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Tallahassee Rgnl Airport NEXRAD: Tallahassee Tallahassee, FL, United States	About this Station Station Home Page NEXRAD Information Data Inventories DATA Station History State Climatologist Regional Climate Center Information at Other Sites National Weather Service - Southern Region Headquarters - Current Weather Conditions - Current Weather Forecast Current Radar Current Satellite Sunrise/Sunset
ASOS Photographs Other Stations in Tallahassee List Stations in Division FL-01 List Stations in Leon County List Stations within 5, 10, 25, or 50 miles Type* : LAND SURFACE COOP AB ASOS ASOS-NWS NEXRAD Call Sign/ICS* : TLH / KTLH WBAN* : 93805 COOP ID* : 088758 Climate Division* : FL-01 - Northwest WMO ID* : 72214 In Service* : 29 Mar 1961 to Present Elevation* : 16.8m (55') above s/l Lat/Lon* : 30°24'N / 84°21'W County* : Leon

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About this Station

Located about 20 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, Tallahassee has a mild, moist climate of the Gulf States. In contrast to the southern part of the Florida Peninsula, there is a definite march of the four seasons with considerable winter rainfall and quite a bit less winter sunshine. The annual average temperature is about 68 degrees.

During the winter, topographic effects and cold air drainage into lower elevations produce a wide variation of low temperatures on cold, clear and calm nights. Freezing temperatures at the airport and surrounding suburban areas average about thirty-six occurrences each winter, but freezing temperatures in the city are about half that number. Temperatures of 25 degrees or lower in the suburban areas average about twelve times per winter, with temperatures dropping into the teens on occasions. Below zero temperatures are rarely recorded. Snow in Tallahassee is infrequent. The date for the last occurrence of 32 degrees is February 28, but has been as late as April 8. The date of the first occurrence of 32 degrees in the fall is November 25, but has been as early as October 18. This gives an average growing season of some 270 days.

Summer is the least pleasant time of the year. Thunderstorms occur every other day. Rather high temperatures and very high humidities cause considerable discomfort. Occurrences of temperatures of 90 degrees or higher average about 90 days per year, but only about 22 of these days have readings as high as 95 degrees. Temperatures reach 100 degrees once or twice in less than half the years. In general, summertime cloudiness holds the high temperatures about 90 degrees. July is the wettest month followed by August, September, and June. The driest months are October, November, and April.

Extended droughts are infrequent, shorter droughts are rather common, but both are significant. Droughts, or rainfall deficiencies, when extended over months or years, cause the disappearance of large lakes and cypress ponds. Droughts of shorter duration create fire danger in the nearby forests.

High winds are infrequent and of short duration, usually associated with strong cold fronts in the late winter and early spring months. The likelihood of a hurricane occurrence in our coastal area is about once every 17 years with fringe effects felt about once every five years.

NEXRAD Information

	NEXRAD Station Name:	Tallahassee
	Affiliation:	National Weather Service
	Internationl Call Sign:	KTLH
	WBAN #:	93805
	Date Commissioned:	01 Aug 1995
	Elevation:	19.2m (63')
	Antenna Height:	30m (98')
	Lat/Lon:	30°23'51"N / 084°19'44"W
	Level 2 Dataset:	TD6814 (documentation available as TD6500)
	Level 3 Dataset:	TD7512 (documentation available as TD7000)

Data Inventories

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Surface
DAT INV DOC 3200 -Cooperative Summary Of The Day
DAT INV DOC 3210 -Summary Of The Day - First Order
DAT INV DOC SOD -Daily Surface Data (TD3200/3210 combined)
DAT INV DOC 3220 -Summary Of The Month (SOM) Cooperative
DAT INV DOC 3240 -Hourly Precipitation Data
DAT INV DOC 3280 -Surface Airways Hourly And Airways Solar Radiation
DAT INV DOC 3290 -Summary Observation
DAT INV DOC 3292 -Weather Duration
DAT INV DOC 9950 -DATSAV 2 Surface (see Global Surface Station Information).


Upper Air
DAT INV DOC 6301 -
DAT INV DOC 6302 -


Radar
DAT INV DOC 6500 -Nexrad Level II
DAT INV DOC 7000 -Nexrad Level III

DATA

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Forms, Publications, and Web Pages

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Hourly Precipitation Data for Florida
Hourly/Daily Data, Local Climatological Data (Unedited)
Hourly/Daily Data, Local Climatological Data (Edited)
Daily/Monthly/Annual Florida Climatological Data
Record of Climatological Observations
Annual Climatological Summary
Storm Data Publication


Miscellaneous Storm Events in Leon County
    *All Drought Dust Storm Flood Fog Hail Hurricane & Tropical Storm Lightning Tornado Wild/Forest Fire Ocean/lake Surf Precipitation Snow & Ice Temperature Extremes Thunderstorm & High Wind

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National Mosaic Reflectivity Images
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Hourly U.S. Weather Observations, 1990-1995
NCDC Cooperative Station Data
Radiosonde Data of North America
Solar and Meteorological Surface Observational Network
U.S. Hourly Precipitation Data


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SOD -Daily Surface Data (TD3200/3210 combined)
3220 -Summary Of The Month (SOM) Cooperative
3240 -Hourly Precipitation Data

Station History

Please Note that this station shares the same COOP ID Number and the same Data as
Tallahassee Dale Mabry Field.

Please Note that this station shares the same WBAN Number and the same Data as
Tallahassee Dale Mabry FieldTallahassee

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