED 
AT THE AIRPORT AND ONE PRODUCED A PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH OF 35 
MPH ON THE 18TH.      

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 82.5 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.1 ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH WAS 99 DEGREES ON THE 27TH WHICH TIED A RECORD HIGH FOR THE 
DATE AND THE LOWEST WAS 61 DEGREES ON THE 9TH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE 
REACHED THE 90 DEGREE MARK OR HIGHER ON 29 DAYS WHICH WAS 6 ABOVE 
NORMAL. THERE WERE NO OTHER RECORD TEMPERATURES DURING THE MONTH. 

THE OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND 
AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL 
PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST IS 82.1 
DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL OF 7.03 INCHES.

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BARRY