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 2006
	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	57	38	48	+16	17	0				SW	16.1	46	SW	56	223	1
2	57	37	47	+15	18	0	T			SW	8.6	27	SSW	63	163	7	KFR 0330
3	46	33	40	+8	25	0	T			NW	6.2	21	SW	80	86	10
4	50	37	44	+12	21	0	0.03			SW	19.0	49	S	60	101	6	KFR 0245
5	50	28	39	+7	26	0				W	8.5	28	WSW	57	227	0
6	50	29	40	+7	25	0				NW	5.2	13	WNW	70	223	3
7	50	23	36	+2	29	0				W	3.8	12	WNW	75	224	8
8	45	26	36	+1	29	0				S	3.5	12	SSE	86	116	10
9	50	29	40	+4	25	0				NW	10.4	24	NNE	55	256	0
10	50	25	38	+1	27	0				NW	8.7	23	NNE	49	257	0
11	46	28	37	0	28	0				NW	6.9	14	WNW	54	247	1
12	48	21	34	-4	31	0				SE	3.6	10	SSW	66	242	5
13	45	23	34	-5	31	0	T			NW	5.7	36	NW	67	148	9	KFR 1700
14	44	27	36	-4	29	0	T	T		NW	6.9	33	NE	58	150	9
15	44	23	34	-6	31	0				N	8.7	20	NNE	44	280	0
16	42	21	32	-8	33	0				NE	9.9	35	NE	46	238	5	KFR 1730
17	26	10	18	-22	47	0				NE	15.8	37	NNE	26	298	1
18	34	9	22	-18	43	0				NW	7.4	19	NNE	37	298	0
19	38	5	22	-19	43	0				E	3.7	14	SE	54	294	0
20	45	14	30	-11	35	0				NW	4.9	12	SW	48	210	10
21	55	19	37	-4	28	0				W	10.2	31	NW	51	290	9
22	58	31	44	+3	21	0				W	9.9	28	WSW	49	238	8
23	60	34	47	+6	18	0				SW	17.2	50	SW	51	235	8	KFR 1500
24	46	23	34	-7	31	0				NW	6.8	31	NW	38	308	5
25	42	24	33	-8	32	0				NW	6.7	17	NW	46	190	10
26	42	30	36	-5	29	0	0.02			NW	5.5	14	NW	51	108	10	WFR 2200
27	49	30	40	-1	25	0	0.06			NW	4.8	15	NW	80	141	10
28	50	30	40	-1	25	0	0.30			W	10.8	34	SW	78	85	10	KFR 0700
SUM					802	0	0.41	T
AVG	47.1	25.2	36.2								8.4					5.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.41	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.27	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.36	ON	27-28	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	8	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			36.2	>= 0.01	4	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.393
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-1.7	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.75	ON	10
HIGHEST	60	ON	23	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.21	ON	28
LOWEST	5	ON	19	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			T	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	T	ON	14	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			209.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			1	MAX ON GRND	0	ON	na	MAX DAILY	308	ON	24
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	85	ON	28
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			23	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.4	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.4	CLEAR	10	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 54	ON	23	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			802	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	13	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+35	DRY BULB (ºF)	36.3	WET BULB (ºF)	31.2	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3974	REL. HUM. (%)	57.0	DEW PT.(ºF)	21.2	HIGHEST	98	ON	27
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-60	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	15	ON	17