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 2003
	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	104	67	86	+7	0	21				NW	9.5	38	WNW	25	578	6
2	90	73	82	+3	0	17	T			NW	8.0	28	WNW	31	253	10
3	79	62	70	-9	0	5	0.01			NE	4.3	15	WNW	51	155	10
4	92	58	75	-4	0	10				NE	4.4	17	SSE	38	577	2
5	96	62	79	0	0	14	T			N	5.9	41	W	37	392	8	T, DL
6	91	60	76	-3	0	11				SE	6.7	22	NW	42	569	0	DL
7	86	60	73	-6	0	8	0.36			W	7.4	42	WSW	62	457	4	T, DL
8	94	62	78	-1	0	13				W	8.0	25	WNW	46	557	1
9	96	60	78	0	0	13				W	7.6	29	WNW	37	572	0
10	96	61	78	0	0	13				W	9.9	31	WNW	35	571	0	DL
11	88	59	74	-4	0	9				W	11.7	38	WNW	36	565	0
12	86	61	74	-3	0	9				W	7.8	33	WNW	34	514	3
13	93	62	78	+2	0	13				NW	5.9	20	S	35	564	0
14	100	60	80	+4	0	15				W	6.9	22	NW	29	560	0
15	103	67	85	+10	0	20				NW	9.8	33	NW	26	546	3
16	90	63	76	+1	0	11				NW	14.1	36	NW	40	541	0
17	92	57	74	0	0	9				W	5.1	18	E	38	548	0
18	99	59	79	+5	0	14				NW	6.3	24	NW	33	542	0
19	95	67	81	+7	0	16				NW	12.6	45	WNW	32	532	0
20	92	60	76	+3	0	11				W	5.5	28	WNW	30	507	0
21	93	55	74	+1	0	9				SE	5.3	19	ESE	34	449	3
22	80	65	72	-1	0	7	0.09			W	6.6	27	WNW	63	82	10
23	86	57	72	-1	0	7				W	6.7	26	WNW	39	525	3
24	90	53	72	-1	0	7				NW	6.1	22	WNW	34	514	0
25	96	57	76	+4	0	11				W	5.2	16	WNW	32	485	3
26	94	65	80	+8	0	15				W	11.8	37	WNW	35	452	7
27	86	61	74	+2	0	9				NW	9.9	30	W	36	507	0
28	89	60	74	+2	0	9				W	6.8	19	NNE	35	493	1
29	92	62	77	+5	0	12				W	8.4	22	N	28	463	0
30	94	54	74	+2	0	9				NW	4.8	18	N	30	476	2
31	97	54	76	+5	0	11				NW	7.1	33	NW	31	466	3
SUM					0	358	0.46	0
AVG	92.2	60.7	76.5								7.6					2.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.46	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	0.36	ON	7	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	5	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			76.5	>= 0.01	3	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.139
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+1.1	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.11	ON	29
HIGHEST	104	ON	1	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.74	ON	21+
LOWEST	53	ON	24	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			484.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	578	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			23	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	82	ON	22
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.6	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.4	CLEAR	24	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 45	ON	19	PARTLY CLOUDY	3	THDR	2
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	4	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	76.6	WET BULB (ºF)	59.1	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			0	REL. HUM. (%)	36.6	DEW PT.(ºF)	46.4	HIGHEST	92	ON	7
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-9	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	17	ON	11+