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 1998
	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	92	66	79	+1	0	14				W	6.4	18	NW	46	619	1
2	97	63	80	+2	0	15				E	5.5	15	ENE	40	630	0
3	104	65	84	+6	0	19				NW	6.0	19	E	32	628	0
4	110	69	90	+12	0	25				E	5.3	17	E	28	619	0
5	106	73	90	+12	0	25				NW	12.5	35	WSW	29	594	3	KFR 1500
6	92	64	78	0	0	13				NW	9.2	31	NW	30	633	0
7	92	58	75	-3	0	10				NW	8.0	22	WNW	28	619	1
8	94	55	74	-4	0	9				E	6.4	23	WNW	30	618	0
9	100	61	80	+2	0	15				W	7.6	36	WNW	27	602	0
10	99	66	82	+4	0	17				W	8.2	29	WNW	25	609	0
11	99	66	82	+4	0	17				NW	9.0	30	WNW	31	603	0
12	100	67	84	+7	0	19				NW	6.8	19	W	28	595	0
13	105	67	86	+9	0	21				W	5.6	17	SSE	28	594	0
14	106	69	88	+12	0	23				NW	10.8	39	WNW	28	590	0
15	92	65	78	+3	0	13				NW	15.0	50	NW	34	596	0
16	81	57	69	-5	0	4				NW	11.7	29	NW	38	449	2
17	81	52	66	-8	0	1				NW	10.1	32	NW	36	560	0
18	83	53	68	-6	0	3				NW	8.9	26	NW	39	577	0
19	88	53	70	-4	0	5				W	7.4	20	WNW	36	563	0
20	94	65	80	+6	0	15				NW	7.2	20	WNW	26	439	6
21	92	66	79	+5	0	14				NW	9.5	30	WNW	35	527	4
22	92	57	74	+1	0	9				NW	6.9	19	ENE	38	554	0
23	78	59	68	-5	0	3	0.04			W	12.0	31	WSW	48	262	10
24	83	50	66	-7	0	1				E	5.2	16	E	46	546	0
25	91	54	72	0	0	7				W	9.4	36	WNW	38	536	0
26	86	65	76	+4	0	11				NW	8.9	31	WNW	38	497	3
27	93	53	73	+1	0	8				E	5.1	15	WNW	39	520	2	AU
28	99	56	78	+6	0	13				NW	6.9	16	W	27	526	0
29	101	63	82	+11	0	17				W	7.3	34	NW	24	520	0
30	99	61	80	+9	0	15				NE	5.9	15	WNW	26	516	0
31	101	63	82	+11	0	17				NW	6.1	14	WNW	25	514	0
SUM					0	398	0.04	0
AVG	94.5	61.3	77.9								8.1					1.0

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.04	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.23	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.04	ON	23	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	1	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			77.9	>= 0.01	1	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.167
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.8	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.18	ON	2
HIGHEST	110	ON	4	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.72	ON	25
LOWEST	50	ON	24	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			556.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	633	ON	6
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			24	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	262	ON	23
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.1	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.2	CLEAR	28	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 50	ON	15	PARTLY CLOUDY	2	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	1	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	78.9	WET BULB (ºF)	59.5	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			0	REL. HUM. (%)	33.0	DEW PT.(ºF)	45.4	HIGHEST	78	ON	23
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-10	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	9	ON	5