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 2002
	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	91	53	72	-7	0	7				NW	8.0	40	WNW	30	615	0
2	84	59	72	-7	0	7				NW	15.1	34	W	30	635	0
3	87	56	72	-7	0	7				W	6.2	24	WNW	32	624	1
4	78	58	68	-11	0	3				W	10.9	28	WNW	39	405	9
5	78	51	64	-15	1	0				W	7.3	32	NW	38	461	7
6	78	54	66	-13	0	1				W	8.5	27	NW	40	446	4	T, DL
7	83	51	67	-12	0	2				NW	7.0	23	NW	38	590	0
8	88	58	73	-6	0	8				W	6.2	21	W	32	578	0
9	97	56	76	-2	0	11				NW	7.6	34	NW	29	583	0
10	96	68	82	+4	0	17				NW	12.1	41	NW	35	575	1
11	91	63	77	-1	0	12				W	7.5	26	WNW	29	567	2
12	95	65	80	+3	0	15				NW	7.1	20	N	26	577	0
13	102	69	86	+10	0	21				NW	7.4	27	NNE	23	581	0
14	103	75	89	+13	0	24				NW	15.0	36	NW	21	577	0
15	96	68	82	+7	0	17				NW	9.6	39	WNW	28	565	1
16	88	63	76	+1	0	11				N	8.3	33	WNW	26	561	2	K, KFR 0400
17	96	50	73	-1	0	8				NW	9.8	39	NW	26	549	2
18	89	60	74	0	0	9				W	6.4	18	WNW	28	527	1
19	92	58	75	+1	0	10				W	10.0	40	WNW	31	516	7
20	85	62	74	+1	0	9				NW	11.0	38	NW	40	491	3	T
21	82	58	70	-3	0	5				SE	6.0	22	E	46	420	6	T
22	86	54	70	-3	0	5	T			SE	5.0	22	ESE	49	490	2	DL
23	89	60	74	+1	0	9	0.01			NE	4.5	24	ENE	48	507	0	DL
24	94	61	78	+5	0	13				NE	4.6	18	ENE	36	417	7
25	96	63	80	+8	0	15				NW	7.5	31	NW	42	482	3
26	89	65	77	+5	0	12				NW	8.3	30	WNW	42	496	1
27	93	63	78	+6	0	13				N	7.1	22	NE	41	497	0
28	96	66	81	+9	0	16				N	7.7	23	NNW	34	493	0
29	98	64	81	+9	0	16				NW	8.3	36	NW	34	430	3
30	90	63	76	+4	0	11				NW	7.9	36	WNW	40	495	1
31	92	65	78	+7	0	13				W	7.4	33	NW	38	467	0
SUM					1	327	0.01	0
AVG	90.4	60.6	75.5								8.2					2.0

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.01	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.26	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.01	ON	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	2	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			75.5	>= 0.01	1	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.161
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.1	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.27	ON	8
HIGHEST	103	ON	14	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.64	ON	29
LOWEST	50	ON	17	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			523.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	635	ON	2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			17	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	405	ON	4
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.2	CLEAR	25	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 41	ON	10	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	3
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	1	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-4	DRY BULB (ºF)	75.6	WET BULB (ºF)	57.9	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			2	REL. HUM. (%)	34.5	DEW PT.(ºF)	44.1	HIGHEST	89	ON	23
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-7	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	12	ON	14+