| 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 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 99 | 68 | 84 | +5 | 0 | 19 |   |   |   | NW | 8.1 | 21 | NW | 24.1 | 638 | 0 |   |
| 2 | 103 | 61 | 82 | +3 | 0 | 17 |   |   |   | NW | 9.1 | 40 | WNW | 26.3 | 587 | 2 |   |
| 3 | 93 | 66 | 80 | +1 | 0 | 15 |   |   |   | NW | 13.2 | 39 | NW | 28.8 | 634 | 0 |   |
| 4 | 89 | 57 | 73 | -6 | 0 | 8 |   |   |   | NW | 8.0 | 26 | WNW | 35.8 | 595 | 1 |   |
| 5 | 92 | 63 | 78 | -1 | 0 | 13 |   |   |   | W | 6.6 | 20 | WNW | 35.2 | 565 | 3 |   |
| 6 | 95 | 63 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.16 |   |   | W | 6.8 | 29 | WNW | 39.9 | 600 | 1 |   |
| 7 | 90 | 56 | 73 | -6 | 0 | 8 |   |   |   | W | 10.9 | 37 | NW | 46.8 | 538 | 4 |   |
| 8 | 88 | 56 | 72 | -7 | 0 | 7 |   |   |   | NW | 8.5 | 34 | NW | 44.8 | 583 | 1 |   |
| 9 | 89 | 52 | 70 | -8 | 0 | 5 |   |   |   | NW | 10.2 | 39 | WNW | 37.2 | 617 | 1 |   |
| 10 | 84 | 56 | 70 | -8 | 0 | 5 |   |   |   | W | 8.9 | 30 | WNW | 35.7 | 610 | 0 |   |
| 11 | 89 | 49 | 69 | -9 | 0 | 4 |   |   |   | W | 5.9 | 22 | SW | 34.9 | 586 | 2 |   |
| 12 | 87 | 60 | 74 | -3 | 0 | 9 |   |   |   | NW | 8.9 | 28 | NW | 39.5 | 589 | 1 |   |
| 13 | 90 | 55 | 72 | -4 | 0 | 7 |   |   |   | W | 5.9 | 19 | ESE | 38.3 | 583 | 0 |   |
| 14 | 96 | 59 | 78 | +2 | 0 | 13 |   |   |   | W | 5.0 | 13 | ENE | 32.0 | 575 | 0 |   |
| 15 | 102 | 63 | 82 | +7 | 0 | 17 |   |   |   | NW | 7.3 | 23 | NE | 26.5 | 570 | 0 |   |
| 16 | 95 | 64 | 80 | +5 | 0 | 15 |   |   |   | NW | 12.5 | 34 | NW | 35.4 | 540 | 1 | K |
| 17 | 86 | 60 | 73 | -1 | 0 | 8 |   |   |   | W | 9.0 | 24 | WNW | 36.8 | 534 | 1 |   |
| 18 | 83 | 56 | 70 | -4 | 0 | 5 |   |   |   | W | 8.0 | 22 | WSW | 38.4 | 434 | 6 |   |
| 19 | 70 | 58 | 64 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0.10 |   |   | W | 5.7 | 19 | WNW | 73.8 | 179 | 10 | KFR 0600 |
| 20 | 76 | 54 | 65 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 |   |   | SW | 6.3 | 24 | SW | 67.6 | 269 | 10 |   |
| 21 | 84 | 49 | 66 | -7 | 0 | 1 |   |   |   | SE | 5.8 | 22 | SE | 55.8 | 541 | 1 |   |
| 22 | 87 | 61 | 74 | +1 | 0 | 9 |   |   |   | NW | 6.6 | 20 | WNW | 45.5 | 458 | 3 |   |
| 23 | 90 | 63 | 76 | +3 | 0 | 11 |   |   |   | NW | 7.3 | 22 | NW | 38.4 | 544 | 0 |   |
| 24 | 94 | 57 | 76 | +3 | 0 | 11 |   |   |   | SE | 6.4 | 26 | WNW | 34.4 | 532 | 1 |   |
| 25 | 91 | 59 | 75 | +3 | 0 | 10 |   |   |   | NW | 10.7 | 39 | WNW | 37.1 | 535 | 2 |   |
| 26 | 79 | 60 | 70 | -2 | 0 | 5 |   |   |   | NW | 14.3 | 36 | NW | 37.0 | 490 | 4 |   |
| 27 | 80 | 50 | 65 | -7 | 0 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 6.6 | 22 | WNW | 38.3 | 527 | 1 |   |
| 28 | 85 | 50 | 68 | -4 | 0 | 3 |   |   |   | E | 4.9 | 16 | E | 34.8 | 521 | 0 |   |
| 29 | 94 | 53 | 74 | +2 | 0 | 9 |   |   |   | W | 6.2 | 16 | NNW | 30.3 | 523 | 0 |   |
| 30 | 101 | 64 | 82 | +10 | 0 | 17 | 0.02 |   |   | SW | 7.9 | 34 | WSW | 34.7 | 445 | 4 | T, DL |
| 31 | 97 | 64 | 80 | +9 | 0 | 15 | 0.02 |   |   | NW | 11.4 | 38 | NW | 39.5 | 448 | 4 | T, DL, KFR 1530 |
| SUM | 1 | 280 | 0.32 | ||||||||||||||
| AVG | 89.6 | 58.2 | 73.9 | 8.2 | 2.1 | ||||||||||||
| NOTES: | PRECIPITATION (IN.) | MISC. PHENOM. KEY | |||||||||
| Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0.32 | A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow | ||||||||
| "T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +0.05 | D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning | ||||||||
| Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation | 24HR MAX | 0.16 | ON | 6 | 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 | 0 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 73.9 | >= 0.01 | 5 | >= 0.50 | 0 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.095 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -1.5 | >= 0.10 | 2 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.11 | ON | 28 | ||
| HIGHEST | 103 | ON | 2 | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.63 | ON | 16 | |||
| LOWEST | 49 | ON | 21+ | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0 | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | na | ON | na | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 528.7 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 0 | MAX ON GRND | na | ON | na | MAX DAILY | 637 | ON | 1 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 16 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 179 | ON | 19 | |||||
| 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 | 24 | FOG | 0 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | NW @ 40 | ON | 2 | PARTLY CLOUDY | 5 | THDR | 2 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 1 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 2 | DUST | 0 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -4 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 74.2 | WET BULB (ºF) | 57.8 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 1 | REL. HUM. (%) | 38.8 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 45.4 | HIGHEST | 96 | ON | 19 | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -8 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 10 | ON | 15 | |||||