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: January 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	35	24	30	+2	35	0			T	NW	10.5	24	NW	73.5	103	10
2	32	25	28	0	37	0	T	T	T	NW	3.6	11	WNW	78.1	38	10	GL
3	37	27	32	+4	33	0	T		T	NW	5.4	14	NW	80.6	49	10
4	49	25	37	+9	28	0	0.06		T	NW	10.0	50	SSW	85.0	56	10	WFR 0930, KFR 2100
5	48	32	40	+12	25	0			1	SW	14.6	51	SSW	59.7	118	9
6	43	26	34	+6	31	0			1	SW	7.2	29	SSW	69.8	92	7
7	39	25	32	+3	33	0	0.14	1.8	1	NW	6.0	15	NW	86.2	138	5	F, WFR 0100
8	32	27	30	+1	35	0	0.30	3.6	1	NW	6.1	14	NW	96.0	64	10	F
9	40	25	32	+3	33	0	T	T	4	W	6.9	25	WNW	82.8	126	7
10	32	27	30	+1	35	0	0.10	1.0	4	NW	4.4	12	NNE	99.0	82	10	F, KFR 0800
11	44	23	34	+4	31	0	T	T	3	NW	5.1	18	SW	92.1	160	2	F
12	33	23	28	-3	37	0	0.08		3	NW	5.2	15	NW	96.3	66	10	F,GL, KFR 0900
13	30	27	28	-4	37	0			3	NW	4.4	14	WNW	98.5	53	10	F
14	41	30	36	+3	29	0	T		2	W	8.2	45	WSW	89.0	74	10	F, KFR 1715
15	40	26	33	0	32	0			2	W	10.2	34	WNW	55.8	156	3
16	33	17	25	-9	40	0			2	NW	5.2	14	WNW	78.4	152	5
17	33	15	24	-10	41	0			2	NW	4.6	13	WNW	81.7	158	1
18	34	14	24	-10	41	0			2	NW	4.0	10	NW	84.4	176	4	F
19	33	20	26	-8	39	0			2	NW	3.7	10	NNW	89.8	115	8	KFR 2230
20	32	21	26	-8	39	0	0.04	0.8	2	NE	14.1	37	NNE	71.0	55	10	F, BS, KFR 0745
21	28	9	18	-16	47	0			3	NE	9.1	24	NNE	51.9	186	0
22	22	2	12	-22	53	0			2	W	4.6	15	WNW	78.2	162	2
23	23	4	14	-20	51	0			2	NW	5.5	13	WNW	77.1	187	3
24	26	12	19	-15	46	0			2	NW	6.4	16	WNW	73.0	179	4
25	24	4	14	-20	51	0			2	NW	4.5	10	WNW	86.5	188	1	F
26	22	7	14	-20	51	0	0.11	2.5	2	NW	3.0	10	ESE	93.3	40	9	F
27	31	17	24	-9	41	0	0.45	7.0	4	NW	6.8	18	WNW	97.9	65	10	F, KFR 1700
28	26	8	17	-16	48	0			10	NE	4.3	11	NW	91.7	158	6
29	40	21	30	-3	35	0			9	W	10.3	35	W	72.8	190	3	KFR 1130
30	42	22	32	-1	33	0			8	SW	12.2	43	S	64.8	169	6
31	44	36	40	+7	25	0			6	SW	15.5	36	SSW	67.2	163	7	KFR 1000
SUM					1172	0	1.28	16.7
AVG	34.5	20.0	27.2								7.2					6.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.28	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.41	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.45	ON	27	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	13	>= 0.25	2	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			27.2	>= 0.01	8	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.203
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-4.6	>= 0.10	5	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.64	ON	1
HIGHEST	49	ON	4	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	28.95	ON	4
LOWEST	2	ON	22	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			16.7	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	7.0	ON	27	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			120.0
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			13	MAX ON GRND	10	ON	28	MAX DAILY	190	ON	29
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	38.4	ON	2
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			30	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.9	CLEAR	8	FOG	12
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SSW @ 51	ON	5	PARTLY CLOUDY	9	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1172	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	14	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+144	DRY BULB (ºF)	27.4	WET BULB (ºF)	25.6	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3453	REL. HUM. (%)	80.7	DEW PT.(ºF)	21.8	HIGHEST	100	ON	14+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+186	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	37	ON	21