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: January 2002
	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	38	30	34	+6	31	0	T			NW	7.3	17	NW	84	49	10	F
2	39	35	37	+9	28	0	0.26			NW	6.4	17	WNW	96	21	10	F,KFR 0900
3	42	27	34	+6	31	0				SE	2.8	7	SW	94	74	9	F
4	35	31	33	+5	32	0	T			NW	3.8	11	WNW	96	22	10	F
5	40	33	36	+8	29	0	0.05			NW	4.5	11	WNW	88	42	10
6	39	34	36	+8	29	0	0.04			NW	3.7	9	NW	96	25	10	F,WFR 1900
7	63	38	50	+21	15	0	0.02			S	9.9	42	S	72	17	10	F,KFR 2015
8	59	38	48	+19	17	0				SW	11.9	37	WSW	64	122	1
9	52	28	40	+11	25	0				NW	4.1	14	NW	81	119	1
10	40	34	37	+8	28	0				NW	4.8	20	WNW	93	35	10	F
11	45	34	40	+10	25	0				NW	7.3	16	WNW	84	52	10	F
12	56	33	44	+13	21	0	T			W	14.4	57	W	63	104	3	KFR 1000
13	45	29	37	+5	28	0				W	4.9	21	W	65	89	8
14	44	30	37	+4	28	0				NW	9.7	21	N	63	98	8
15	43	26	34	+1	31	0				NW	5.6	19	NW	63	94	6
16	39	21	30	-4	35	0	0.05	0.6		NW	4.6	15	NNW	89	91	8	F,KFR 1400
17	36	22	29	-5	36	0			0.5	W	4.6	13	W	87	86	5
18	33	20	26	-8	39	0	T		T	NW	3.9	12	SSE	93	82	10	F
19	51	30	40	+6	25	0				W	10.5	29	SW	66	135	3	KFR 0600
20	55	38	46	+12	19	0				SW	15.6	45	WSW	56	93	8	KFR 1200
21	47	27	37	+3	28	0				W	9.4	27	SW	64	111	6
22	46	26	36	+2	29	0				SW	10.0	32	SW	62	78	9
23	47	28	38	+4	27	0				SW	13.8	46	WSW	59	44	10
24	53	45	49	+15	16	0				SW	22.8	53	SW	57	85	9
25	55	38	46	+12	19	0				SW	19.4	48	SSW	54	154	7	KFR 1100
26	45	30	38	+4	27	0				SW	6.4	26	SW	52	140	5
27	44	28	36	+3	29	0				SW	8.5	39	S	55	163	6
28	39	20	30	-3	35	0				NW	9.0	21	WNW	72	149	4
29	39	13	26	-7	39	0				S	3.8	11	WSW	72	142	9
30	45	27	36	+3	29	0				W	4.1	17	W	65	73	10
31	47	35	41	+8	24	0				SW	8.2	33	SSW	63	29	10	KFR 1730
SUM					854	0	0.42	0.6
AVG	45.2	29.9	37.6								8.2					7.6

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.42	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.47	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.26	ON	2	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	9	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			37.6	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.288
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+5.8	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.51	ON	11
HIGHEST	63	ON	7	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.59	ON	25
LOWEST	13	ON	29	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.6	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	0.6	ON	16	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			84.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	0.6	ON	16	MAX DAILY	163	ON	27
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	17	ON	7
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			19	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.9	CLEAR	4	FOG	10
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	W @ 57	ON	12	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			854	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	20	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-174	DRY BULB (ºF)	37.8	WET BULB (ºF)	34.4	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			2852	REL. HUM. (%)	73.1	DEW PT.(ºF)	29.2	HIGHEST	100	ON	18+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-415	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	29	ON	26