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: February 2008
	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	45	33	39	+7	26	0			2	SW	13.3	33	SW	63.2	194	3
2	50	30	35	+3	30	0	0.34	3.4	2	NW	7.5	21	S	85.5	63	10	F
3	39	31	35	+3	30	0	0.06	0.6	6	W	8.0	19	WNW	81.3	140	10	F, KFR 0200
4	41	25	33	+1	32	0			4	W	5.0	17	NW	60.5	203	7
5	45	24	34	+2	31	0	T		3	S	11.5	43	WSW	77.3	97	9	KFR 1700
6	45	34	40	+7	25	0			3	SW	16.3	50	S	64.0	124	10
7	48	38	43	+9	22	0			2	SW	24.6	59	WSW	59.1	205	3	KFR 0400
8	55	34	44	+9	21	0			T	NW	7.8	30	S	61.4	160	8
9	53	32	42	+6	23	0				W	5.0	19	WSW	79.5	80	10
10	54	35	44	+7	21	0				SW	8.5	34	W	66.7	106	10	KFR 1630
11	50	34	42	+5	23	0				S	4.9	12	SSW	73.1	96	10
12	53	32	42	+4	23	0				NW	5.3	32	W	71.6	142	8	KFR 1730
13	51	36	44	+5	21	0				NW	16.7	32	NW	51.5	253	0
14	50	25	38	-2	27	0				NW	4.6	18	WNW	60.1	204	7
15	47	28	38	-2	27	0	T			NW	4.8	13	NNW	76.2	173	9	KFR 2015
16	55	30	42	2	23	0				NW	7.1	21	NW	66.8	232	8
17	46	24	35	-5	30	0				NW	5.2	13	NW	77.9	257	5
18	48	21	34	-6	31	0				NW	6.2	15	NW	75.9	275	0
19	49	29	39	-2	26	0				NW	5.8	18	W	69.0	268	1	METEOR
20	48	25	36	-5	29	0				NW	4.1	11	E	77.1	229	10
21	50	30	40	-1	25	0				NW	8.1	17	ENE	74.2	249	7
22	52	30	41	0	24	0	0.01			NW	4.4	14	WNW	77.7	232	7
23	54	24	39	-2	26	0				NW	5.8	20	NW	79.1	287	0	F
24	48	38	43	+2	22	0	0.09			NW	9.7	18	NW	81.8	128	10
25	56	34	45	+4	20	0	T			N	4.1	11	NE	79.7	241	8
26	51	32	42	+1	23	0				NW	5.9	11	WNW	83.6	205	9	F
27	57	34	46	+5	19	0	0.05			W	5.4	14	ESE	82.6	199	6	T,A, KFR 1015
28	65	38	52	+11	13	0				NW	5.2	15	E	66.9	291	4
29	59	41	50	+9	15	0	T			NW	8.8	37	SW	65.3	208	8	KFR 1945
SUM					708	0	0.55	4.0
AVG	50.1	31.1	40.6								7.9					6.8

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.55	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.13	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.40	ON	2-3	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	9	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			40.6	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.257
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.7	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.46	ON	26+
HIGHEST	65	ON	28	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.44	ON	3+
LOWEST	21	ON	18	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			4.0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	4.0	ON	2-3	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			191.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	6	ON	3	MAX DAILY	291.0	ON	28
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	63.	ON	2
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			17	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.9	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.9	CLEAR	6	FOG	4
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 59	ON	7	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			708	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	16	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-59	DRY BULB (ºF)	40.1	WET BULB (ºF)	36.3	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4161	REL. HUM. (%)	72.0	DEW PT.(ºF)	31.2	HIGHEST	99	ON	26+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+127	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	31	ON	14