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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
945 AM EST TUE APR 4 2006

...MARCH SAW NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES BUT WAS VERY DRY FOR
TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 61.3
DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.2 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE
FOR THE MONTH WAS 91 DEGREES ON THE 21ST WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW
RECORD FOR THE DAY. THE 91 DEGREE READING ALSO TIED THE HIGHEST
TEMPERATURE EVER RECORDED FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. THE LOWEST
TEMPERATURE WAS 29 DEGREES ON THE 27TH. THERE WERE 3 DAYS WITH
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS NORMAL.

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED ONLY 0.29
INCHES WHICH WAS 6.18 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 2 DAYS WITH
MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 7 BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN
A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.20 INCHES ON THE 23RD. THERE WERE NO
THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT DURING THE MONTH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR APRIL ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS
FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND AN ENHANCED
CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY
TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL IS 66.4 DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL OF
3.59 INCHES.

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BARRY