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 2002
	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	27	38	+6	27	0				W	3.7	10	WNW	71	178	8
2	43	26	34	+2	31	0				NW	8.1	19	WNW	85	187	4
3	47	24	36	+4	29	0	0.03	0.2		W	4.7	10	SW	88	154	8	F,GL,KFR 0745
4	42	20	31	-1	34	0				NW	8.4	17	WNW	85	190	6	F
5	34	23	28	-4	37	0				NW	4.6	12	N	96	65	9	F
6	47	27	37	+4	28	0	T			NW	5.4	24	S	88	65	10	F,KFR 2200
7	48	34	41	+7	24	0	0.53			S	8.1	28	W	78	48	10	F,KFR 2145
8	54	33	44	+9	21	0				W	13.7	37	WSW	62	215	1
9	45	23	34	-2	31	0				NW	5.4	13	WNW	82	146	6
10	51	28	40	+3	25	0				NW	6.3	31	WSW	75	178	9	KFR 1730
11	50	27	38	+1	27	0				NW	7.4	25	NW	52	235	1
12	44	20	32	-6	33	0				W	5.0	14	W	63	200	7
13	50	21	36	-3	29	0				W	7.5	29	NW	60	207	5	KFR 1730
14	51	27	39	-1	26	0				SE	4.1	13	NW	62	238	3
15	50	27	38	-2	27	0				NW	8.1	18	NW	66	248	0
16	50	28	39	-1	26	0				W	5.6	14	NW	63	235	5
17	49	28	38	-2	27	0				SW	3.8	11	WNW	70	175	9
18	58	29	44	+4	21	0	T			S	4.4	15	SSE	64	241	4
19	58	40	49	+8	16	0	0.01			SW	13.6	41	WSW	58	152	7	KFR 1330
20	56	31	44	+3	21	0				SW	4.7	15	W	57	262	4
21	68	36	52	+11	13	0	0.01			SW	12.2	44	SW	64	125	10	WFR 1255
22	66	44	55	+14	10	0				SW	13.6	43	SSW	56	71	10
23	52	36	44	+3	21	0	0.09			NW	6.4	20	WNW	76	125	10	KFR 2020
24	42	20	31	-10	34	0				N	8.4	25	NNE	51	208	8
25	42	16	29	-12	36	0				N	5.7	16	NE	56	287	3
26	43	22	32	-9	33	0	T	T		NW	6.5	18	NW	58	261	4	KFR 0700
27	49	16	32	-9	33	0				SE	6.1	36	WNW	62	250	7	KFR 1930
28	51	29	40	-1	25	0				NW	10.6	35	N	46	235	5
SUM					745	0	0.67	0.2
AVG	49.6	27.2	38.4								7.2					6.2

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.67	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.01	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.53	ON	7	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	8	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			38.4	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	1	AVERAGE STATION			29.421
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.5	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.87	ON	25
HIGHEST	68	ON	21	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.48	ON	7
LOWEST	16	ON	27+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.2	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	0.2	ON	3	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			185.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	0.2	ON	3	MAX DAILY	287	ON	25
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	48	ON	7
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			22	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	5	FOG	5
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 44	ON	21	PARTLY CLOUDY	12	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			745	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	11	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-22	DRY BULB (ºF)	38.6	WET BULB (ºF)	34.4	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3597	REL. HUM. (%)	67.7	DEW PT.(ºF)	27.9	HIGHEST	100	ON	5+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-437	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	26	ON	25