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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1009 AM EST FRI JAN 4 2008

CORRECTED TO SHOW DECEMBER BEING WARMER THAN NORMAL.

...DECEMBER WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE... 
...2007 WAS THE 10TH DRIEST YEAR ON RECORD FOR TALLAHASSEE...
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 
58.3 DEGREES WHICH WAS 4.6 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST 
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 81 DEGREES ON THE 9TH AND THE 10TH. 
THE 81 DEGREE READING ON THE 9TH TIED THE PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH FOR 
THE DAY. THE LOWEST WAS 30 DEGREES ON THE 5TH. THERE WERE 4 DAYS 
WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS 6 BELOW 
NORMAL.    

DECEMBER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH 2.96 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED AT 
THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 1.14 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. 
THIS MARKED THE 10TH MONTH OF THE YEAR THAT EXPERIENCED BELOW NORMAL 
RAINFALL. THE TOTAL RAIN MEASURED AT TALLAHASSEE FOR 2007 WAS 44.47 
INCHES WHICH IS A DEFICIT OF 18.74 INCHES MAKING IT THE 10TH DRIEST 
YEAR ON RECORD DATING BACK TO 1894. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR 
PERIOD WAS 1.65 INCHES ON THE 20TH TO THE 21ST. THERE WERE 8 DAYS IN 
THE MONTH WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS NORMAL. THERE WAS ONLY 
1 DAY WITH THUNDER AT THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND 
GUST OF 36 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 15TH.

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

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 53% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM JANUARY 
THROUGH MARCH WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 56.3 DEGREES)...A 30% 
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (53.7 - 56.3) AND A 17% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL 
(< 53.7). 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 
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE 
IS 16.46 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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