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 2004
	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	41	29	35	+3	30	0				NW	4.7	12	NE	89	122	3	F
2	38	30	34	+2	31	0	T	T		NW	7.9	19	NW	80	43	10
3	41	31	36	+4	29	0	0.03	0.2	0.2	W	5.5	16	WNW	88	88	10
4	49	27	38	+6	27	0	T	T		W	4.0	15	ENE	84	174	7	F
5	44	24	34	+2	31	0				E	4.8	21	WNW	79	200	8
6	36	32	34	+1	31	0	0.05	0.5		NW	6.5	21	WNW	89	40	10	F,KFR 1545
7	35	29	32	-2	33	0				NE	2.5	11	SSE	99	59	10	F
8	41	28	34	-1	31	0				SE	2.9	13	W	94	118	10	F
9	47	25	36	0	29	0				SE	3.3	13	NW	79	137	6
10	46	26	36	-1	29	0				NW	6.1	21	NW	85	200	5
11	47	23	35	-2	30	0				NW	5.8	18	NW	79	223	1	F
12	34	20	27	-11	38	0	T			W	3.1	13	NE	93	88	10	F,GL
13	30	19	24	-15	41	0				NE	2.7	8	SSE	96	93	10	F
14	38	27	32	-8	33	0	0.04	0.6	T	N	2.6	14	NW	90	102	10	F,KFR 0700
15	41	32	36	-4	29	0	T			N	3.8	14	NW	90	71	10	F
16	39	31	35	-5	30	0	0.18			NW	6.1	19	WNW	89	23	10	F,WFR 1700
17	38	31	34	-6	31	0	0.19			NW	7.9	24	WNW	97	42	10	F
18	52	32	42	+2	23	0	0.01			W	5.7	29	WNW	86	173	7	F,KFR 0500
19	51	30	40	-1	25	0				E	5.0	14	W	80	245	5
20	44	29	36	-5	29	0				NW	6.3	15	WNW	86	131	10	F
21	49	32	40	-1	25	0				NW	7.6	15	WNW	72	209	9
22	52	33	42	+1	23	0				NW	8.5	18	WNW	66	271	1
23	54	33	44	+3	21	0	0.05			NW	5.5	13	WNW	66	212	8
24	56	36	46	+5	19	0	T			W	6.8	31	W	74	142	10	KFR 1530
25	41	29	35	-6	30	0	0.15			NW	8.8	22	NW	89	44	10	KFR 1900
26	50	31	40	-1	25	0	0.02			NW	4.3	14	NNW	89	169	10	KFR 1500
27	50	32	41	0	24	0	0.20			NW	5.4	15	WNW	90	145	10	F
28	56	34	45	+4	20	0				NW	4.9	14	NW	76	289	1
29	55	34	44	+3	21	0				NE	4.8	13	NW	75	253	7
SUM					818	0	0.92	1.3
AVG	44.7	29.3	37.0								5.3					7.9

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.92	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.24	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.20	ON	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	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			37.0	>= 0.01	10	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.282
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.9	>= 0.10	4	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.55	ON	11
HIGHEST	56	ON	28+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.40	ON	25
LOWEST	19	ON	13	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.3	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	0.6	ON	14	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			141.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			1	MAX ON GRND	0.4	ON	14	MAX DAILY	289	ON	28
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	23	ON	16
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			24	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			5.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-1.8	CLEAR	4	FOG	15
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	W @ 31	ON	24	PARTLY CLOUDY	6	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			818	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	19	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+51	DRY BULB (ºF)	36.2	WET BULB (ºF)	34.2	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4053	REL. HUM. (%)	84.4	DEW PT.(ºF)	31.6	HIGHEST	100	ON	27+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+19	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	44	ON	23