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:
June 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 92 67 80 +14 0 15    NE 12.3 34 ENE 22.4 541.27  
2 86 63 74 +8 0 9    NE 12.6 32 N 27.8 626.48  
3 89 57 73 +7 0 8    N 8.3 24 N 31.2 657.64  
4 93 62 78 +11 0 13 0.11   NW 9.6 39 S 35.2 461.48 T, DL
5 89 58 74 +7 0 9    NW 7.5 42 NW 56.1 545.46 DL
6 82 57 70 +3 0 5 T   NW 11.6 35 NW 48.4 351.08 T, DL
7 72 54 63 -4 2 0 0.02   NE 5.9 16 WSW 58.4 358.29 DL
8 80 49 64 -3 1 0    E 6.5 28 E 58.8 504.63 DL
9 84 50 67 0 0 2    E 6.5 21 ENE 44.5 621.05  
10 84 57 70 +2 0 5    NW 7.9 27 WNW 37.4 658.81  
11 89 55 72 +4 0 7    W 6.7 21 SSE 37.5 664.22  
12 88 58 73 +4 0 8    SW 6.0 23 S 42.4 595.85  
13 88 53 70 +1 0 5 0.01   W 5.9 24 WNW 47.1 495.67 DL
14 85 64 74 +5 0 9    NW 8.1 29 NW 49.7 400.89 DL
15 89 61 75 +6 0 10    NW 9.0 31 WNW 40.7 646.20  
16 88 54 71 +2 0 6    NW 7.8 28 WNW 37.8 578.49  
17 87 65 76 +6 0 11    NW 17.6 43 NW 34.9 614.44  
18 85 60 72 +2 0 7    SW 8.6 25 NW 34.5 625.24  
19 85 62 74 +4 0 9 T   W 10.5 33 WNW 44.1 456.08 KFR 1245
20 80 57 68 -3 0 3    NW 12.5 38 NW 35.7 643.21  
21 73 52 62 -9 3 0    W 13.4 35 WNW 35.6 382.89  
22 75 49 62 -9 3 0 0.02   W 10.4 25 WSW 44.8 499.27  
23 83 48 66 -5 0 1    SE 5.2 16 SSE 36.8 622.23  
24 96 57 76 +5 0 11    SW 9.6 38 SW 28.3 655.83 KFR 1800
25 82 58 70 -2 0 5    NW 11.5 34 NW 38.5 668.41  
26 85 58 72 0 0 7    NW 11.5 36 NW 29.5 691.80  
27 92 53 72 0 0 7    SE 7.7 32 WNW 22.7 672.60  
28 91 63 77 +5 0 12    NW 14.4 42 NW 27.1 691.60  
29 89 58 74 +2 0 9    NW 9.9 40 WNW 19.3 690.61  
30 88 61 74 +2 0 9    NW 8.6 27 WNW 18.3 694.20  
SUM 9 202 0.16 0
AVG 85.6 57.3 71.5 9.5 4.4
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.16 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.25 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.11ON4 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) >= T6 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH71.5 >= 0.014 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.075
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+2.2 >= 0.101 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.191ON27
HIGHEST96 ON24 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.486ON5
LOWEST48 ON23 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL576.9
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY694ON30
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE5 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY351ON6
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.5 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.4 CLEAR13FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTNW @ 43ON17 PARTLY CLOUDY9 THDR2
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH9 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY8 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-24 DRY BULB (ºF)71.4WET BULB (ºF)55.5 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)5569 REL. HUM. (%)37.5DEW PT.(ºF)41.8 HIGHEST94 ON8
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+409 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST8 ON30