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 MONTH0.76 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 MAX0.23ON24 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) >= T11>= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH37.8 >= 0.018 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.205
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-0.1 >= 0.103 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.49ON4
HIGHEST64 ON17 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.56ON27+
LOWEST10 ON2 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH2.2 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAX2.2 ON24 AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL144.9
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW2 MAX ON GRND1 ON25 MAX DAILY268ON17
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY41ON3
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW19 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)6.9 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.1 CLEAR2 FOG13
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSSW @ 46ON20+ PARTLY CLOUDY3 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH761 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY23DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-6 DRY BULB (ºF)37.8WET BULB (ºF)35.0 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)4218 REL. HUM. (%)78.3DEW PT.(ºF)30.9 HIGHEST100ON24+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+184 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST26 ON18