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 1996
	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	97	56	76	-2	0	11				NW	11.3	39	NW	24	615	0
2	82	59	70	-8	0	5	0.01			W	14.2	38	SSW	44	471	7
3	80	53	66	-12	0	1				W	13.4	38	SW	40	533	1
4	84	54	69	-9	0	4				W	11.0	35	WSW	42	443	4
5	80	56	68	-10	0	3				NW	14.4	34	NW	37	599	2
6	88	53	70	-8	0	5				SW	6.7	19	SSW	34	591	0
7	95	54	74	-4	0	9				NE	5.9	19	ENE	33	580	0
8	102	64	83	+5	0	18				NW	7.4	20	NNE	26	572	0
9	104	65	84	+6	0	19				E	6.1	21	E	23	569	0
10	109	64	86	+8	0	21				W	7.9	25	SW	24	563	1
11	99	66	82	+4	0	17				SW	16.8	43	WSW	27	581	0
12	92	53	72	-5	0	7				SW	6.5	18	WNW	33	578	0
13	98	55	76	-1	0	11				W	5.9	16	E	27	502	2
14	103	68	86	+10	0	21				NW	11.1	41	WNW	27	509	3	K
15	96	60	78	+3	0	13				NW	10.0	35	NW	26	545	0
16	97	64	80	+6	0	15				NW	11.7	39	NW	28	491	4
17	86	58	72	-2	0	7				NW	14.0	36	NW	33	548	3
18	83	57	70	-4	0	5				NW	9.2	30	NW	34	546	1
19	88	48	68	-6	0	3				NW	7.2	31	NW	37	526	3
20	80	61	70	-4	0	5	0.01			NW	14.0	29	NW	42	328	7
21	85	50	68	-6	0	3				E	6.1	17	E	38	523	3
22	91	50	70	-3	0	5				W	5.7	16	E	32	527	0
23	98	57	78	+5	0	13				W	6.2	14	ENE	26	517	0
24	102	58	80	+7	0	15				W	5.6	13	NE	25	484	1
25	105	67	86	+14	0	21				NW	9.1	20	NW	24	446	6
26	96	68	82	+10	0	17				NW	9.3	21	NW	24	221	9
27	92	61	76	+4	0	11	T			SE	7.7	36	SSE	45	226	9
28	89	58	74	+2	0	9				NW	5.3	14	N	53	429	8
29	99	62	80	+9	0	15				NW	7.0	16	NNW	41	467	3
30	88	63	76	+5	0	11				NW	13.4	41	SW	38	474	1	KFR 0730
31	84	54	69	-2	0	4				NW	13.6	37	NW	41	470	1
SUM					0	324	0.02	0
AVG	92.6	58.6	75.6								9.5					2.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.02	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.25	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.01	ON	20+	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in coluns 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	3	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			75.6	>= 0.01	2	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.145
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.5	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.19	ON	21
HIGHEST	109	ON	10	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.56	ON	27
LOWEST	48	ON	19	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			499.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	615	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			18	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	221	ON	26
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			9.5	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.6	CLEAR	23	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 43	ON	11	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	3	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	76.4	WET BULB (ºF)	57.7	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3	REL. HUM. (%)	33.2	DEW PT.(ºF)	43.2	HIGHEST	79	ON	28
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-7	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	12	ON	24+