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 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	38	22	30	-2	35	0				NW	4.4	11	SSE	76.6	82	10
2	39	29	34	+2	31	0				NW	5.3	14	W	79.8	71	10
3	48	25	36	+4	29	0				NW	8.5	18	WNW	73.5	216	4
4	45	22	34	+2	31	0				W	4.1	10	W	81.3	194	8
5	41	25	33	+1	32	0	0.07			NW	4.4	14	NW	89.0	77	10
6	36	31	34	+1	31	0	T			NW	3.8	11	NW	99.3	58	10	KFR 0015
7	32	24	28	-6	37	0				NW	3.3	10	SSE	99.2	59	10
8	32	18	25	-10	40	0				NW	5.1	13	WNW	95.6	75	7
9	48	24	36	0	29	0				W	6.7	19	W	67.0	185	6	KFR 0300
10	39	24	32	-5	33	0	0.01	0.2		NW	6.3	16	WNW	72.7	91	9
11	41	28	34	-3	31	0	0.05	0.5	1	NW	7.1	14	WNW	80.9	163	9
12	35	31	33	-5	32	0	T	T		NW	5.3	15	NW	85.9	49	10	GL
13	45	32	38	-1	27	0				NW	9.1	17	NW	69.5	161	10
14	47	30	38	-2	27	0				NW	6.2	13	W	69.0	209	3
15	37	29	33	-7	32	0	T	T		NW	8.8	20	NW	85.0	89	10
16	45	33	39	-1	26	0	T			NW	10.1	18	NW	77.0	117	10
17	52	29	40	0	25	0				W	5.2	13	WNW	73.5	243	3
18	50	24	37	-3	28	0				NW	4.5	12	E	82.8	259	1
19	38	26	32	-9	33	0				NW	4.0	9	NW	91.5	61	10
20	47	22	34	-7	31	0				SE	4.2	12	SSE	82.5	264	5
21	42	25	34	-7	31	0				NW	4.8	12	NW	85.0	121	10
22	39	24	32	-9	33	0	0.14	T		W	3.8	12	WNW	93.2	89	10	GL
23	40	32	36	-5	29	0	0.36			SE	5.5	31	WSW	95.5	62	10
24	59	32	46	+5	19	0				SW	15.7	38	SW	60.3	257	4
25	55	39	47	+6	18	0	0.01			SW	17.4	43	SW	62.2	155	8
26	44	29	36	-5	29	0				NW	9.9	28	NW	56.4	218	4	KFR 0330
27	44	18	31	-10	34	0				NW	5.8	15	WNW	71.6	316	0
28	45	28	36	-5	29	0				NW	9.6	19	WNW	63.5	204	7
SUM					842	0	0.64	0.7
AVG	43.0	27.0	35.0								6.7					7.4

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.64	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.04	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.38	ON	22-23	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	10	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			35.0	>= 0.01	6	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.261
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-2.9	>= 0.10	2	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.502	ON	1
HIGHEST	59	ON	24	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.657	ON	25
LOWEST	18	ON	27+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.7	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	0.7	ON	10-11	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			148.0
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			2	MAX ON GRND	1	ON	11	MAX DAILY	315	ON	27
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	48.6	ON	12
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			26	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.7	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.3	CLEAR	4	FOG	10
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 43	ON	25	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			842	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	17	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+75	DRY BULB (ºF)	35.0	WET BULB (ºF)	32.5	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4274	REL. HUM. (%)	79.3	DEW PT.(ºF)	28.7	HIGHEST	100	ON	23+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+240	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	31	ON	9