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 1996
	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	6	-18	-6	-38	71	0	T	T	7.1	S	3.5	9	E	79	191	5	F
2	3	-14	-6	-39	71	0	T	0.1	6.9	S	3.0	8	SW	80	193	8	F,IC
3	5	-15	-5	-38	70	0	0.09	1.0	6.9	SE	2.4	9	WNW	80	197	8	F
4	17	2	10	-23	55	0	0.06	0.6	8.6	SE	3.2	12	SSE	80	112	10
5	29	15	22	-11	43	0	0.10	0.2	8.0	N	4.4	19	NNE	86	136	10	F,GL,KFR 0500/2300
6	53	28	40	+7	25	0	0.09		7.5	SW	7.3	48	SW	86	133	10	F,WFR 2130
7	56	38	47	+13	18	0	0.29		4.0	NW	7.2	31	SW	88	52	10	F,KFR 0200
8	63	37	50	+15	15	0	0.01		0.6	NW	8.6	31	SW	83	35	10	F,KFR 1635/2230
9	54	27	40	+5	25	0				W	10.3	35	NW	52	233	0
10	48	30	39	+2	26	0				NW	9.4	19	WNW	52	227	2
11	48	27	38	+1	27	0				NW	6.8	16	WNW	54	234	0
12	51	23	37	-1	28	0				NW	3.8	10	W	67	225	4
13	49	23	36	-3	29	0				NE	3.6	11	NW	73	214	8
14	54	24	39	0	26	0				NW	4.2	12	WNW	74	266	0
15	56	26	41	+1	24	0				NW	6.3	14	WNW	75	258	0
16	52	27	40	0	25	0	T			NW	3.7	11	E	80	206	4	F,K
17	48	38	43	+3	22	0	0.11			NW	5.5	15	NW	92	80	10	F
18	62	38	50	+10	15	0	0.03			SE	8.4	29	SSW	74	138	9	F
19	55	38	46	+5	19	0	T			W	9.4	27	SSW	69	100	8
20	58	37	48	+7	17	0	0.05			S	10.8	44	SSW	59	202	6	KFR 0425/2130
21	52	37	44	+3	21	0	0.03	T		SW	10.1	31	SSE	64	102	9	A
22	50	31	40	-1	25	0				SW	14.3	50	SSW	49	265	3
23	50	28	39	-2	26	0	0.01	T		SW	13.5	55	SSW	61	226	9	KFR 0315
24	40	27	34	-7	31	0	0.13	0.9		NW	6.7	17	WNW	89	62	10	F
25	40	21	30	-12	30	0	0.22	3.1	3.0	NE	7.4	17	NE	78	259	8	F
26	38	15	26	-16	39	0			1.8	SE	4.6	12	SSW	64	290	2
27	37	14	26	-16	39	0			1.6	NE	8.9	28	NE	64	223	5
28	39	21	30	-12	35	0			1.1	N	13.9	27	NE	40	277	4
29	46	19	32	-10	33	0			0.5	W	7.5	15	WNW	48	319	0
SUM					935	0	1.22	5.9
AVG	43.4	22.2	32.8								7.2					5.9

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.22	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.60	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.35	ON	24-25	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	17	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			32.8	>= 0.01	13	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.250
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5.2	>= 0.10	5	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.59	ON	2
HIGHEST	63	ON	8	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.20	ON	20
LOWEST	-18	ON	1	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			5.9	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	4.0	ON	24-25	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			188.0
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			5	MAX ON GRND	8.6	ON	4	MAX DAILY	319	ON	29
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	35	ON	8
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			22	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			3	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			0	CLEAR	8	FOG	12
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SSW @ 55	ON	23	PARTLY CLOUDY	6	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			935	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	15	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+171	DRY BULB (ºF)	32.7	WET BULB (ºF)	29.2	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4108	REL. HUM. (%)	70.3	DEW PT.(ºF)	23.1	HIGHEST	100	ON	18+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+47	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	25	ON	29