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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
930 PM EDT THU JUL 1 2009

...JUNE WAS HOT AND DRIER THAN NORMAL IN TALLAHASSEE...
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR JUNE IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 83.3 
DEGREES...2.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL MAKING IT THE 4TH HOTTEST JUNE ON 
RECORD. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 103 DEGREES ON 
THE 20TH AND 22ND. THE LOWEST WAS 65 DEGREES ON THE 2ND. THE HIGH 
TEMPERATURE OF 100 DEGREES ON THE 16TH TIED THE RECORD FOR THE DAY 
AND RECORDS WERE BROKEN ON THE 21ST AND 22ND WITH TEMPERATURES OF 
102 AND 103 RESPECTIVELY. THE TWO SEPARATE READINGS OF 103 DEGREES 
JUST MISSED TYING OUR ALL-TIME HIGHEST TEMPERATURE RECORDED IN 
TALLAHASSEE OF 104 DEGREES. THE LAST TIME TALLAHASSEE SAW  
TEMPERATURES OF 103 DEGREES WAS ON JULY 18TH AND 19TH IN 2000.    

THE TOP 5 HOTTEST JUNES ON RECORD:

1. 85.3  1998
2. 83.8  1952
3. 83.7  1914
4. 83.3  2009
5. 83.0  1931

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR JUNE MEASURED 
5.53 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.39 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT 
IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 2.87 INCHES ON THE 28TH THROUGH THE 29TH. 
THERE WERE ONLY 6 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL...6 BELOW NORMAL. 
THERE WERE 11 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 3 
BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 41 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 
28TH.  

THE OUTLOOK FOR JULY FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS FOR AN 
ENHANCED CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE 
NORMAL RAINFALL. 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 (> 80.8 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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