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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
610 AM EST THU NOV 6 2008

...OCTOBER WAS COOLER AND WETTER THAN NORMAL IN TALLAHASSEE...

THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 67.5
DEGREES...1.6 DEGREE BELOW NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING
THE MONTH WAS 91 DEGREES ON THE 6TH. THE LOWEST WAS 29 DEGREES ON
THE 29TH WHICH NOT ONLY ESTABLISHED A NEW RECORD FOR THE DATE BUT
ALSO SET A NEW ALL-TIME RECORD LOW TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH OF
OCTOBER. THE PREVIOUS RECORD LOW FOR THE 29TH WAS 31 DEGREES IN
1987. THE MOST RECENT ALL-TIME RECORD LOW FOR OCTOBER WAS 30 DEGREES
IN 1993 WITH OTHER OCCURRENCES IN 1989 AND 1973.

RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR OCTOBER MEASURED
4.26 INCHES WHICH WAS 1.01 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. ALTHOUGH THE MONTH
WAS WETTER THAN NORMAL THERE WERE ONLY 4 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE
RAINFALL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 2.41 INCHES
FROM THE 23RD THROUGH 24TH. THERE WAS ONLY 1 DAY WITH THUNDERSTORMS
AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 1 BELOW NORMAL. THE PEAK WIND GUST WAS 32
MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 8TH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS
FOR EQUAL CHANCES OF EXPERIENCING ABOVE...NORMAL OR BELOW AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES AND PRECIPITATION. THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR
NOVEMBER IS 60.4 DEGREES AND NORMAL RAINFALL IS 3.86 INCHES.

ACCORDING TO THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER THERE IS A 33% CHANCE
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER
THROUGH JANUARY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 55.6 DEGREES)...A 34%
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (53.0 - 55.6) AND A 33% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL
(< 53.0). 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 13.32 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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