000 NOUS42 KTAE 092125 CCA PNSTAE FLZ015-017-252000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 500 AM EST WED JAN 4 2006 CORRECTED STATEMENT ABOUT TEMPERATURE RECORDS. ...DECEMBER WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 51.6 DEGREES WHICH WAS 2.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 80 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THIS TIED THE RECORD FOR THE DATE SET PREVIOUSLY IN 1971. THE LOWEST MONTHLY TEMPERATURE WAS 23 DEGREES ON THE 23RD. THERE WERE 7 DAYS WITH A MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS THREE BELOW NORMAL. RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 5.36 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.26 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE EIGHT DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.53 INCHES ON THE 5TH. THUNDER WAS REPORTED ON ONLY TWO DAYS. THE PEAK WIND FOR THE MONTH WAS A GUST TO 38 MPH ON THE 5TH. THE OUTLOOK FOR JANUARY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF HAVING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURE AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY IS 51.8 DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL OF 5.36 INCHES. $$ BARRY/WOOL