CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA							HANFORD METEOROLOGY STATION 25 MILES N.W. OF RICHLAND, WA LATITUDE 46º 34'N, LONGITUDE 119º 36'W ELEVATION (GROUND) 733 FEET							MONTH: August 2009
	TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)						PRECIPITATION			WIND (50-FT LEVEL)							FRONTS & MISC PHENOM
D A T E	M A X I M U M	M I N I M U M	A V E R A G E	D E P A R T U R E	H D D 65 ºF	C D D 65 ºF	T O T A L IN.	S N O W IN.	SNOW ON GRND AT 0400 IN.	P R E V A I L DIR	A V E SPD MPH	PK G U S T SPD MPH	PK G U S T DIR	A V E RH %	S O L A R A D	S K Y C V R SR TO SS	NOTE:TYPES AND TIMES OF FRONTAL PASSAGES "KFR"(COLD) "WFR"(WARM)
1	109	67	88	+9	0	23				W	7.0	29	WNW	26.0	538.8	6
2	104	77	90	+11	0	25				W	8.3	26	W	20.2	564.0	4
3	103	70	86	+7	0	21				SW	9.5	34	WNW	23.6	570.0	3
4	104	64	84	+5	0	20				W	7.4	28	NW	18.6	552.6	6
5	97	65	81	+2	0	16				NW	8.9	28	WNW	22.2	549.0	2
6	88	68	78	-1	0	13				NW	13.1	36	WSW	28.1	320.4	10	DL
7	83	63	73	-6	0	8				NW	9.7	27	WNW	46.8	411.6	7
8	87	59	73	-6	0	8				NW	7.6	28	NW	43.0	531.6	4
9	90	58	74	-4	0	9				NW	7.7	26	WNW	43.9	567.6	0
10	93	57	75	-3	0	10				SW	9.9	29	SW	39.8	529.8	3
11	89	63	76	-2	0	11	T			SW	10.1	27	NW	46.1	424.8	9
12	89	64	76	-1	0	11	T			W	9.3	27	NW	51.9	482.4	7
13	84	59	72	-4	0	7				NW	12.5	38	NW	37.8	484.2	6
14	79	55	67	-9	0	2				NW	13.3	36	NW	40.9	490.2	4
15	83	50	66	-9	0	1				NW	8.2	32	NW	40.0	492.6	3
16	86	57	72	-3	0	7				NW	6.9	24	NW	37.8	546.6	0
17	89	62	76	+2	0	11				NW	7.3	17	N	35.2	486.6	5
18	96	54	75	+1	0	10				NW	4.5	18	SSW	34.4	518.4	4
19	100	62	81	+7	0	16				NW	4.6	13	NW	32.2	519.0	2
20	105	64	84	+11	0	19	0.04			W	6.3	28	WNW	33.5	505.8	4	T, DL
21	95	62	78	+5	0	13				NW	12.7	41	NW	37.9	484.8	1	DL
22	86	57	72	-1	0	7				NW	7.3	26	WNW	37.3	490.2	5
23	87	63	75	+2	0	10				NW	12.6	31	WNW	30.6	532.8	0
24	86	48	67	-6	0	2				E	5.1	16	ENE	34.2	526.8	0
25	89	56	72	0	0	7				NW	9.8	30	SSW	31.0	498.0	5
26	88	52	70	-2	0	5				W	5.1	16	ESE	36.5	489.6	5
27	97	60	78	+6	0	13				NW	10.1	21	WNW	22.8	504.0	0
28	93	64	78	+6	0	13				NW	8.1	30	NW	22.8	361.2	6
29	85	57	71	-1	0	6				W	5.8	21	WSW	41.5	376.8	7	DL
30	91	65	78	+6	0	13				NW	5.6	16	E	42.6	439.2	6
31	94	58	76	+5	0	11				E	4.9	15	E	45.1	465.6	0
SUM					0	327	0.04
AVG	91.9	60.6	76.3								8.4					4.0

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.04	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.23	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.04	ON	20	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in column 15 is in Langleys; g-cal/sq. cm				NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				GL-Glaze, T-Thunderstorm, DS-Drifting Snow
TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)				>= T	3	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			76.3	>= 0.01	1	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.121
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.9	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.126	ON	17
HIGHEST	109	ON	1	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.645	ON	5
LOWEST	48	ON	24	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			492.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	570.0	ON	3
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			15	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	320.4	ON	6
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.4	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.5	CLEAR	12	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 41	ON	21	PARTLY CLOUDY	17	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	2	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	76.7	WET BULB (ºF)	58.5	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			0	REL. HUM. (%)	35.0	DEW PT.(ºF)	44.9	HIGHEST	84	ON	12
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-9	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	94	ON	4