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NOUS42 KTAE 061101  
PNSTAE  
FLZ017-302100-  
 
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL  
600 AM EST FRI NOV 6 2009  
   
..OCTOBER WAS WARMER WITH NEAR NORMAL RAINFALL IN TALLAHASSEE
 
 
 
THE AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR OCTOBER IN TALLAHASSEE WAS 72.2  
DEGREES...3.1 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE DURING  
THE MONTH WAS 94 DEGREES ON THE 7TH AND 9TH. THE 94 DEGREES ON THE  
9TH BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD AND ANOTHER RECORD WAS BROKEN ON THE  
10TH WITH A READING OF 93 DEGREES. ALSO...A RECORD HIGH WAS TIED ON  
THE 29TH WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 89 DEGREES. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE  
DURING THE MONTH WAS 36 DEGREES ON THE 19TH WHICH TIED THE RECORD  
LOW FOR THAT DATE. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 60 DEGREES ON THE 17TH  
SET A NEW LOWEST MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR THAT DAY.  
 
RAINFALL AT THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT FOR OCTOBER MEASURED  
3.37 INCHES WHICH WAS 0.12 INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST AMOUNT  
IN A 24-HOUR PERIOD WAS 1.15 INCHES ON THE 15TH THROUGH 16TH. THERE  
WERE 11 DAYS WITH MEASURABLE RAINFALL...6 ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE 5  
DAYS WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT THE AIRPORT WHICH WAS 3 ABOVE NORMAL. THE  
PEAK WIND GUST WAS 58 MPH FROM THE WEST ON THE 26TH.  
 
THE OUTLOOK FOR NOVEMBER FROM THE CLIMATE PREDICTION CENTER CALLS  
FOR EQUAL CHANCES FOR EXPERIENCING ABOVE...BELOW OR NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES AND RAINFALL. 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 24% CHANCE  
THAT THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE 3-MONTH PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER  
THROUGH JANUARY WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL (> 56.6 DEGREES)...A 33%  
CHANCE NEAR NORMAL (54.1 - 56.6) AND A 43% CHANCE BELOW NORMAL  
(< 54.1). 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 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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