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 0.23T NE 7.4 19 NE 84 39 10 F,KFR 2000
12 33 22 28 -10 37 0 NE 18.937 NE 42 83 10
13 27 14 20 -19 45 0 T T NE 12.034 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 10.237 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 15.444 SSW 61 146 10 KFR 1500
18 64 36 50 +10 15 0 0.03 NE 10.639 SW 73 88 10
19 68 56 62 +21 3 0 T SW 13.840 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 10.120 NE 37 332 0
SUM 614 0.69T
AVG 53.133.043.1 8.3 7.2
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.69 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 MAX0.34ON7 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) >= T11>= 0.251 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH43.1 >= 0.014 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.309
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+5.1 >= 0.102 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.47ON27
HIGHEST68 ON21+ SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.65ON15
LOWEST8 ON14 TOTAL FOR THE MONTHT SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXT ON15+ AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL176.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW2 MAX ON GRNDT ON15 MAX DAILY332ON28
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY11 ON7
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW11 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)8.3 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+1.1 CLEAR4 FOG5
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSW @ 44ON17 PARTLY CLOUDY9 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH614 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY15DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-150 DRY BULB (ºF)42.9WET BULB (ºF)38.2 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)3586 REL. HUM. (%)66.7DEW PT.(ºF)31.5 HIGHEST100ON9
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-475 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST19 ON27