| 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 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 36 | 16 | 26 | -6 | 39 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.5 | 11 | SSE | 72 | 164 | 6 |   |
| 2 | 29 | 10 | 20 | -12 | 45 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 6.0 | 15 | WNW | 91 | 107 | 9 | F |
| 3 | 29 | 16 | 22 | -10 | 43 | 0 | 0.10 | T |   | E | 2.7 | 8 | W | 93 | 41 | 10 | F, GL, WFR 1400 |
| 4 | 38 | 28 | 33 | +1 | 32 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.2 | 12 | WNW | 88 | 121 | 9 | F |
| 5 | 42 | 28 | 35 | +2 | 30 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 3.9 | 10 | WNW | 85 | 150 | 10 |   |
| 6 | 42 | 31 | 36 | +2 | 29 | 0 |   |   |   | E | 3.2 | 9 | SSE | 90 | 67 | 10 | F |
| 7 | 44 | 34 | 39 | +4 | 26 | 0 | T |   |   | E | 4.5 | 11 | NW | 92 | 82 | 10 | F |
| 8 | 46 | 35 | 40 | +4 | 25 | 0 | 0.05 |   |   | NW | 4.6 | 15 | NW | 95 | 130 | 10 | F |
| 9 | 49 | 38 | 44 | +7 | 21 | 0 | 0.19 |   |   | NW | 6.2 | 18 | NW | 89 | 127 | 9 | KFR 0700 |
| 10 | 44 | 38 | 41 | +4 | 24 | 0 | 0.04 |   |   | NW | 5.7 | 15 | WNW | 88 | 77 | 10 | F |
| 11 | 46 | 31 | 38 | +1 | 27 | 0 | 0.11 |   |   | NW | 4.2 | 13 | SSW | 92 | 110 | 10 | F |
| 12 | 52 | 29 | 40 | +2 | 25 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 5.8 | 18 | NW | 91 | 200 | 9 | F |
| 13 | 45 | 34 | 40 | +1 | 25 | 0 |   |   |   | SE | 5.8 | 14 | NW | 86 | 106 | 10 |   |
| 14 | 41 | 28 | 34 | +6 | 31 | 0 | 0.03 |   |   | NW | 3.9 | 12 | NNW | 94 | 71 | 10 | F |
| 15 | 62 | 32 | 47 | +7 | 18 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 10.5 | 43 | SW | 74 | 148 | 10 | F, KFR 1530 |
| 16 | 57 | 38 | 48 | +8 | 17 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 6.3 | 18 | NNW | 58 | 148 | 9 |   |
| 17 | 64 | 31 | 48 | +8 | 17 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 5.9 | 23 | W | 70 | 268 | 0 |   |
| 18 | 56 | 36 | 46 | +6 | 19 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 12.3 | 37 | W | 52 | 259 | 2 | KFR 0030 |
| 19 | 53 | 35 | 44 | +3 | 21 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 17.1 | 46 | SSW | 57 | 100 | 10 |   |
| 20 | 54 | 34 | 44 | +3 | 21 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 17.8 | 46 | SSW | 52 | 221 | 6 | KFR 0800 |
| 21 | 50 | 22 | 36 | -5 | 29 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 5.8 | 24 | WSW | 62 | 236 | 5 |   |
| 22 | 44 | 29 | 36 | -5 | 29 | 0 | T |   |   | NW | 7.6 | 20 | NW | 76 | 107 | 10 |   |
| 23 | 47 | 24 | 36 | -5 | 29 | 0 | T |   |   | SW | 6.1 | 32 | WSW | 75 | 192 | 8 | F |
| 24 | 33 | 27 | 30 | -11 | 35 | 0 | 0.23 | 2.2 |   | NW | 6.3 | 15 | NNW | 95 | 48 | 10 | F |
| 25 | 43 | 32 | 38 | -3 | 27 | 0 | 0.01 |   | 1 | NW | 4.7 | 12 | W | 93 | 133 | 10 |   |
| 26 | 50 | 30 | 40 | -1 | 25 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 9.7 | 36 | SW | 59 | 182 | 8 |   |
| 27 | 48 | 30 | 39 | -2 | 26 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 5.8 | 22 | SSE | 72 | 220 | 9 |   |
| 28 | 49 | 29 | 39 | -2 | 26 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 12.6 | 37 | SSW | 55 | 240 | 8 |   |
| SUM | 761 | 0 | 0.76 | 2.2 | |||||||||||||
| AVG | 46.2 | 29.5 | 37.8 | 6.9 | 8.5 | ||||||||||||
| NOTES: | PRECIPITATION (IN.) | MISC. PHENOM. KEY | |||||||||
| Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0.76 | A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow | ||||||||
| "T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +0.08 | D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning | ||||||||
| Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation | 24HR MAX | 0.23 | ON | 24 | 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 | 11 | >= 0.25 | 0 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 37.8 | >= 0.01 | 8 | >= 0.50 | 0 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.205 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -0.1 | >= 0.10 | 3 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.49 | ON | 4 | ||
| HIGHEST | 64 | ON | 17 | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.56 | ON | 27+ | |||
| LOWEST | 10 | ON | 2 | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 2.2 | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | 2.2 | ON | 24 | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 144.9 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 2 | MAX ON GRND | 1 | ON | 25 | MAX DAILY | 268 | ON | 17 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 0 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 41 | ON | 3 | |||||
| MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 19 | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) | 6.9 | MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS | |||||||
| MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW | 0 | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -0.1 | CLEAR | 2 | FOG | 13 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | SSW @ 46 | ON | 20+ | PARTLY CLOUDY | 3 | THDR | 0 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 761 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 23 | DUST | 0 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -6 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 37.8 | WET BULB (ºF) | 35.0 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 4218 | REL. HUM. (%) | 78.3 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 30.9 | HIGHEST | 100 | ON | 24+ | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +184 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 26 | ON | 18 | |||||