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 2003
	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	55	34	44	+12	21	0				W	10.3	26	NW	66	190	0
2	54	33	44	+12	21	0				W	5.3	18	WNW	64	173	4
3	54	36	45	+13	20	0				NW	11.8	28	WNW	55	151	7
4	50	31	40	+8	25	0				W	8.5	21	NNE	51	190	1
5	47	28	38	+6	27	0				W	3.9	10	ESE	70	97	8
6	48	24	36	+3	29	0				W	4.0	13	SSE	76	219	0
7	46	20	33	-1	32	0				NW	4.1	11	NW	81	210	2	F
8	46	26	36	+1	29	0				W	4.6	13	SSE	76	209	2
9	50	24	37	+1	28	0				NW	4.8	33	NW	77	224	0
10	55	23	39	+2	26	0				SE	3.9	14	NW	69	230	0
11	52	25	38	+1	27	0				NW	6.4	14	WNW	73	235	0
12	51	30	40	+2	25	0				NW	7.8	19	WNW	68	231	0
13	44	37	40	+1	25	0	0.16			NW	5.2	16	WNW	78	49	10	F
14	42	37	40	0	25	0				NW	3.7	12	WNW	93	53	10	F
15	46	40	43	+3	22	0	0.29			NW	5.5	14	NW	89	74	10	F
16	56	41	48	+8	17	0	0.29			SW	10.9	36	SW	71	160	9	F,KFR0700
17	53	34	44	+4	21	0	0.08			SW	8.7	29	W	66	163	7
18	53	32	42	+2	23	0				W	5.2	18	SSE	78	249	1	F,KFR0130
19	52	30	41	0	24	0				NW	4.3	13	SSE	81	193	9
20	59	39	49	+8	16	0				SW	15.9	52	WSW	57	183	7	,KFR1900
21	62	39	50	+9	15	0				W	13.6	40	W	53	203	4
22	56	37	46	+5	19	0				NW	12.6	32	NW	53	232	1	,KFR2100
23	43	21	32	-9	33	0				NE	10.5	32	NE	40	284	1
24	40	17	28	-13	37	0				NE	7.3	22	NNE	41	293	0
25	43	15	29	-12	36	0				W	4.4	12	WSW	52	286	0
26	46	20	33	-8	32	0				NW	5.4	12	NW	57	259	7
27	53	28	40	-1	25	0				NW	5.6	18	NNW	52	255	6
28	53	27	40	-1	25	0				N	4.1	16	NE	69	189	8
SUM					705	0	0.82	0
AVG	50.3	29.6	39.9								7.1					4.1

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.82	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.14	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.58	ON	15-16	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	4	>= 0.25	2	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			39.9	>= 0.01	4	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.290
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.0	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.50	ON	6
HIGHEST	62	ON	21	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.64	ON	16
LOWEST	15	ON	25	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			195.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	293	ON	24
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	49	ON	13
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			17	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.1	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			0	CLEAR	14	FOG	6
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 52	ON	20	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			705	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	7	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-62	DRY BULB (ºF)	39.9	WET BULB (ºF)	35.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3632	REL. HUM. (%)	66.3	DEW PT.(ºF)	28.0	HIGHEST	100	ON	18+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-402	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	20	ON	24