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: September 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	96	61	78	+7	0	13				W	6.9	22	SSW	39.4	458.4	2
2	96	58	77	+6	0	12				SE	5.0	22	WSW	40.3	444.6	5
3	80	59	70	0	0	5				W	11.4	39	WSW	38.0	381.0	8	DL, KFR 0330
4	80	51	66	-4	0	1				W	6.3	14	WSW	42.7	295.2	8
5	85	59	72	+2	0	7	0.06			W	8.6	32	NW	48.1	334.2	10	DL, KFR 1800
6	73	53	63	-7	2	0	T			SW	14.3	46	W	52.4	334.2	7
7	76	43	60	-9	5	0				W	7.2	20	NNW	52.0	420.0	1
8	77	43	60	-9	5	0				E	5.4	16	ENE	47.8	454.2	2
9	83	50	66	-2	0	1				SE	6.1	24	WNW	42.7	283.2	8
10	84	55	70	+2	0	5				W	6.1	20	WNW	40.6	446.4	0
11	89	61	75	+7	0	10				NW	8.1	15	NW	31.8	441.6	0
12	93	60	76	+9	0	11				NW	7.0	16	NW	31.3	426.6	0
13	96	59	78	+11	0	13				W	7.3	25	NW	30.3	426.6	0
14	91	62	76	+9	0	11				W	7.7	27	NW	43.9	402.0	6
15	85	57	71	+5	0	6				E	5.5	13	ESE	43.7	366.0	7
16	93	65	79	+13	0	14				NW	11.1	33	WNW	39.7	401.4	1
17	83	55	69	+4	0	4				W	8.4	29	WNW	33.6	417.0	1	DL
18	85	44	64	-1	1	0				NW	4.7	11	W	37.7	411.6	0
19	81	52	66	+2	0	1	T			NW	8.9	38	WNW	43.5	175.2	10	KFR 1400
20	75	50	62	-2	3	0				W	7.9	23	W	37.8	406.2	0
21	79	40	60	-3	5	0				W	4.2	13	ENE	40.1	396.0	0
22	85	53	69	+6	0	4				NW	7.7	16	W	29.4	394.2	0
23	90	55	72	+10	0	7				NW	4.9	15	E	33.5	379.8	0
24	92	51	72	+10	0	7				NW	5.8	27	NW	38.2	357.0	4
25	88	51	70	+8	0	5				W	6.0	19	WNW	36.5	374.4	0
26	88	55	72	+10	0	7				NW	12.2	36	NW	28.6	373.2	1
27	76	53	64	+2	1	0				NW	8.0	17	WNW	27.3	375.0	0
28	79	44	62	0	3	0				W	9.7	29	W	31.0	319.8	5	KFR 1745
29	68	44	56	-6	9	0				W	10.1	28	WSW	43.9	308.4	5	DL
30	65	42	54	-7	11	0				NW	12.0	29	NW	39.7	281.4	2
SUM					45	144
AVG	83.7	52.8	68.3								7.8					3.1

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.06	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.27	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.06	ON	5-	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	3	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			68.3	>= 0.01	1	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.188
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.4	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.413	ON	21
HIGHEST	96	ON	13+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.421	ON	13
LOWEST	40	ON	21	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			376.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	458.4	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			8	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	175.2	ON	19
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.8	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.5	CLEAR	18	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	W @ 46	ON	6	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			45	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	5	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-30	DRY BULB (ºF)	68.2	WET BULB (ºF)	53.5	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			45	REL. HUM. (%)	38.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	40.5	HIGHEST	96	ON	5
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-39	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	12	ON	28