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 1998
	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	44	25	34	+2	31	0	0.06			W	5.8	14	W	84	101	6
2	44	30	37	+4	28	0	T			NW	5.2	16	WNW	92	49	10
3	44	39	42	+9	23	0	0.31			NW	11.9	24	WNW	90	42	10
4	51	35	43	+10	22	0	0.03			NW	7.1	18	WNW	87	76	10	F
5	46	35	40	+7	25	0	T			NW	5.1	14	W	93	71	10	F
6	48	40	44	+11	21	0	T			NW	9.1	17	W	81	46	10	KFR 1900
7	55	34	44	+10	21	0	0.03			NW	5.9	18	W	81	179	9
8	55	37	46	+11	19	0				SW	10.4	38	WSW	73	83	9	KFR 0800
9	57	29	43	+8	22	0				W	6.3	21	W	60	224	0
10	48	30	39	+2	26	0	T			NW	5.8	15	WNW	76	105	10
11	55	29	42	+5	23	0	T			S	5.0	18	S	73	167	4
12	50	38	44	+6	21	0	0.37			NW	7.4	35	S	88	48	10	KFR 1830
13	57	32	44	+5	21	0				S	11.4	33	SW	61	235	6
14	43	33	38	-1	27	0	0.05			NW	9.0	19	NW	85	76	10
15	57	33	45	+5	20	0				SW	5.2	15	WSW	77	202	9
16	53	28	40	0	25	0				NW	7.4	15	WNW	78	244	2
17	54	35	44	+4	21	0	T			NW	5.9	12	WSW	73	188	9
18	57	29	43	+3	22	0	T			SE	3.9	12	E	78	169	9
19	51	42	46	+5	19	0	0.25			NW	5.3	13	NW	95	81	10
20	55	40	48	+7	17	0	0.02			S	8.1	35	S	76	130	10	F
21	58	43	50	+9	15	0				SW	14.1	50	S	54	239	9	KFR 0830
22	56	35	46	+5	19	0				SW	12.2	29	SSW	51	240	9
23	53	27	40	-1	25	0				NW	7.2	17	WNW	68	262	6
24	55	32	44	+3	21	0				NW	9.1	28	W	48	319	0
25	50	25	38	-4	27	0	T	T		NW	7.0	20	WNW	63	186	8	KFR 0940
26	53	27	40	-2	25	0				W	6.2	18	SW	62	286	5
27	51	22	36	-6	29	0				NE	3.5	10	ENE	68	311	3
28	46	31	38	-4	27	0	0.03			NW	5.0	15	WNW	70	132	10
SUM					642	0	1.15	T
AVG	51.6	32.7	42.2								7.3					7.6

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.15	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.53	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.37	ON	12	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	17	>= 0.25	3	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			42.2	>= 0.01	9	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			28.999
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+4.2	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.26	ON	28
HIGHEST	58	ON	21	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.27	ON	21
LOWEST	22	ON	27	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			T	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	T	ON	25	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			160.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	319	ON	24
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	42	ON	3
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			14	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	4	FOG	3
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	S @ 50	ON	21	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			642	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	19	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-122	DRY BULB (ºF)	42.1	WET BULB (ºF)	38.5	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3544	REL. HUM. (%)	74.4	DEW PT.(ºF)	33.7	HIGHEST	100	ON	5+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-517	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	23	ON	9