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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1030 AM EST WED FEB 4 2009

...JANUARY HAD NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES BUT WAS MUCH DRIER THAN 
NORMAL IN TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 52.1 
DEGREES...0.3 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING 
THE MONTH WAS 77 DEGREES ON THE 4TH. THE LOWEST WAS 18 DEGREES ON 
THE 22ND. THERE WERE 10 DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 
THE FREEZING MARK WHICH WAS 1 ABOVE NORMAL. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS 
WERE TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR JANUARY MEASURED 
1.27 INCHES WHICH WAS 4.09 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 11 DAYS 
WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD 
WAS 0.38 INCHES ON THE 18TH THROUGH 19TH. THERE WAS ONE DAY WITH 
THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 1 BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND 
GUST WAS 38 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 6TH.  

THE OUTLOOK FOR FEBRUARY FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES 
AND BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR 
FEBRUARY IS 51.8 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 4.63 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 38% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 
THROUGH APRIL WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 60.9 DEGREES)...A 34% CHANCE 
NEAR NORMAL (58.9 - 60.9) AND A 28% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 58.9). 
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 
14.69 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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