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:
April 2007
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 32 44 -6 21 0    W 9.2 30 W 46 497 0  
2 54 31 42 -8 23 0    NW 9.0 22 NW 45 431 2  
3 56 27 42 -8 23 0    NW 5.7 13 WNW 48 440 4  
4 58 39 48 -3 17 0    NW 6.8 22 NW 57 285 10  
5 66 36 51 0 14 0    NW 6.3 15 NW 65 458 8  
6 74 46 60 +9 5 0    NW 7.4 15 WNW 53 479 4  
7 70 48 59 +8 6 0 T   NW 9.2 25 WSW 54 340 8  
8 72 47 60 +9 5 0 0.03   W 10.0 36 S 54 466 5  
9 62 38 50 -1 15 0 T   SW 18.6 49 W 53 482 3 KFR 0500
10 62 31 46 -6 19 0    W 11.0 34 NW 46 527 1  
11 61 28 44 -8 21 0    W 6.9 24 W 50 400 8  
12 65 39 52 0 13 0    SW 9.1 35 SE 52 458 1  
13 67 36 52 -1 13 0    NW 6.2 18 NW 54 439 9  
14 58 44 51 -2 14 0 0.22   W 6.9 31 NW 76 162 10 KFR 1800
15 63 38 50 -4 15 0    SW 8.9 36 WNW 48 548 2  
16 64 31 48 -6 17 0 T   W 7.3 26 WSW 62 306 8 KFR 1930
17 64 38 51 -3 14 0 T   W 9.9 30 WNW 49 503 4  
18 64 42 53 -1 12 0    W 13.0 30 NW 39 487 6  
19 61 34 48 -6 17 0    SW 7.1 19 WSW 39 574 0  
20 65 30 48 -7 17 0 T   W 5.9 20 ESE 45 493 4  
21 59 44 52 -3 13 0 0.01   NE 5.2 19 W 65 227 10  
22 66 44 55 0 10 0 T   W 5.8 23 WNW 66 335 10  
23 74 45 60 +5 5 0    W 7.4 24 WNW 44 578 1  
24 76 47 62 +7 3 0    W 11.1 34 WSW 47 389 8 KFR 1730
25 67 45 56 0 9 0    NW 10.6 28 WNW 50 349 10  
26 69 34 52 -4 13 0    S 7.9 24 NW 51 467 7  
27 79 46 62 +6 3 0    SW 7.8 24 SW 48 517 8  
28 77 49 63 +6 2 0    NW 8.3 21 WNW 49 483 8  
29 71 47 59 +2 6 0    NW 11.7 28 NNW 40 529 8 KFR 1200
30 70 38 54 -4 11 0    E 5.6 14 ENE 40 466 9  
SUM 376 0 0.26
AVG 65.7 39.1 52.4 8.5 5.8
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.26 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.18 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.22ON14 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) >= T9 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH52.4 >= 0.013 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.206
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-1.1 >= 0.101 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.30ON3
HIGHEST79 ON27 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.63ON8
LOWEST27 ON3 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL437.3
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY578ON23
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY162ON14
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW7 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)8.5 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.3 CLEAR8 FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTW @ 49ON9 PARTLY CLOUDY7 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH376 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY15DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL0 DRY BULB (ºF)53.0WET BULB (ºF)44.2 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)5134 REL. HUM. (%)51.2DEW PT.(ºF)33.9 HIGHEST98 ON14
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+137 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST14 ON19