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: March 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	57	37	47	+5	18	0				W	12.5	34	WNW	48.0	257	7
2	54	33	44	+2	21	0				W	8.5	32	W	43.7	329	2
3	59	31	45	+3	20	0				W	10.0	45	WSW	56.6	157	7	BD,KFR 1730
4	60	32	46	+4	19	0				NW	11.7	30	WNW	47.3	315	6
5	57	24	40	-2	25	0				SW	5.5	13	WNW	51.8	347	0
6	60	22	41	-2	24	0				SE	4.3	16	ESE	55.3	342	7
7	57	31	44	0	21	0	0.01			SE	3.8	12	E	60.0	163	9	KFR 2330
8	63	34	48	+4	17	0	0.01			NW	5.5	15	NW	62.3	368	0
9	59	30	44	-1	21	0				NW	4.5	12	ENE	65.9	278	9
10	58	34	46	0	19	0	0.07			W	4.6	16	W	67.3	198	10
11	59	40	50	+4	15	0	T			SW	15.1	38	SW	49.2	331	3	KFR 0115
12	54	30	42	-4	23	0				SE	5.0	25	WNW	54.8	236	9
13	50	38	44	-2	21	0	0.10			NW	5.5	15	WNW	82.1	166	10
14	57	38	48	+1	17	0				SW	10.7	34	SSW	57.8	201	9
15	57	31	44	-3	21	0				W	7.4	30	W	56.9	266	8
16	57	34	46	-1	19	0				W	8.7	22	S	45.3	308	2
17	62	34	48	0	17	0				SW	7.5	26	WSW	51.3	341	5
18	61	30	46	-2	19	0				NW	9.1	32	NW	59.0	287	5
19	52	29	40	-8	25	0				S	4.3	17	WSW	61.0	268	8
20	52	32	42	-6	23	0				SW	11.8	35	SSW	57.1	247	9
21	55	30	42	-6	23	0				W	10.8	27	W	41.2	375	3	KFR 0000
22	57	22	40	-8	25	0				NW	5.9	16	E	48.8	385	4
23	62	36	49	+1	16	0	T			SW	12.6	45	SW	51.7	181	10	KFR 1730
24	53	31	42	-6	23	0				W	7.7	24	NW	36.4	431	1
25	56	25	40	-8	25	0				S	6.9	23	SW	43.3	387	7
26	54	38	46	-2	19	0				SW	12.8	34	SSW	46.0	276	8
27	54	23	38	-10	27	0				W	10.2	41	W	40.3	347	4
28	41	23	32	-16	33	0	T	T		NW	6.8	27	WSW	69.9	149	9	KFR 1645
29	51	33	42	-7	23	0	0.01			W	10.1	27	WSW	49.9	286	7
30	49	27	38	-11	27	0	T			NW	10.3	30	WNW	61.9	370	8
31	54	28	41	-8	24	0				W	7.1	31	NW	40.1	347	4
SUM					670	0	0.20	T
AVG	55.8	31.0	43.4								8.3					6.1

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.20	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.38	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.10	ON	13	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	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			43.4	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.317
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-2.7	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.60	ON	22
HIGHEST	63	ON	8	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.65	ON	28
LOWEST	22	ON	22+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			T	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	T	ON	28	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			288.3
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	431	ON	24
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	149	ON	28
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			19	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.4	CLEAR	7	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 45	ON	23+	PARTLY CLOUDY	10	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			670	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	14	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+83	DRY BULB (ºF)	43.5	WET BULB (ºF)	36.8	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4831	REL. HUM. (%)	53.6	DEW PT.(ºF)	26.5	HIGHEST	98	ON	8
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+210	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	14	ON	24