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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1012 AM EDT MON JUL 2 2007

...JUNE SAW NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL FOR 
TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 80.8 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.4 ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH WAS 101 DEGREES ON THE 11TH WHICH TIED A RECORD HIGH FOR THAT 
DAY. THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 100 DEGREES ON THE 10TH WHICH WAS THE 
FIRST TIME TALLAHASSEE SAW TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES SINCE JULY 19TH 
2002. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 60 DEGREES ON THE 
3RD. 

JUNE WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH 5.85 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED AT THE  
TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 1.07 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THERE WERE 10 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 2 
BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 2.26 
INCHES ON THE 27TH THROUGH 28TH. THERE WERE 10 DAYS WITH THUNDER AT 
THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 53 MPH FROM 
THE WEST ON THE 12TH.   

ALTHOUGH JUNE WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL...THE 5.85 INCHES MORE THAN 
DOUBLED THE RAINFALL FOR THE PREVIOUS 3 MONTHS COMBINED (MAR-MAY). 
HOWEVER...THE ANNUAL RAINFALL DEFICIT HAS NOW GROWN TO NEARLY 16.00 
INCHES (15.98). 

THE OUTLOOK FOR JULY 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 
JULY IS 82.4 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 8.04 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 55% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM JULY 
THROUGH SEPTEMBER WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 80.8 DEGREES)...A 29% 
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (79.7 - 80.8) AND A 16% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL 
(< 79.7). 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 
ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE 
IS 20.08 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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BARRY