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 2005
	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	90	68	79	0	0	14				NW	14.0	34	NW	36	483	8	KFR 1930
2	89	59	74	-5	0	9				W	6.9	25	WNW	25	653	0
3	94	63	78	-1	0	13				N	8.4	23	NNE	21	652	0
4	100	60	80	+1	0	15				NW	6.3	16	E	18	634	2
5	104	66	85	+6	0	20				W	6.3	20	E	20	621	0
6	104	66	85	+6	0	20				NW	8.2	36	WNW	22	629	0
7	100	69	84	+5	0	19				W	6.2	22	NW	22	606	1
8	100	65	82	+3	0	17				NW	6.1	26	NW	24	618	0
9	100	67	84	+6	0	19				NW	8.0	35	NW	26	610	0
10	97	63	80	+2	0	15				NW	10.3	41	WNW	27	612	0
11	92	59	76	-2	0	11				NW	6.1	27	NW	28	608	0
12	94	55	74	-3	0	9				N	8.5	45	ENE	39	556	4	BD,K,KFR 1835
13	88	61	74	-2	0	9				N	9.3	24	NNE	28	611	0
14	92	53	72	-4	0	7				NE	4.7	16	E	23	565	0
15	96	52	74	-1	0	9				SE	4.8	23	W	25	515	4
16	99	63	81	+6	0	16				W	8.3	37	WNW	28	517	6
17	81	62	72	-2	0	7	0.06			NW	7.8	31	NW	50	280	8	KFR 0905
18	86	60	73	-1	0	8				NW	6.5	18	SE	38	589	1
19	90	54	72	-2	0	7				SE	4.8	18	SSE	28	578	4
20	99	54	76	+3	0	11				E	4.5	15	E	27	563	0
21	102	71	86	+13	0	21				NW	9.3	36	WNW	27	551	0
22	92	70	81	+8	0	16				NW	12.5	37	WNW	28	452	6
23	84	60	72	-1	0	7				NW	12.5	35	WNW	34	564	2
24	85	56	70	-3	0	5				W	6.1	18	N	29	563	0	AU
25	90	52	71	-1	0	6				NW	4.9	15	NE	26	547	2
26	98	52	75	+3	0	10				W	7.7	34	WNW	26	544	0
27	96	60	78	+6	0	13				W	7.8	28	WNW	27	550	0
28	96	58	77	+5	0	12				W	7.9	24	W	32	548	0
29	79	61	70	-2	0	5	T			NW	13.3	34	WNW	39	404	3	KFR 0305
30	82	56	69	-3	0	4				W	8.1	26	NW	38	524	0
31	85	52	68	-3	0	3				W	6.2	18	WNW	41	521	1
SUM					0	357	0.06	0
AVG	93.0	60.2	76.6								7.8					1.7

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.06	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.21	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.06	ON	17	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			76.6	>= 0.01	1	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.126
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+1.2	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.14	ON	13
HIGHEST	104	ON	6+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.62	ON	28
LOWEST	52	ON	31+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			557.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	653	ON	2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			22	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	280	ON	17
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.8	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.1	CLEAR	24	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	ENE @ 45	ON	12	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	2	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	77.5	WET BULB (ºF)	57.3	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			0	REL. HUM. (%)	29.1	DEW PT.(ºF)	40.6	HIGHEST	78	ON	17
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-9	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	9	ON	4