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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
130 PM EST FRI FEB 3 2006

...JANUARY WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 56.9 
DEGREES WHICH WAS 5.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE 
FOR THE MONTH WAS 78 DEGREES ON THE 21ST AND 22ND. THE LOWEST WAS 28 
DEGREES ON THE 7TH AND 19TH. THERE WERE 5 DAYS WITH A MINIMUM 
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING WHICH WAS 6 BELOW NORMAL.

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 2.36 INCHES 
WHICH WAS 3.00 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE EIGHT DAYS WITH 
MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 2 BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN 
A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.13 INCHES ON THE 29TH THROUGH 30TH. THUNDER 
WAS REPORTED ON ONLY TWO DAYS. THE PEAK WIND FOR THE MONTH WAS A 
GUST TO 51 MPH ON THE 30TH. 

THE OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
CALLS FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF HAVING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURE AND 
AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF NEAR TO ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE 
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY IS 54.8 DEGREES AND A 
NORMAL RAINFALL OF 4.63 INCHES.

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BARRY