| 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 1995 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 58 | 37 | 48 | +16 | 17 | 0 | 0.09 | W | 7.1 | 29 | W | 80 | 45 | 10 | KFR 1532 | ||
| 2 | 54 | 33 | 44 | +11 | 21 | 0 | W | 6.0 | 14 | WNW | 77 | 163 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 50 | 39 | 44 | +11 | 21 | 0 | NW | 6.6 | 19 | WNW | 76 | 97 | 10 | ||||
| 4 | 54 | 38 | 46 | +13 | 19 | 0 | NW | 7.9 | 16 | NW | 74 | 159 | 9 | ||||
| 5 | 54 | 36 | 45 | +12 | 20 | 0 | NW | 5.2 | 14 | NW | 79 | 180 | 7 | ||||
| 6 | 50 | 33 | 42 | +9 | 23 | 0 | NW | 4.5 | 11 | ESE | 90 | 91 | 10 | F | |||
| 7 | 47 | 37 | 42 | +8 | 23 | 0 | 0.34 | NW | 7.8 | 19 | NNW | 90 | 11 | 10 | F | ||
| 8 | 58 | 31 | 44 | +9 | 21 | 0 | N | 8.0 | 19 | NE | 73 | 231 | 2 | F | |||
| 9 | 51 | 27 | 39 | +4 | 26 | 0 | N | 4.5 | 13 | NW | 87 | 191 | 6 | F | |||
| 10 | 49 | 29 | 39 | +2 | 26 | 0 | SE | 4.1 | 13 | E | 84 | 118 | 9 | ||||
| 11 | 39 | 33 | 36 | -1 | 29 | 0 | 0.23 | T | NE | 7.4 | 19 | NE | 84 | 39 | 10 | F,KFR 2000 | |
| 12 | 33 | 22 | 28 | -10 | 37 | 0 | NE | 18.9 | 37 | NE | 42 | 83 | 10 | ||||
| 13 | 27 | 14 | 20 | -19 | 45 | 0 | T | T | NE | 12.0 | 34 | NE | 62 | 125 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 31 | 8 | 20 | -19 | 45 | 0 | SW | 6.1 | 16 | ESE | 67 | 236 | 7 | ||||
| 15 | 51 | 24 | 38 | -2 | 27 | 0 | T | T | SW | 10.2 | 37 | S | 59 | 251 | 4 | KFR 0830 | |
| 16 | 51 | 29 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 0 | T | S | 8.1 | 27 | SSW | 66 | 125 | 8 | |||
| 17 | 57 | 40 | 48 | +8 | 17 | 0 | T | SW | 15.4 | 44 | SSW | 61 | 146 | 10 | KFR 1500 | ||
| 18 | 64 | 36 | 50 | +10 | 15 | 0 | 0.03 | NE | 10.6 | 39 | SW | 73 | 88 | 10 | |||
| 19 | 68 | 56 | 62 | +21 | 3 | 0 | T | SW | 13.8 | 40 | SSW | 62 | 90 | 10 | KFR 0200 | ||
| 20 | 67 | 46 | 56 | +15 | 9 | 0 | NW | 6.8 | 18 | WSW | 70 | 196 | 9 | KFR 1950 | |||
| 21 | 68 | 45 | 56 | +15 | 9 | 0 | NW | 9.4 | 28 | NW | 50 | 278 | 6 | ||||
| 22 | 62 | 36 | 49 | +8 | 16 | 0 | NW | 5.0 | 13 | NW | 55 | 263 | 5 | ||||
| 23 | 62 | 34 | 48 | +7 | 17 | 0 | NW | 6.3 | 14 | NNW | 64 | 277 | 7 | ||||
| 24 | 65 | 32 | 48 | +7 | 17 | 0 | T | NW | 6.2 | 28 | NW | 68 | 290 | 6 | |||
| 25 | 65 | 43 | 54 | +12 | 11 | 0 | T | NW | 8.2 | 25 | WNW | 55 | 220 | 8 | |||
| 26 | 58 | 33 | 46 | +4 | 19 | 0 | NW | 8.6 | 17 | NW | 48 | 292 | 2 | KFR 2030 | |||
| 27 | 47 | 28 | 38 | -4 | 27 | 0 | NW | 8.7 | 26 | NW | 33 | 328 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | 48 | 25 | 36 | -6 | 29 | 0 | NW | 10.1 | 20 | NE | 37 | 332 | 0 | ||||
| SUM | 614 | 0.69 | T | ||||||||||||||
| AVG | 53.1 | 33.0 | 43.1 | 8.3 | 7.2 | ||||||||||||
| NOTES: | PRECIPITATION (IN.) | MISC. PHENOM. KEY | |||||||||
| Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0.69 | A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow | ||||||||
| "T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +0.07 | D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning | ||||||||
| Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation | 24HR MAX | 0.34 | ON | 7 | F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke | ||||||
| Solrad in coluns 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 | 1 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 43.1 | >= 0.01 | 4 | >= 0.50 | 0 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.309 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | +5.1 | >= 0.10 | 2 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.47 | ON | 27 | ||
| HIGHEST | 68 | ON | 21+ | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.65 | ON | 15 | |||
| LOWEST | 8 | ON | 14 | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | T | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | T | ON | 15+ | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 176.6 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 2 | MAX ON GRND | T | ON | 15 | MAX DAILY | 332 | ON | 28 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 0 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 11 | ON | 7 | |||||
| MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 11 | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) | 8.3 | MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS | |||||||
| MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW | 0 | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +1.1 | CLEAR | 4 | FOG | 5 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | SW @ 44 | ON | 17 | PARTLY CLOUDY | 9 | THDR | 0 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 614 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 15 | DUST | 0 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -150 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 42.9 | WET BULB (ºF) | 38.2 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 3586 | REL. HUM. (%) | 66.7 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 31.5 | HIGHEST | 100 | ON | 9 | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -475 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 19 | ON | 27 | |||||