Printable ProductProvided by - NWS Southern Region HQ - Print 000 NOUS42 KTAE 120504 PNSTAE FLZ017-302100- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL 1205 AM EST FRI DEC 12 2008 ...NOVEMBER WAS COLDER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN TALLAHASSEE... THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR NOVEMBER IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 55.5 DEGREES...4.9 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL AND TIED THE 7TH COLDEST NOVEMBER ON RECORD. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING THE MONTH WAS 80 DEGREES ON THE 12TH. THE LOWEST WAS 25 DEGREES ON THE 19TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD FOR THE DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW FOR THE 19TH WAS 29 DEGREES SET IN 1990. ON THE 8TH THE LOW TEMPERATURE WAS 69 DEGREES WHICH SET A RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST DAILY MINIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DATE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 67 DEGREES IN 1903. RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR NOVEMBER MEASURED 5.68 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.82 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 9 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 3.07 INCHES FROM THE 14TH THROUGH 15TH WITH 2.99 INCHES FALLING ON THE 14TH. THE 2.99 INCHES SET A NEW RECORD DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL FOR NOVEMBER 14TH. THERE WERE 3 DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 1 ABOVE NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 56 MPH FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON THE 8TH. THE OUTLOOK FOR DECEMBER FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS FOR AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR EXPERIENCING BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND EQUAL CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR DECEMBER IS 53.7 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 4.10 INCHES. ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 34% CHANCE THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM DECEMBER THROUGH FEBRUARY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 53.7 DEGREES)...A 34% CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (51.3 - 53.7) AND A 32% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 51.3). THERE ARE NO 3-MONTH PRECIPITATION OUTLOOKS FOR SPECIFIC POINT LOCATIONS AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE GENERALIZED OUTLOOK FOR THE TALLAHASSEE AREA CALLS FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL 3-MONTH RAINFALL FOR TALLAHASSEE IS 14.09 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 $$ BARRY