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: August 2000
	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	97	69	83	+5	0	18				NW	9.6	31	NW	30	626	0
2	97	63	80	+2	0	15				NW	6.8	27	NW	24	617	0
3	97	62	80	+2	0	15				NW	6.7	27	NW	29	616	0
4	98	64	81	+3	0	16				NW	7.4	32	WNW	30	613	0
5	98	67	82	+4	0	17				E	6.7	30	NW	33	600	0
6	99	67	83	+5	0	18				NW	8.1	35	WNW	28	536	0
7	98	62	80	+2	0	15				NW	6.6	26	NW	25	614	0
8	99	62	80	+2	0	15				NW	7.9	25	NW	27	601	0
9	104	64	84	+6	0	19				NW	7.9	38	WNW	26	569	0
10	95	61	78	0	0	13	T			NW	8.2	37	NW	26	456	4	T,DL
11	88	52	70	-8	0	5				NW	8.9	32	NW	33	613	0
12	88	52	70	-7	0	5				NW	8.7	32	NW	34	564	0
13	88	53	70	-7	0	5				NW	11.0	39	WNW	32	599	0
14	85	52	68	-8	0	3				E	5.9	22	W	35	589	0
15	90	54	72	-3	0	7				NW	9.3	31	WNW	32	586	0
16	88	50	69	-5	0	4				E	5.6	15	NW	33	577	0
17	92	52	72	-2	0	7				W	7.5	29	NW	34	571	0
18	85	54	70	-4	0	5				W	10.2	35	WSW	42	511	4
19	78	49	64	-10	1	0				W	8.3	29	NW	47	414	7
20	79	53	66	-8	0	1				W	5.9	25	E	44	567	1
21	84	56	70	-4	0	5				W	5.4	14	E	40	555	0
22	91	51	71	-2	0	6				NW	5.3	15	ENE	35	550	0
23	97	57	77	+4	0	12				NW	6.5	18	NW	30	521	1	DL
24	99	73	86	+13	0	21	T			W	10.0	30	WNW	30	487	3	T,DL
25	93	58	76	+4	0	11				NW	9.4	34	NW	40	516	0
26	82	60	71	-1	0	6				NW	13.5	36	NW	36	530	0
27	80	51	66	-6	0	1				NW	10.0	33	NW	36	525	0
28	81	54	68	-4	0	3				NW	6.0	21	NW	32	523	0
29	87	50	68	-3	0	3				NW	7.8	26	NNW	40	466	4
30	84	62	73	+2	0	8				NW	7.2	19	NW	40	513	2
31	82	54	68	-3	0	3				NW	8.5	27	NW	42	398	4	KFR 1530
SUM					1	282	T	0
AVG	90.4	57.7	74.0								8.0					1.0

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			T	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	T	ON	10	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	2	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			74.0	>= 0.01	0	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.120
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-1.1	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.19	ON	20
HIGHEST	104	ON	9	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.60	ON	31
LOWEST	49	ON	19	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			549.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	626	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			16	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	398	ON	31
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.0	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	26	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 39	ON	13	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	2
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	0	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-4	DRY BULB (ºF)	75.2	WET BULB (ºF)	57.2	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			9	REL. HUM. (%)	33.7	DEW PT.(ºF)	43.2	HIGHEST	69	ON	31+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-1	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	14	ON	2+