000 NOUS42 KTAE 041405 CCA PNSTAE FLZ015-017-282000- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1010 AM EDT SUN JUN 4 2006 ...MAY WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR TALLAHASSEE... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MAY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 74.4 DEGREES WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 96 DEGREES ON THE 28TH AND THE LOWEST WAS 48 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE REACHED THE 90 DEGREE MARK OR HIGHER ON 13 DAYS WHICH WAS 5 ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE NO RECORDS TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH. RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT MEASURED 4.04 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.91 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 3 ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.18 INCHES ON THE 9TH THROUGH THE 10TH. THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT DURING THE MONTH. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 37 MPH ON THE 11TH. THE OUTLOOK FOR JUNE ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MAY IS 80.4 DEGREES AND A NORMAL RAINFALL OF 6.92 INCHES. $$ BARRY