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 2006
	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	86	58	72	-7	0	7				NW	9.9	30	NW	33	590	4
2	88	55	72	-7	0	7				SE	6.8	20	WNW	33	626	0
3	92	56	74	-5	0	9				SE	6.5	20	SSE	28	600	4
4	94	56	75	-4	0	10				NW	8.9	33	WNW	27	595	1
5	92	61	76	-3	0	11				NW	7.2	16	NW	28	614	0
6	98	60	79	0	0	14				E	5.8	20	E	27	595	1
7	104	63	84	+5	0	19				W	6.5	28	NNW	25	577	1	DL
8	94	73	84	+5	0	19	T			W	11.1	39	WNW	29	392	8	DL
9	92	62	77	-1	0	12				SW	9.1	30	WNW	40	580	3
10	90	59	74	-4	0	9	T			NW	9.9	40	NW	42	398	6	DL,KFR 1630
11	84	58	71	-7	0	6				W	7.6	25	WNW	37	530	6
12	89	59	74	-3	0	9				NW	6.9	17	WNW	34	592	0
13	93	53	73	-3	0	8				W	5.7	15	NNE	28	567	0
14	96	60	78	+2	0	13				SE	8.6	34	NW	28	566	1
15	94	67	80	+5	0	15				NW	10.4	30	WNW	30	560	1
16	91	56	74	-1	0	9				W	6.8	26	W	36	514	4
17	91	53	72	-2	0	7				NW	4.5	20	WNW	41	529	0
18	95	54	74	0	0	9				NE	4.5	14	E	32	557	0
19	98	54	76	+2	0	11				SE	5.3	18	ESE	26	543	0
20	101	58	80	+7	0	15				E	5.0	18	SE	27	535	0
21	100	62	81	+8	0	16				NW	7.5	20	S	25	426	8	DL
22	97	62	80	+7	0	15				NW	10.5	34	WNW	31	537	0
23	90	56	73	0	0	8				NW	11.1	35	NW	34	541	0
24	84	52	68	-5	0	3				NW	6.5	24	NW	43	503	6
25	90	57	74	+2	0	9				N	7.3	22	NNE	33	534	0
26	94	57	76	+4	0	11				SE	5.5	17	SSE	32	519	1
27	99	56	78	+6	0	13				E	5.0	17	E	34	520	1
28	101	55	78	+6	0	13				NW	5.8	23	WNW	31	487	2	DL
29	85	56	70	-2	0	5				NW	14.9	36	NW	32	454	4	KFR 1300
30	74	49	62	-10	3	0				W	11.8	34	NW	42	327	4
31	79	45	62	-9	3	0				N	5.4	16	NNE	42	515	1
SUM					6	312	T	0
AVG	92.1	57.5	74.8								7.7					2.2

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			T	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.27	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	T	ON	10+	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			74.8	>= 0.01	0	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.232
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.6	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.20	ON	31
HIGHEST	104	ON	7	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.60	ON	28
LOWEST	45	ON	31	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			529.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	626	ON	2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			23	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	327	ON	30
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.7	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.2	CLEAR	21	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 40	ON	10	PARTLY CLOUDY	8	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			6	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	2	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+1	DRY BULB (ºF)	75.5	WET BULB (ºF)	56.9	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			7	REL. HUM. (%)	32.6	DEW PT.(ºF)	42.2	HIGHEST	82	ON	17
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-2	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	10	ON	4