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 MONTH0.32 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 MAX0.16ON6 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) >= T5 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH73.9 >= 0.015 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.095
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-1.5 >= 0.102 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.11ON28
HIGHEST103ON2 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.63ON16
LOWEST49 ON21+ TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL528.7
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY637ON1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE16 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY179ON19
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)8.2 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.2 CLEAR24FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTNW @ 40ON2 PARTLY CLOUDY5 THDR2
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH1 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY2 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-4 DRY BULB (ºF)74.2WET BULB (ºF)57.8 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1 REL. HUM. (%)38.8DEW PT.(ºF)45.4 HIGHEST96 ON19
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-8 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST10 ON15