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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
230 PM EDT TUE OCT 2 2007

...SEPTEMBER WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE... 
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR SEPTEMBER AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 
80.2 DEGREES WHICH WAS 1.9 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST 
TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 94 DEGREES ON THE 9TH AND THE LOWEST 
WAS 63 DEGREES ON THE 19TH. THERE WERE NO TEMPERATURE RECORDS TIED 
OR BROKEN THIS MONTH.   

SEPTEMBER WAS DRIER THAN NORMAL WITH 4.38 INCHES OF RAIN MEASURED
AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT WHICH WAS 0.63 INCHES BELOW 
NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.29 INCHES ON 
THE 2ND THROUGH THE 3RD. THERE WERE 12 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH 
MEASURABLE RAINFALL WHICH WAS 3 DAYS ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 9 DAYS 
WITH THUNDER AT THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT REPORTED A PEAK WIND GUST 
OF 37 MPH FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON THE 11TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR OCTOBER ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER 
CALLS FOR AN EQUAL CHANCE OF EXPERIENCING BELOW...AVERAGE OR ABOVE 
NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND AN ENHANCED CHANCE FOR ABOVE NORMAL 
RAINFALL. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER IS 69.1 
DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 3.25 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 44% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 
THROUGH DECEMBER WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 61.3 DEGREES)...A 33% 
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (59.0 - 61.3) AND A 23% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL 
(< 59.0). 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 11.21 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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