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Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Jacksonville, FL

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSONVILLE FL
115 PM EDT WED MAY 1 2013

      ...APRIL 2013 CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JACKSONVILLE...

APRIL WAS A NEAR NORMAL MONTH FOR THE JACKSONVILLE AREA. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS TOTALED CLOSE TO A HALF INCH ABOVE NORMAL...AND AVERAGE
TEMPERATURES WERE A HALF DEGREE ABOVE NORMAL. THERE WERE SEVERAL
CHILLY DAYS...AND TWO LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS WERE EITHER
TIED OR BROKEN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE MONTH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS
ACCUMULATED GRADUALLY...WITH NO 24-HOUR TOTAL GREATER THAN ONE INCH.

TEMPERATURES...
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR APRIL WAS 67.7 DEGREES...WHICH IS 0.7
DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE AVERAGE DAILY HIGH WAS 78.7 DEGREES. THE
AVERAGE DAILY LOW WAS 56.6 DEGREES. THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURE FOR THE
MONTH WAS 89 DEGREES ON THE 12TH AND 19TH. THE LOWEST TEMPERATURE
WAS 45 DEGREES ON THE 6TH. A RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURE OF 70
DEGREES WAS SET ON THE 12TH...BREAKING THE PREVIOUS RECORD WHICH WAS
SET IN 1883. A LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 62 DEGREES ON THE 20TH
TIED THE RECORD PREVIOUSLY SET IN 1926...AND A RECORD LOW MAXIMUM
TEMPERATURE WAS SET ON THE 22ND...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD WHICH WAS
SET IN 1901.

RAINFALL...
THERE WERE 11 DAYS OF MEASURABLE RAINFALL AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. MONTHLY RAINFALL TOTALED 3.06 INCHES...0.42
INCHES ABOVE NORMAL. THE GREATEST 24 HOUR TOTAL WAS 0.65 INCHES ON
THE 21ST.

WIND...
THE AVERAGE WIND SPEED FOR APRIL WAS 7.2 MILES PER HOUR. THE PEAK
WIND GUST FOR THE MONTH WAS 37 MILES PER HOUR ON THE 21ST FROM THE
NORTHEAST...AND THE HIGHEST SUSTAINED WIND WAS 30 MILES PER HOUR
ON THE 12TH FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

FOR ENERGY CONSUMPTION PURPOSES...
THERE WERE 41 HEATING DEGREE DAYS...WHICH IS 14 BELOW NORMAL. THERE
WERE 127 COOLING DEGREE DAYS...WHICH IS 14 ABOVE NORMAL.

30 DAY OUTLOOK...
THE OUTLOOK FOR MAY CALLS FOR NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND ABOVE
NORMAL RAINFALL. THE NORMAL MONTHLY TEMPERATURE FOR MAY IS 74.1
DEGREES. THE NORMAL DAILY HIGH IS 85.5 DEGREES AND THE NORMAL DAILY
LOW IS 62.7 DEGREES. NORMAL MAY RAINFALL IS 2.48 INCHES.

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ADDITIONAL RAINFALL REPORTS FROM AROUND THE AREA...

JACKSONVILLE VICINITY...             NORTHEAST FLORIDA...

JACKSONVILLE BEACH..... 4.15         LIVE OAK ............ 3.96
JACKSONVILLE NAS....... 3.91         GAINESVILLE ......... 3.48
FORT CAROLINE.......... N/A          LAKE CITY 2E......... 4.66
BIG TALBOT ISLAND...... 4.01         FEDERAL POINT........ 3.61
LITTLE TALBOT ISLAND... 4.45         ST. AUGUSTINE LITEHS. 3.64
WHITE HOUSE............ N/A          ST. AUGUSTINE ARPT... 3.68
CRAIG FIELD............ 4.02         HASTINGS 4NE......... 3.78
MAYPORT NS............. 3.55         HIGH SPRINGS......... 2.65
SOUTH PONTE VEDRA...... 2.39         JASPER............... 9.73
GUANA RIVER ST PARK.... 3.18         BELL 4NW............. 3.58
BEAUCLERC.............. 4.99         ORANGE SPRINGS 2SSW.. 4.68
                                     PALM COAST NE........ 3.91
                                     OCALA................ 4.07
                                     STARKE............... 2.95
                                     CRESCENT CITY........ 4.62
                                     GLEN ST MARY......... 2.83
                                     FERNANDINA BEACH..... 3.87
                                     WHITE SPRINGS 7N..... N/A
                                     JUNIPER SPRINGS...... 1.68
                                     FLAGLER BEACH........ 6.04
                                     BUNNELL.............. 3.23

SOUTHEAST GEORGIA...

BAXLEY 5NNW............ 3.45         WOODBINE............. 3.40
BRUNSWICK.............. N/A          ST SIMONS ISLAND..... 2.80
HOMERVILLE 5N.......... 5.73         ALMA................. 3.24
PRIDGEN................ 3.71         PATTERSON............ 4.88
WAYCROSS 4NE........... 4.80         MANOR................ 5.83
NAHUNTA 6NE............ 4.66         HAZLEHURST........... 4.26
FARGO 17NE............. 6.46         DOUGLAS.............. N/A

RAINFALL REPORTS ARE PRELIMINARY. CO-OP SITES REPORT A 24 HOUR TOTAL
NOT BASED ON A MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CALENDAR DAY.

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FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL REPORTS CHECK OUT COCORAHS...THE COMMUNITY
COLLABORATIVE RAIN...HAIL...AND SNOW NETWORK. THIS PUBLIC VOLUNTEER
RAIN GAUGE NETWORK IS OPEN TO ANYONE WILLING TO MEASURE AND REPORT
PRECIPITATION. GO TO THE COCORAHS WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND
TO SIGN UP. HTTP://WWW.COCORAHS.ORG

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