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 1997
	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	94	62	78	0	0	13				NW	6.8	22	NW	35	565	4	DL
2	98	65	82	+4	0	17				NW	6.9	20	SW	32	570	2
3	101	65	83	+5	0	18				NW	7.5	20	NW	32	578	0
4	106	68	87	+9	0	22				NW	7.1	22	W	28	577	0
5	105	68	86	+8	0	21				NW	6.0	16	W	31	548	1
6	105	71	88	+10	0	23				NW	8.9	40	NW	33	559	1
7	97	72	84	+6	0	19				NW	15.2	43	NW	29	562	4
8	89	66	78	0	0	13				NW	8.7	40	W	32	589	1
9	89	60	74	-4	0	9				NE	10.5	27	NE	32	569	0
10	92	59	76	-2	0	11				NW	9.6	26	N	26	595	0
11	97	56	76	-2	0	11				N	5.7	16	N	25	569	0
12	101	62	82	+5	0	17				W	6.0	17	ESE	26	523	6	DL
13	101	66	84	+7	0	19				N	6.1	23	WNW	28	492	7
14	106	67	86	+10	0	21				NW	11.7	35	W	29	549	0
15	93	69	81	+6	0	16				N	12.2	34	N	30	510	1
16	90	61	76	+2	0	11				N	7.3	21	NE	21	515	2
17	93	64	78	+4	0	13				NW	7.0	18	W	34	508	2
18	95	71	83	+9	0	18				NW	9.3	29	NW	31	473	3
19	94	58	76	+2	0	11				NW	6.0	16	NNE	34	539	0
20	88	63	76	+2	0	11	0.01			W	9.8	26	N	41	170	9
21	92	54	73	-1	0	8				SW	5.0	16	S	46	523	1
22	98	57	78	+5	0	13				NW	6.3	33	NW	38	521	0
23	92	63	78	+5	0	13				W	9.5	28	W	35	503	6
24	81	61	71	-2	0	6	0.05			W	10.0	34	WSW	54	314	10	DL,KFR 0415
25	84	61	72	0	0	7				NW	6.3	19	WNW	52	360	10
26	92	64	78	+6	0	13				NW	12.1	55	WSW	48	478	7	D,KFR 1500
27	82	54	68	-4	0	3				W	7.6	23	SSW	42	394	8
28	81	60	70	-2	0	5	T			W	6.8	18	WSW	54	279	9
29	86	52	69	-2	0	4				W	5.1	18	S	49	488	0
30	88	54	71	0	0	6				NW	5.8	13	NW	42	457	3
31	92	62	77	+6	0	12				NW	6.0	15	NW	40	451	5
SUM					0	404	0.06	0
AVG	93.6	62.4	78.0								8.0					3.3

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.06	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	0.05	ON	24	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	3	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			78.0	>= 0.01	2	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.115
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.9	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.12	ON	5
HIGHEST	106	ON	14+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.56	ON	14
LOWEST	52	ON	29	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			494.5
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	595	ON	10
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			22	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	170	ON	20
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.0	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	19	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 55	ON	26	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	5	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	78.8	WET BULB (ºF)	60.3	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			2	REL. HUM. (%)	35.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	47.2	HIGHEST	91	ON	24
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-8	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	10	ON	10