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 2004
	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	101	63	82	+3	0	17				SE	6.8	35	NW	28	630	0
2	100	71	86	+7	0	21				NW	8.7	33	SSE	25	505	4	T
3	92	68	80	+1	0	15				W	7.4	30	WNW	37	597	2	T, DL
4	93	61	77	-2	0	12	T			W	6.9	24	WNW	41	599	2	DL
5	81	62	72	-7	0	7	0.27			W	7.7	24	SW	57	503	7	T, DL
6	77	60	68	-11	0	3	0.01			W	8.4	33	WSW	54	286	9	DL
7	84	56	70	-9	0	5				SW	5.6	22	WSW	48	586	1
8	90	57	74	-5	0	9				NW	7.6	21	NE	44	633	0
9	95	64	80	+2	0	15				NW	6.8	18	NW	33	609	2
10	101	66	84	+6	0	19				W	4.6	15	NNE	28	603	1
11	103	69	86	+8	0	21				W	6.5	22	ENE	28	603	0
12	105	65	85	+8	0	20				W	5.9	26	NE	25	603	0
13	107	68	88	+12	0	23				W	5.8	21	NE	22	583	1
14	101	68	84	+8	0	19				NW	9.3	44	WSW	27	332	8
15	102	67	84	+9	0	19				E	4.6	15	E	31	501	7
16	103	71	87	+12	0	22				NW	6.4	25	NW	35	515	7	K
17	99	72	86	+12	0	21				NW	8.3	33	NW	39	464	4
18	99	68	84	+10	0	19				W	4.8	20	WNW	34	517	3
19	99	70	84	+10	0	19				NW	5.9	16	W	36	469	4
20	100	72	86	+13	0	21				NW	9.5	36	NW	31	536	5
21	94	67	80	+7	0	15	T			W	9.7	35	ESE	39	460	6
22	74	59	66	-7	0	1	0.47			W	9.4	31	SSW	61	226	10	0545
23	82	56	69	-4	0	4				SW	10.6	27	WSW	46	523	2
24	73	62	68	-5	0	3	0.09			SW	11.8	38	WSW	66	178	10
25	78	59	68	-4	0	3	0.10			SW	14.6	36	WSW	58	385	8	0700
26	79	56	68	-4	0	3	0.01			W	6.8	28	W	57	394	6	T, DL
27	82	54	68	-4	0	3				NW	6.5	28	SE	50	512	2
28	87	57	72	0	0	7				NW	7.7	31	NW	43	536	5
29	90	57	74	+2	0	9				E	6.0	19	WNW	45	536	0
30	93	60	76	+4	0	11				E	6.3	20	E	39	536	1
31	97	64	80	+9	0	15				NW	6.3	19	W	30	504	4	DL
SUM					0	401	0.95	0
AVG	92.3	63.5	77.9								7.5					3.9

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.95	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.68	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.47	ON	22	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	8	>= 0.25	2	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			77.9	>= 0.01	6	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.099
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.5	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.23	ON	8
HIGHEST	107	ON	13	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.58	ON	22
LOWEST	54	ON	27	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			498.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	633	ON	8
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			21	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	178	ON	24
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.5	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.5	CLEAR	15	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 44	ON	14	PARTLY CLOUDY	11	THDR	4
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	5	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	78.0	WET BULB (ºF)	61.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			0	REL. HUM. (%)	40.0	DEW PT.(ºF)	49.5	HIGHEST	92	ON	5
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-9	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	91	ON	13