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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
820 AM EDT SUN MAY 4 2008

...APRIL WAS NEAR NORMAL FOR TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL FOR 
TALLAHASSEE... 
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 66.9 
DEGREES...0.5 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING 
THE MONTH WAS 86 DEGREES ON THE 22ND AND 24TH. THE LOWEST WAS 33 
DEGREES ON THE 16TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE. 
THE LOW TEMPERATURE OF 37 DEGREES ON THE 15TH TIED THE PREVIOUS 
RECORD LOW. 

RAINFALL MEASURED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR APRIL WAS 
3.74 INCHES...0.15 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 
24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 2.27 INCHES ON THE 5TH TO 6TH. THERE WAS 1 DAY 
WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 33 MPH 
FROM THE WEST ON THE 14TH. 

THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY ISSUED BY THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS 
FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW AVERAGE 
TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR 
MAY IS 74.4 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 4.95 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 42% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM MAY 
THROUGH JULY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 78.8 DEGREES)...A 33% CHANCE 
NEAR NORMAL (77.4 - 78.8) AND A 25% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 77.4). 
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 
19.91 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