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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
940 PM EDT WED JUN 4 2008

...MAY WAS WARMER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL FOR TALLAHASSEE... 
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MAY AT TALLAHASSEE WAS 75.5 
DEGREES...1.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING 
THE MONTH WAS 94 DEGREES ON THE 29TH AND 31ST. THE LOWEST WAS 47 
DEGREES ON THE 13TH WHICH ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD LOW FOR THE DATE. 
THERE WERE 12 DAYS IN THE MONTH WITH A MAX TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES 
OR HIGHER WHICH WAS 4 ABOVE NORMAL.

RAINFALL MEASURED AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR MAY WAS 
3.22 INCHES...1.73 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 
24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.81 INCHES ON THE 16TH. THERE WERE 2 DAYS WITH 
THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 40 MPH FROM THE 
SOUTHWEST ON THE 11TH. 

THE OUTLOOK FOR JUNE 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 JUNE IS 80.4 
DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 6.92 INCHES.   

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 43% CHANCE 
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM JUNE 
THROUGH AUGUST WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 81.3 DEGREES)...A 33% CHANCE 
NEAR NORMAL (80.1 - 81.3) AND A 24% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL (< 80.1). 
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 
21.99 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