PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
620 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...JULY WAS HOTTER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE...
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE NORMALS AND DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL MENTIONED IN
THIS STATEMENT ARE BASED ON THE PREVIOUS 30-YEAR NORMALS FOR THE
PERIOD 1971 TO 2000. THE NEW 30-YEAR NORMALS FOR THE PERIOD 1981 TO
2010 DID NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL AUGUST 1ST.
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 83.5
DEGREES...1.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING
THE MONTH WAS 100 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE
RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.
RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR JULY MEASURED 4.28
INCHES...3.76 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 14 DAYS WITH
MEASURABLE RAINFALL DURING THE MONTH WHICH WAS 2 BELOW NORMAL. THE
GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.25 INCHES ON THE 10TH
THROUGH 11TH. THERE WERE 19 DAYS WITH THUNDER REPORTED AT THE
AIRPORT WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 40 MPH FROM THE
EAST ON THE 4TH.
SO FAR IN 2011 EVERY MONTH HAS BEEN DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR
TALLAHASSEE. RAINFALL FOR THE FIRST 7 MONTHS OF THE YEAR MEASURED
ONLY 21.75 INCHES WHICH WAS 18.21 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. JANUARY
THROUGH JULY OF 2011 WAS THE 5TH DRIEST 7 MONTH PERIOD TO START A
NEW YEAR. THE DRIEST WAS IN 2000 WHEN ONLY 16.10 INCHES WAS
RECORDED.
THE OUTLOOK FOR AUGUST FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS FOR
AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES
OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST IS 81.8 DEGREES AND NORMAL
RAINFALL IS 7.35 INCHES.
ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 43% CHANCE FOR
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE DURING THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM AUGUST
THROUGH OCTOBER WILL BE HIGHER THAN 77.3 DEGREES...A 32% CHANCE FOR
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE TO BE BETWEEN 76. AND 77.3 AND A 25% CHANCE
TO BE LOWER THAN 76.0 DEGREES. 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 ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION. THE NORMAL
3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE IS 15.27 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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BARRY
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