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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
125 PM EST MON JAN 1 2007

...DECEMBER WAS WARMER AND MUCH WETTER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 57.3 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 3.6 ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE 
MONTH WAS 79 DEGREES ON THE 18TH AND 19TH. THE LOWEST WAS 21 DEGREES 
ON THE 9TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THE DAY. THE  
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 24 DEGREES SET BACK IN 1927. THERE WERE 6 DAYS 
IN THE MONTH WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH 
WAS 4 BELOW NORMAL.   

DECEMBER BEGAN VERY DRY AND ENDED VERY WET. THROUGH THE FIRST 3 
WEEKS...RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED LESS 
THAN ONE-THIRD OF AN INCH WITH OVER 8 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED IN THE 
LAST WEEK. THE TOTAL FOR THE MONTH WAS 8.35 INCHES AND WAS 4.25 
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL MAKING IT THE 6TH WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. A 
NEW DAILY RAINFALL RECORD WAS ESTABLISHED ON CHRISTMAS DAY WITH A 
MEASUREMENT OF 3.72 INCHES...MOST OF WHICH FELL BEFORE DAYBREAK.  
THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 5.61 INCHES ON THE 24TH 
THROUGH 25TH. THERE WAS ONLY 1 DAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED AT 
THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST OF 36 MPH FROM 
THE SOUTHEAST ON CHRISTMAS DAY.   

THE WET MONTH ALSO SIGNIFICANTLY CUT INTO OUR ANNUAL RAINFALL 
DEFICIT. THE ANNUAL RAINFALL TOTAL FOR TALLAHASSEE WAS 49.34 INCHES 
WHICH WAS 13.87 BELOW NORMAL. BEFORE THE HEAVY RAINS ARRIVED DURING 
THE FINAL WEEK OF THE YEAR...OUR DEFICIT HAD GROWN TO NEARLY 21.00 
INCHES AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO FINISHING AS ONE OF OUR TOP 10 
DRIEST YEARS. THE YEAR 2006 WILL OFFICIALLY GO DOWN AS THE 17TH 
DRIEST ON RECORD.      

THE OUTLOOK FOR JANUARY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE...OR ABOVE 
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL 
PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY IS 51.8  
DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 5.36 INCHES.   

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BARRY