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 MONTH0.04 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 MAX0.02ON28+ 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) >= T2 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH37.8 >= 0.012 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.328
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-0.1 >= 0.100 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.49ON1
HIGHEST61 ON27 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.69ON19
LOWEST16 ON19 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL243.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY322ON26
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY110ON6
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW27 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)5.8 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-1.2 CLEAR16FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTWSW @ 40ON4 PARTLY CLOUDY7 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH762 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY5 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-5 DRY BULB (ºF)37.3WET BULB (ºF)32.4 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)3903 REL. HUM. (%)62.4DEW PT.(ºF)24.3 HIGHEST98 ON12
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-131 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST22 ON14