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 1999
	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	96	60	78	0	0	13				N	5.7	16	E	32	640	0	DL
2	101	71	86	+8	0	21				NW	9.0	29	WNW	28	577	1	T,DL
3	99	75	87	+9	0	22				NW	8.5	28	WNW	31	519	7	DL
4	99	74	86	+8	0	21				NE	8.3	31	W	34	631	2	DL
5	96	72	84	+6	0	19	0.48			N	10.7	40	SW	45	394	8	T,DL
6	90	67	78	0	0	13				SW	6.2	30	SSW	56	377	8	DL
7	84	63	74	-4	0	9				SW	9.9	28	S	50	358	7
8	88	55	72	-6	0	7				E	6.4	34	SSE	51	587	0
9	92	59	76	-2	0	11				NW	6.1	15	ENE	43	578	2
10	97	67	82	+4	0	17				NW	7.8	29	NW	35	520	5	DL
11	94	64	79	+1	0	14				NW	10.4	32	NW	35	560	1	DL
12	85	57	71	-6	0	6				W	8.4	27	WNW	42	600	1	DL
13	80	58	69	-8	0	4				W	8.5	26	S	47	351	8	DL
14	75	53	64	-12	1	0	0.02			W	9.4	26	W	54	355	4
15	80	58	69	-6	0	4				W	8.8	22	NNW	47	409	7
16	88	55	72	-2	0	7				E	5.7	18	NE	48	515	5
17	95	59	77	+3	0	12				NW	7.8	24	N	39	569	2
18	94	69	82	+8	0	17	0.01			NW	6.7	18	NW	38	373	8	T,DL
19	94	61	78	+4	0	13				SE	6.4	20	ESE	44	564	0	T,DL
20	96	60	78	+4	0	13				NW	7.1	34	WNW	35	487	3
21	89	68	78	+4	0	13				NW	13.8	31	NW	37	557	1
22	90	52	71	-2	0	6				N	5.6	20	NE	34	559	0
23	97	62	80	+7	0	15				NW	6.0	16	WSW	29	458	4
24	99	70	84	+11	0	19	T			W	7.4	29	NW	34	384	7
25	94	64	79	+7	0	14				NW	10.6	29	SW	41	536	3
26	93	56	74	+2	0	9				NW	5.6	16	WNW	38	526	3
27	99	66	82	+10	0	17				NW	7.8	21	WNW	31	526	3
28	100	64	82	+10	0	17				NW	6.1	25	WNW	32	485	1
29	92	63	78	+7	0	13				NW	12.4	44	NW	41	418	4	KFR 1530
30	64	49	56	-15	9	0	0.06			W	12.8	36	NW	63	88	10	KFR 1630
31	72	43	58	-13	7	0	T			SW	7.3	19	W	54	483	3
SUM					17	366	0.57	0
AVG	90.7	61.7	76.2								8.2					3.8

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.57	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.30	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.48	ON	5	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	6	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			76.2	>= 0.01	4	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.100
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+1.1	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.13	ON	31
HIGHEST	101	ON	2	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.58	ON	10
LOWEST	43	ON	31	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			483.3
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	640	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			21	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	88	ON	30
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.3	CLEAR	17	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 44	ON	29	PARTLY CLOUDY	9	THDR	4
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			17	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	5	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+12	DRY BULB (ºF)	76.8	WET BULB (ºF)	60.5	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			25	REL. HUM. (%)	40.9	DEW PT.(ºF)	49.7	HIGHEST	89	ON	30
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+15	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	15	ON	2