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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
1030 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2008

...JUNE WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE... 
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 81.1 
DEGREES...0.7 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING 
THE MONTH WAS 98 DEGREES ON THE 7TH AND 8TH. THE LOWEST WAS 63 
DEGREES ON THE 19TH AND 20TH. THERE WERE 22 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH A 
MAX TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES OR HIGHER WHICH WAS 3 ABOVE NORMAL.

RAINFALL MEASURED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR JUNE WAS 
5.77 INCHES...1.15 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 
24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 3.08 INCHES ON THE 25TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW 
DAILY RAINFALL RECORD. THERE WERE 19 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT THE 
AIRPORT. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 45 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 
29TH. 

THE OUTLOOK FOR JULY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND 
EQUAL CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW AVERAGE 
PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JULY IS 81.6 
DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 8.04 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 35% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM JULY 
THROUGH SEPTEMBER WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 80.83 DEGREES)...A 33% 
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (79.7 - 80.8) AND A 32% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL 
(< 79.7). 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 
ABOVE NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE 
IS 20.08 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