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: December 1995
	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	57	41	49	+14	16	0	T			SW	13.4	36	SSW	63	136	4
2	54	25	40	+5	25	0				S	11.5	38	SSW	60	132	2
3	49	25	37	+2	28	0	0.19			NW	4.8	39	SW	90	48	10	KFR 2300
4	48	27	38	+3	27	0				W	11.2	51	WSW	51	142	0
5	35	20	28	-6	37	0				NW	6.2	19	WNW	77	55	10
6	36	17	26	-8	39	0				NW	3.5	11	NNE	86	142	6
7	35	16	26	-7	39	0				NW	6.4	19	NNW	67	128	3	KFR 1630
8	23	17	20	-13	45	0				NW	6.9	18	NW	36	66	10
9	22	20	21	-12	44	0	0.13	1.2		NW	4.5	13	NW	72	16	10	F
10	29	19	24	-8	41	0	0.38		1.0	W	4.1	12	NW	86	38	10	GL
11	33	19	26	-6	39	0	0.40		1.5	NW	5.6	20	WNW	94	47	9	F,GL,KFR 0100
12	54	33	44	+12	21	0	0.65		1.0	W	13.5	61	SSW	88	37	10	F,WFR 0830,KFR 1725
13	56	36	46	+15	19	0				SW	14.1	51	SSW	61	89	8
14	51	36	44	+13	21	0	0.02			SE	7.5	24	SSW	74	32	10	KFR 1345
15	48	26	37	+6	28	0				NW	4.9	12	S	86	118	8	F
16	33	28	30	0	35	0				SW	3.3	8	N	99	18	10	F
17	35	31	33	+3	32	0				SW	4.9	10	WSW	95	23	10	F
18	36	29	32	+2	33	0	T			E	2.7	8	WSW	96	34	10	F
19	42	34	38	+8	27	0	0.01			NW	3.1	9	NW	91	53	10	F
20	42	33	38	+8	27	0				NE	2.5	10	NW	92	52	10	F
21	43	27	35	+5	30	0				NW	4.9	10	NW	88	52	10	F
22	38	23	30	0	35	0				NW	2.6	9	ENE	95	107	5	F
23	30	27	28	-2	37	0				NE	3.0	8	NE	95	35	10	F
24	32	19	26	-4	39	0				W	3.4	9	NW	89	124	4	F
25	32	28	30	0	35	0				NE	2.9	7	NE	83	34	10
26	30	28	29	-1	36	0				SE	2.8	9	NE	84	12	10
27	30	28	29	0	36	0	T	0.1		NW	3.4	8	NE	82	14	10	F
28	33	28	30	+1	35	0	0.04	0.7	0.1	E	3.6	12	WNW	84	44	10	F
29	34	29	32	+4	33	0	0.22	2.0	2.2	NW	4.2	13	WNW	94	12	10	F
30	34	30	32	+4	33	0	0.28		1.5	S	4.0	15	S	98	11	10	F,KFR 1500
31	39	29	34	+6	31	0			1.0	NW	4.2	16	WNW	98	66	7	F
SUM					1003	0	2.32	4.0
AVG	38.5	26.7	32.6								5.6					8.3

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			2.32	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.29	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	1.04	ON	11-12	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	13	>= 0.25	4	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			32.6	>= 0.01	10	>= 0.50	1	AVERAGE STATION			29.324
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+1.2	>= 0.10	7	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.62	ON	8
HIGHEST	57	ON	1	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	28.94	ON	12
LOWEST	16	ON	7	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			4.0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	2.7	ON	28-29	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			61.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			8	MAX ON GRND	2.3	ON	29	MAX DAILY	142	ON	4
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	11	ON	30
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			25	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			5.6	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.3	CLEAR	3	FOG	18
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SSW@61	ON	12	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1003	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	23	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-39	DRY BULB (ºF)	33.1	WET BULB (ºF)	31.2	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			2049	REL. HUM. (%)	82.3	DEW PT.(ºF)	27.6	HIGHEST	100	ON	31+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-204	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	27	ON	4