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 2001
	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	89	56	72	-7	0	7				NW	6.7	23	WSW	37	433	8
2	94	54	74	-5	0	9				W	7.9	25	WSW	36	593	1
3	93	67	80	+1	0	15				W	11.9	41	WSW	36	517	3	DL, KFR 1445
4	84	63	74	-5	0	9	T			SW	9.8	30	S	43	432	9
5	93	53	73	-6	0	8				SW	6.7	24	SSW	39	579	0
6	97	64	80	+1	0	15				W	7.8	31	NW	39	572	0
7	97	68	82	+3	0	17				NW	9.3	26	WNW	32	580	0
8	94	70	82	+3	0	17				NW	10.2	25	NW	23	579	0
9	98	68	83	+5	0	18				NW	8.6	19	NNW	23	575	0
10	102	60	81	+3	0	16				SE	5.5	21	NW	23	566	0
11	100	65	82	+4	0	17				W	6.5	21	NW	25	560	1
12	105	65	85	+8	0	20				N	4.7	16	ENE	26	535	2
13	103	74	88	+12	0	23				NW	7.3	22	NW	23	382	6
14	103	75	89	+13	0	24				NW	7.0	17	WNW	25	439	1
15	104	70	87	+12	0	22				NE	5.5	13	W	27	444	0
16	102	65	84	+9	0	19				W	5.2	21	WNW	28	458	0
17	100	65	82	+8	0	17				NW	10.3	32	WNW	30	528	0
18	87	59	73	-1	0	8				NW	13.9	41	WNW	36	545	0
19	82	54	68	-6	0	3				SE	5.6	18	W	39	536	0
20	88	52	70	-3	0	5				NW	9.5	34	WNW	37	541	0
21	86	53	70	-3	0	5				SW	9.1	29	SW	43	427	8
22	81	62	72	-1	0	7	0.07			SW	8.3	40	SW	68	190	10	KFR 1500
23	79	57	68	-5	0	3	0.01			SW	12.8	33	SW	53	473	5
24	80	50	65	-8	0	0				SW	5.7	19	E	49	520	2
25	86	51	68	-4	0	3				W	4.9	13	NE	43	460	0
26	94	54	74	+2	0	9				W	5.4	15	W	32	508	0
27	97	68	82	+10	0	17				W	9.2	30	NW	31	511	1
28	93	68	80	+8	0	15				NW	5.8	23	W	35	482	2
29	95	62	78	+6	0	13				N	5.4	19	NNE	36	488	0
30	97	62	80	+8	0	15				NW	7.9	34	WNW	32	471	6
31	91	67	79	+8	0	14				W	10.7	28	NW	39	450	6
SUM					0	390	0.08	0
AVG	93.4	62.0	77.7								7.9					2.3

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.08	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.19	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.08	ON	22-23	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			77.7	>= 0.01	2	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.125
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.3	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.13	ON	24
HIGHEST	105	ON	12	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.65	ON	30
LOWEST	50	ON	24	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			495.7
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	593	ON	2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			21	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	190	ON	22
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.9	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.1	CLEAR	23	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 41	ON	18	PARTLY CLOUDY	4	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	4	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	78.1	WET BULB (ºF)	59.6	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			0	REL. HUM. (%)	35.1	DEW PT.(ºF)	46.1	HIGHEST	93	ON	22
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-9	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	12	ON	11+