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: February 2000
	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	50	28	39	+7	26	0	T		1.0	NW	6.0	25	SW	84	119	9	F,GL
2	50	37	44	+11	21	0				NW	6.9	33	SW	68	90	10
3	48	34	41	+8	24	0				NW	11.3	25	N	65	181	9
4	45	28	36	+3	29	0				NW	5.6	14	WNW	67	100	10
5	45	27	36	+3	29	0	0.01			W	7.6	16	WNW	79	117	10
6	48	31	40	+7	25	0	0.01			NW	4.6	16	NW	86	160	10	F
7	48	37	42	+8	23	0	T			NW	6.1	16	NW	82	118	10
8	43	31	37	+2	28	0	T			NE	3.2	21	W	94	43	10	F
9	52	25	38	+3	27	0				W	3.8	11	NNW	76	223	3	F
10	47	26	36	-1	29	0				NW	8.4	16	NW	71	211	8
11	46	32	39	+2	26	0	0.05			E	6.5	17	W	84	188	8	F
12	39	33	36	-2	29	0	0.23	T		NW	6.5	15	NW	96	46	10	F
13	41	27	34	-5	31	0	0.06			NW	6.8	19	NW	93	43	10	F
14	38	31	34	-5	31	0	0.17	0.5		NW	8.3	18	NW	94	91	10	F,KFR 1400
15	53	31	42	+2	23	0				W	6.7	28	W	66	231	6
16	49	28	38	-2	27	0				NW	9.8	21	NW	68	261	0
17	46	26	36	-4	29	0				W	5.9	16	WNW	65	267	0
18	43	21	32	-8	33	0				W	4.6	13	WNW	74	231	6
19	45	27	36	-5	29	0				NW	10.4	20	NW	68	274	1
20	41	30	36	-5	29	0				NW	9.7	18	WNW	63	79	10
21	50	30	40	-1	25	0	T			NW	3.4	10	ENE	72	149	10
22	51	37	44	+3	21	0	0.14			NW	5.3	19	SSW	84	114	10	KFR 2100
23	52	34	43	+2	22	0				W	5.4	17	WSW	67	169	9
24	52	28	40	-1	25	0				W	5.8	14	NW	59	292	2
25	49	21	35	-7	30	0	0.01			SW	3.5	20	SSW	77	222	5
26	42	36	39	-3	26	0	0.30			NW	7.8	18	WNW	92	71	10	F
27	51	35	43	+1	22	0	0.11			NW	6.8	18	WNW	90	150	10	F
28	52	31	42	0	23	0				SW	5.4	27	WSW	78	155	10	F
29	54	40	47	+5	18	0	0.03			NW	7.7	32	WSW	75	179	8	KFR 0915
SUM					760	0	1.12	0.5
AVG	47.2	30.4	38.8								6.5					7.7

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.12	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.50	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.41	ON	26-27	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	15	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			38.8	>= 0.01	11	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.203
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.8	>= 0.10	5	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.45	ON	3
HIGHEST	54	ON	29	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.43	ON	14
LOWEST	21	ON	25+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.5	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	0.5	ON	14	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			157.7
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	1.1	ON	1	MAX DAILY	292	ON	24
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	43	ON	8
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			20	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.5	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.7	CLEAR	5	FOG	11
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 33	ON	2	PARTLY CLOUDY	3	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			760	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	21	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-4	DRY BULB (ºF)	38.5	WET BULB (ºF)	35.6	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3674	REL. HUM. (%)	77.1	DEW PT.(ºF)	31.3	HIGHEST	100	ON	28+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-387	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	29	ON	24