000 NOUS42 KTAE 050313 CCA PNSTAE FLZ015-017-302000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1015 PM EST SAT NOV 4 2006 ...OCTOBER WAS WETTER AND COOLER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE... RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 3.76 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.51 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 2.71 INCHES ON THE 27TH WHICH SET A NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD FOR THAT DATE. OCTOBER MARKED ONLY THE THIRD MONTH SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT. THE PEAK WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 31 MPH ON THE 27TH AND 28TH. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 67.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.5 BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 92 DEGREES ON THE 2ND AND 6TH AND THE LOWEST WAS 35 DEGREES ON THE 24TH. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED THE 90 DEGREE MARK OR HIGHER ON 4 DAYS WHICH WAS 2 ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS DURING THE MONTH. THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER 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 OCTOBER IS 60.4 DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL OF 3.86 INCHES. $$ BARRY