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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1100 AM EST SUN JAN 11 2009

...DECEMBER WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 56.6
DEGREES...2.9 DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING
THE MONTH WAS 80 DEGREES ON THE 18TH. THE LOWEST WAS 27 DEGREES ON
THE 3RD. THERE WERE 7 DAYS WITH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW THE
FREEZING MARK WHICH WAS 3 ABOVE NORMAL. NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE
TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE MONTH.

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR DECEMBER MEASURED
1.39 INCHES WHICH WAS 2.71 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE 7 DAYS
WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD
WAS 1.07 INCHES ON THE 11TH. THERE WERE NO DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS
AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 2 BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 51
MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 11TH.

RAINFALL FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR OF 2008 MEASURED 60.39 INCHES WHICH WAS
2.82 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE WETTEST MONTH WAS AUGUST WITH 16.52
INCHES MOSTLY FROM RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM FAY. THE
DRIEST MONTH WAS SEPTEMBER WITH ONLY 1.29 INCHES OF RAIN RECORDED AT
THE AIRPORT.

THE OUTLOOK FOR JANUARY FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS FOR
AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY
IS 53.4 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 5.36 INCHES.

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 43% CHANCE
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM JANUARY
THROUGH MARCH WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 56.3 DEGREES)...A 33%
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (53.7 - 56.3) AND A 24% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL
(< 53.7). 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 16.46 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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