PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1143 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT TALLAHASSEE FOR THIRD CONSECUTIVE
DAY AND SEVENTH DAY THIS MONTH...
THE MERCURY REACHED THE CENTURY MARK FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE DAY
ON MONDAY AND SEVENTH DAY THIS MONTH. THIS IS A NEW AUGUST RECORD
FOR 100 DEGREE DAYS. WE HAVE ALSO BROKEN DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURE
RECORDS ON SEVEN DAYS THIS MONTH...INCLUDING THE PAST THREE DAYS.
THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF THE DAYS THAT THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT
REACHED AT LEAST 100 DEGREES...OR BROKE OR TIED A DAILY RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURE. NOTE MOST RECORDS THAT HAVE FALLEN DATE BACK TO THE
1930S.
DATE AUG 2011 PREVIOUS RECORD
3 100 98 IN 1931
4 100 102 IN 1931
5 99 99 IN 1935
11 99 97 IN 2009
12 100 99 IN 1999
26 100 101 IN 1938
27 102 100 IN 1938
28 100 99 IN 1933
29 102 99 IN 1933
FOR THE SUMMER SEASON AS A WHOLE...THE TALLAHASSEE AIRPORT HAS NOW
REACHED 100 DEGREES OR BETTER ON 14 DAYS. THIS IS SECOND ONLY TO THE
SUMMER OF 1998 WHEN THERE WERE 16 SUCH OCCURRENCES. AUGUST 2011 AND
THE SUMMER AS A WHOLE ARE BOTH IN THE RUNNING TO BE THE HOTTEST ON
RECORD DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURES OVER THE FINAL TWO DAYS ON THE
MONTH. LAST SUMMER (2010) TIED 1998 AS THE HOTTEST SUMMER ON RECORD.
THE HOTTEST AUGUST ON RECORD WAS IN 2007.
THE MONTH AND SUMMER AS A WHOLE ARE ALSO ON TRACK TO BE THE DRIEST
ON RECORD. A FINAL SUMMARY OF AUGUST AND SUMMER RECORDS WILL BE
COMPILED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER.
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