Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 NOUS42 KTAE 010913 PNSTAE FLZ017-030800- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 510 AM EDT FRI JUN 1 2007 ...MAY WAS THE 3RD DRIEST ON RECORD FOR TALLAHASSEE... ...DRIEST SPRING ON RECORD AND 4TH DRIEST 5 MONTH PERIOD TO START A YEAR FOR TALLAHASSEE... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MAY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 74.5 DEGREES WHICH WAS 0.1 ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 94 DEGREES ON THE 11TH. THE LOWEST WAS 45 DEGREES ON THE 8TH. THERE WERE NO RECORD TEMPERATURES TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. MAY WAS VERY DRY WITH ONLY 0.20 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 4.75 INCHES BELOW NORMAL AND THE 3RD DRIEST MAY ON RECORD. THERE WERE ONLY 2 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 6 BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 0.18 INCHES ON THE 12TH. THERE WERE 6 DAYS WITH THUNDER AT THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 33 MPH FROM THE EAST ON THE 23RD. ONLY 10.09 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED SINCE JANUARY 1ST WITH THE ANNUAL RAINFALL DEFICIT NOW AT 14.91 INCHES. THIS MARKS THE 4TH DRIEST 5 MONTH PERIOD TO START A NEW YEAR. FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TOTALS AND DEFICITS FOR SELECTED LOCATIONS AROUND THE LOCAL TRI-STATE REGION SEE THE LATEST DROUGHT INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE. (MIAESFTAE) ONLY 2.24 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED SINCE MARCH 1ST MAKING THIS THE DRIEST SPRING (MARCH THROUGH MAY) ON RECORD. ALSO...FOUR OF THE DRIEST SPRING`S ON RECORD HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST 8 YEARS. THE PREVIOUS DRIEST SPRING WAS IN 1925 WITH ONLY 3.35 INCHES. TOP 10 DRIEST TOP 10 DRIEST SPRING TOP 10 DRIEST MAY (JAN THROUGH MAY) (MARCH THROUGH MAY) 1 8.39 2000 1 2.24 2007 1 TRACE 1965 2 8.84 1954 2 3.35 1925 2 0.16 2000 3 8.87 1927 3 3.48 1927 3 0.20 2007 4 10.09 2007 4 4.24 1986 4 0.43 1897 5 10.77 1938 5 4.25 1904 5 0.54 1998, 1988, 1899 6 11.88 1916 6 4.52 2000 8 0.70 1927 7 12.06 1968 7 4.62 2004 9 0.80 1953 8 12.56 1911 8 5.41 2006 10 0.81 1949 9 12.70 1985 9 5.51 1955 10 13.37 1955 10 5.52 1914 THE OUTLOOK FOR JUNE 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 JUNE IS 80.4 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 6.92 INCHES. ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 48% CHANCE THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM JUNE THROUGH AUGUST WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 81.3 DEGREES)...A 32% CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (80.1 - 81.3) AND A 20% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 80.1). 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 EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE IS 21.99 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 $$ BARRY