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 1995
	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	66	45	56	+6	9	0				NW	15.5	35	WNW	39	463	4
2	67	36	52	+2	13	0				W	6.5	19	NNW	46	454	8
3	72	37	54	+4	11	0				NW	5.2	15	SSE	54	443	8
4	71	43	57	+6	8	0				W	11.3	39	SW	52	326	10	KFR 1525
5	60	35	48	-3	17	0	0.02			W	6.9	33	SW	55	286	8
6	64	37	50	-1	15	0				SE	5.1	16	ESE	61	413	8
7	68	46	57	+5	8	0	0.01			SW	10.7	37	SW	59	291	9	DL,KFR 1142
8	61	41	51	-1	14	0				SW	15.8	34	SW	46	488	6
9	64	44	54	+2	11	0				NW	14.6	37	W	36	469	3
10	59	30	44	-8	21	0	0.06			SW	6.3	24	SSW	60	262	9
11	64	40	52	0	13	0				N	7.5	22	WNW	49	479	9
12	47	41	44	-8	21	0	0.36			NW	10.0	24	WNW	81	78	10
13	62	40	51	-1	14	0	0.06			NW	10.8	33	WSW	63	406	7	F
14	57	35	46	-6	19	0	0.08	T		W	11.8	35	WSW	49	311	6	A
15	59	28	44	-8	21	0				NE	5.5	17	E	54	537	8
16	64	37	50	-2	15	0				W	8.2	18	NW	41	530	2
17	62	33	48	-4	17	0				SW	8.1	33	WSW	53	313	10	KFR 1948
18	63	42	52	0	13	0				NW	11.1	33	W	38	467	8
19	61	34	48	-4	17	0	T			SW	8.5	27	NW	38	495	3
20	59	42	50	-3	15	0	0.14			N	5.9	20	W	71	341	10	KFR 1200
21	68	42	55	+2	10	0				W	6.8	22	WSW	43	551	1
22	74	38	56	+2	9	0				NW	6.0	18	ENE	45	562	1
23	76	39	58	+4	7	0				NE	5.8	15	ENE	44	549	6
24	80	41	60	+6	5	0				NW	9.2	38	NW	42	551	2	KFR 1615
25	74	46	60	+5	5	0				NE	8.3	27	NE	48	437	4
26	76	41	58	+3	7	0				N	5.5	24	ENE	48	497	10
27	70	48	59	+4	6	0	0.34			NW	10.6	27	N	75	277	10
28	54	49	52	-4	13	0	0.47			NE	6.2	20	WNW	91	105	10	F
29	65	47	56	0	9	0				NW	9.6	27	NNE	68	424	9
30	69	44	56	-1	9	0				E	5.3	18	ESE	58	533	6
SUM					372	0	1.54	T
AVG	65.2	40.0	52.6								8.6					6.8

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.54	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.13	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.60	ON	27-28	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in coluns 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	10	>= 0.25	3	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			52.6	>= 0.01	9	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.149
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.1	>= 0.10	4	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.36	ON	22
HIGHEST	80	ON	24	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.56	ON	7
LOWEST	28	ON	15	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			T	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	T	ON	14	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			411.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	562	ON	22
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	78	ON	12
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			2	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.6	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.4	CLEAR	6	FOG	2
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 39	ON	4	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			372	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	17	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			0	DRY BULB (ºF)	52.5	WET BULB (ºF)	44.1	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4539	REL. HUM. (%)	53.6	DEW PT.(ºF)	34.1	HIGHEST	100	ON	13
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-496	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	15	ON	11