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 2006
	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	31	38	+10	27	0	0.02			NW	5.9	16	SW	93	33	10
2	43	32	38	+10	27	0	0.12			NW	5.4	16	NW	94	100	9	KFR 1400
3	34	27	30	+2	35	0	0.03			NW	4.7	15	NW	98	34	10	F
4	40	26	33	+5	32	0				NW	6.0	21	WNW	93	75	9	F
5	39	30	34	+6	31	0				NW	4.3	15	WNW	90	50	10
6	38	31	34	+6	31	0	0.08			NW	3.0	21	NNW	97	32	10	F
7	44	35	40	+11	25	0	0.11			W	6.0	28	WSW	90	29	10	F,KFR 1630
8	50	33	42	+13	23	0				W	6.0	21	W	70	125	3
9	54	33	44	+15	21	0	T			S	12.3	36	S	65	45	10
10	58	46	52	+23	13	0	0.04			SW	16.6	47	SW	63	53	10	KFR 0840 KFR 2345
11	52	40	46	+16	19	0				SW	18.6	49	WSW	57	124	5
12	48	35	42	+11	23	0	0.15			NW	5.3	22	SW	80	55	10	WFR 2200
13	46	37	42	+10	23	0	0.22			NW	5.4	26	SSE	97	19	10	F
14	47	36	42	+9	23	0	0.01			W	6.3	23	W	84	49	10	F,KFR 1430
15	48	32	40	+7	25	0				W	8.5	23	W	57	157	0
16	34	30	32	-2	33	0	0.23	0.5		NW	4.8	14	ESE	93	23	10	F,WFR 1200
17	40	29	34	0	31	0	0.04		T	N	3.7	17	NW	97	57	10	F,KFR 2000
18	32	29	30	-4	35	0				NW	4.0	10	NW	99	44	10	F
19	33	30	32	-2	33	0				N	2.0	8	SSE	99	52	10	F
20	53	31	42	+8	23	0				SW	11.9	34	WSW	68	166	4	F,KFR 1330
21	45	24	34	0	31	0				W	3.2	11	NW	85	135	9
22	40	23	32	-2	33	0				N	3.0	10	SSW	92	88	10	F
23	42	31	36	+2	29	0				NW	4.5	14	WNW	86	47	10
24	46	27	36	+2	29	0				NW	7.1	18	WNW	87	170	5
25	34	22	28	-6	37	0				SE	2.9	10	ESE	99	64	10	F,KFR 2130
26	46	27	36	+2	29	0				S	9.1	29	SW	70	62	10	F
27	52	34	43	+10	22	0				SW	11.5	27	WSW	59	157	4
28	53	40	46	+13	19	0	T			SW	16.6	46	SW	62	197	5	KFR 0800
29	52	34	43	+10	22	0	0.07			SE	8.2	37	SSE	73	36	10	WFR 2030
30	58	36	47	+14	18	0				SW	18.5	54	SSW	56	185	6	KFR 0800
31	48	37	42	+9	23	0	0.06			S	10.0	37	S	66	58	10	KFR 2330
SUM					825	0	1.18	0.5
AVG	44.9	31.9	38.4								7.6					8.4

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.18	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.31	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.35	ON	12-13	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	15	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			38.4	>= 0.01	13	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.169
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+6.6	>= 0.10	5	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.52	ON	22
HIGHEST	58	ON	30+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.39	ON	10
LOWEST	22	ON	25	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.5	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	0.5	ON	16	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			81.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			1	MAX ON GRND	0.5	ON	16	MAX DAILY	197	ON	28
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	19	ON	13
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			18	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.6	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.3	CLEAR	2	FOG	14
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SSW @ 54	ON	30	PARTLY CLOUDY	6	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			825	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	23	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-203	DRY BULB (ºF)	38.5	WET BULB (ºF)	36.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3172	REL. HUM. (%)	81.2	DEW PT.(ºF)	32.6	HIGHEST	100	ON	26+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-95	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	38	ON	27+