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 2008
	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	87	62	74	-5	0	9				SW	15.8	35	SW	39.5	545	5
2	85	54	70	-9	0	5				W	8.9	33	WNW	36.2	620	0
3	88	55	72	-7	0	7				W	6.4	32	WNW	34.4	612	0
4	95	58	76	-3	0	11				NW	7.4	20	WNW	35.9	614	0
5	99	60	80	+1	0	15				NW	7.1	21	NE	21.6	590	1
6	98	70	84	+5	0	19				NW	8.5	18	NW	20.7	346	8
7	97	62	80	+1	0	15				S	6.2	26	SSE	29.5	367	7	T,DL
8	98	63	80	+1	0	15	0.31			W	6.0	50	SW	47.8	415	6	T,DL,A
9	86	62	74	-4	0	9				W	7.0	37	WSW	44.4	493	7
10	82	58	70	-8	0	5				W	8.8	29	NW	43.2	518	5
11	86	50	68	-10	0	3				E	6.2	21	WNW	45.2	583	0
12	93	57	75	-2	0	10				NW	8.1	35	WNW	40.7	479	5
13	93	69	81	+5	0	16				NW	8.1	27	W	36.3	566	0
14	100	65	82	+6	0	17				NW	6.2	19	NE	34.2	557	0
15	105	74	90	+15	0	25				NW	8.8	23	ENE	25.5	550	0
16	106	68	87	+12	0	22				SE	4.3	14	SSW	25.4	531	1
17	108	68	88	+14	0	23				NW	7.5	38	WNW	26.0	515	4
18	101	64	82	+8	0	17	0.03			W	12.2	42	WSW	46.5	406	7	T,DL,BD
19	87	63	75	+1	0	10	0.01			SW	9.9	31	SW	56.5	414	7
20	83	63	73	0	0	8	0.02			SW	15.4	46	W	53.3	362	8	DL, KFR 0820
21	77	59	68	-5	0	3				NW	12.5	40	WSW	45.8	377	5
22	80	48	64	-9	1	0				NE	5.3	23	ENE	44.9	520	4
23	89	54	72	-1	0	7				W	5.9	15	N	37.0	514	7
24	94	54	74	+1	0	9				SW	9.8	33	WSW	35.6	424	9
25	76	57	66	-6	0	1	0.11			NW	9.3	32	NW	57.6	215	8	KFR 1420
26	77	51	64	-8	1	0				W	8.1	21	W	38.1	515	2
27	80	60	70	-2	0	5				NW	11.1	36	NW	44.2	420	5
28	89	52	70	-2	0	5				SW	6.8	23	WNW	46.9	495	3
29	95	57	76	+4	0	11				W	9.2	29	NW	50.4	505	1	KFR 1800
30	78	56	67	-5	0	2				NW	17.0	44	WNW	35.7	515	0
31	75	50	62	-9	3	0				NW	11.4	33	NW	37.5	439	2
SUM					5	304	0.48
AVG	89.9	59.5	74.7								8.9					3.8

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.48	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	0.31	ON	8	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	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			74.7	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.089
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.7	>= 0.10	2	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.100	ON	22
HIGHEST	108	ON	17	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.518	ON	17
LOWEST	48	ON	22	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			484.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	619	ON	2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			14	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	215	ON	25
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.9	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.0	CLEAR	14	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 50	ON	8	PARTLY CLOUDY	13	THDR	3
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			5	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	4	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			0	DRY BULB (ºF)	74.7	WET BULB (ºF)	58.2	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			5	REL. HUM. (%)	38.9	DEW PT.(ºF)	45.8	HIGHEST	97	ON	19+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-4	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	10	ON	5