PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
130 PM EST MON MAR 2 2009

...FEBRUARY WAS COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR FEBRUARY IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 51.1
DEGREES...3.7 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING
THE MONTH WAS 79 DEGREES ON THE 28TH. THE LOWEST WAS 14 DEGREES ON
THE 5TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THAT DATE. IT WAS ALSO
THE FIRST TIME SINCE DECEMBER 24TH 1989 WHEN WE SAW TEMPERATURES THAT
COLD IN TALLAHASSEE. WE ALSO TIED A RECORD ON THE 21ST WITH A
MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 23 DEGREES. THERE WERE 12 DAYS WITH MINIMUM
TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW THE FREEZING MARK WHICH WAS 4 ABOVE NORMAL.

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR FEBRUARY MEASURED
2.50 INCHES WHICH WAS 2.13 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THERE WERE ONLY 4
DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR
PERIOD WAS 1.87 INCHES ON THE 14TH. THERE WERE 2 DAYS WITH
THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND
GUST WAS 39 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 19TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR MARCH FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS
FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE
AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH IS 61.1 DEGREES AND NORMAL
RAINFALL IS 6.47 INCHES.

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 33% CHANCE
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM MARCH
THROUGH MAY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 67.1 DEGREES)...A 34% CHANCE
NEAR NORMAL (65.5 - 67.1) AND A 33% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 65.5).
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
15.01 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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