| 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 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 54 | 28 | 41 | +9 | 24 | 0 |   |   |   | SE | 3.8 | 11 | SSE | 76 | 217 | 4 |   |
| 2 | 57 | 29 | 43 | +11 | 22 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 3.5 | 10 | WNW | 77 | 212 | 2 |   |
| 3 | 51 | 26 | 38 | +6 | 27 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 3.2 | 9 | WNW | 82 | 183 | 7 |   |
| 4 | 59 | 32 | 46 | +14 | 19 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 11.2 | 40 | WSW | 69 | 112 | 8 | KFR 1430 |
| 5 | 47 | 28 | 38 | +6 | 27 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 9.2 | 26 | WSW | 54 | 169 | 5 |   |
| 6 | 44 | 31 | 38 | +5 | 27 | 0 | 0.02 |   |   | NW | 6.6 | 21 | NW | 81 | 110 | 10 |   |
| 7 | 48 | 26 | 37 | +3 | 28 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 5.9 | 16 | NW | 64 | 220 | 4 |   |
| 8 | 48 | 20 | 34 | -1 | 31 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 3.9 | 10 | WNW | 76 | 253 | 0 |   |
| 9 | 47 | 22 | 34 | -2 | 31 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.2 | 10 | NW | 77 | 229 | 7 |   |
| 10 | 48 | 20 | 34 | -3 | 31 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 4.6 | 16 | WNW | 76 | 257 | 3 |   |
| 11 | 48 | 22 | 35 | -2 | 30 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 7.2 | 17 | NW | 70 | 248 | 5 |   |
| 12 | 52 | 24 | 38 | 0 | 27 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.5 | 19 | WNW | 73 | 170 | 9 | KFR 1640 |
| 13 | 53 | 28 | 40 | +1 | 25 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 8.3 | 39 | W | 53 | 284 | 0 |   |
| 14 | 50 | 23 | 36 | -4 | 29 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 6.9 | 22 | W | 53 | 253 | 2 |   |
| 15 | 47 | 18 | 32 | -8 | 33 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 6.9 | 20 | NE | 52 | 280 | 0 |   |
| 16 | 47 | 23 | 35 | -5 | 30 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 7.2 | 15 | NW | 50 | 284 | 0 |   |
| 17 | 49 | 18 | 34 | -6 | 31 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 7.5 | 17 | WNW | 53 | 289 | 0 |   |
| 18 | 48 | 22 | 35 | -5 | 30 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 6.4 | 17 | NW | 52 | 271 | 5 |   |
| 19 | 49 | 16 | 32 | -9 | 33 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.6 | 14 | NW | 62 | 295 | 1 |   |
| 20 | 47 | 26 | 36 | -5 | 29 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 7.7 | 17 | N | 45 | 144 | 8 |   |
| 21 | 50 | 19 | 34 | -7 | 31 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 5.6 | 12 | NW | 60 | 311 | 0 |   |
| 22 | 54 | 21 | 38 | -3 | 27 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 5.5 | 12 | NNW | 50 | 298 | 3 |   |
| 23 | 56 | 26 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 5.7 | 14 | WNW | 49 | 309 | 1 |   |
| 24 | 57 | 18 | 38 | -3 | 27 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 3.6 | 11 | WSW | 55 | 312 | 0 |   |
| 25 | 58 | 21 | 40 | -1 | 25 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 4.0 | 9 | WSW | 58 | 312 | 0 |   |
| 26 | 60 | 22 | 41 | 0 | 24 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 4.5 | 12 | WSW | 58 | 322 | 0 |   |
| 27 | 61 | 27 | 44 | +3 | 21 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 5.0 | 14 | N | 54 | 314 | 0 |   |
| 28 | 56 | 36 | 46 | +5 | 19 | 0 | 0.02 |   |   | SE | 5.8 | 15 | SW | 70 | 151 | 10 |   |
| SUM | 762 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| AVG | 51.6 | 24.0 | 37.8 | 5.8 | 3.4 | ||||||||||||
| NOTES: | PRECIPITATION (IN.) | MISC. PHENOM. KEY | |||||||||
| Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0.04 | A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow | ||||||||
| "T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -0.64 | D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning | ||||||||
| Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation | 24HR MAX | 0.02 | ON | 28+ | 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 | 2 | >= 0.25 | 0 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 37.8 | >= 0.01 | 2 | >= 0.50 | 0 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.328 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -0.1 | >= 0.10 | 0 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.49 | ON | 1 | ||
| HIGHEST | 61 | ON | 27 | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.69 | ON | 19 | |||
| LOWEST | 16 | ON | 19 | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0 | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | na | ON | na | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 243.2 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 0 | MAX ON GRND | na | ON | na | MAX DAILY | 322 | ON | 26 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 0 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 110 | ON | 6 | |||||
| MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 27 | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) | 5.8 | MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS | |||||||
| MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW | 0 | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -1.2 | CLEAR | 16 | FOG | 0 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | WSW @ 40 | ON | 4 | PARTLY CLOUDY | 7 | THDR | 0 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 762 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 5 | DUST | 0 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -5 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 37.3 | WET BULB (ºF) | 32.4 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 3903 | REL. HUM. (%) | 62.4 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 24.3 | HIGHEST | 98 | ON | 12 | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -131 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 22 | ON | 14 | |||||