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 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 2 3 4 5 6A 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
1 34 18 26 -2 39 0 NW 7.5 16 NW 72 143 1
2 32 16 24 -4 41 0 NW 7.6 14 WNW 73 144 0
3 31 8 20 -8 45 0 NW 5.4 11 N 78 147 0
4 26 8 17 -12 48 0 N 5.0 11 WSW 84 125 3 F
5 31 12 22 -7 43 0 SE 3.7 10 SSE 77 132 2
6 28 17 22 -7 43 0 NW 5.3 18 NW 79 79 7
7 31 24 28 -1 37 0 0.191.9 T NW 10.620 WNW 88 58 10 F
8 38 29 34 +5 31 0 0.140.8 1.6 NW 7.2 21 WNW 91 95 10 F,GL
9 38 33 36 +7 29 0 0.41 1.3 NW 8.8 19 NW 96 44 10 F,GL,WFR 0445
10 50 32 41 +11 24 0 0.22 0.5 NW 5.8 24 NW 97 101 6 F,KFR 1045
11 40 33 36 +6 29 0 0.19 T NW 6.7 22 NW 99 60 10 F,KFR 0100
12 43 31 37 +7 28 0 0.01 W 4.8 11 NNW 97 58 10 F
13 39 34 36 +5 29 0 0.13 NW 5.0 19 WNW 98 31 10 F
14 44 34 39 +7 26 0 0.23 NW 5.3 19 WNW 94 48 10 F,KFR 0600
15 41 30 36 +3 29 0 NW 5.5 14 NW 92 74 10
16 41 29 35 +2 30 0 S 3.5 8 SSE 96 82 10 F
17 35 29 32 -1 33 0 0.01 S 4.2 11 N 97 67 10 F
18 51 32 42 +9 23 0 T NW 7.7 32 SW 84 45 10 F,KFR 1930
19 46 27 36 +3 29 0 NW 9.6 19 WNW 84 179 1
20 47 33 40 +7 25 0 NW 8.6 16 WNW 72 143 6
21 44 22 33 0 32 0 NW 6.9 13 WNW 74 176 0
22 41 20 30 -3 35 0 NW 8.4 19 NW 76 166 2
23 40 28 34 +2 31 0 NW 9.2 16 NW 66 126 9
24 42 31 36 +4 29 0 NW 9.3 18 NW 65 122 10
25 42 30 36 +4 29 0 0.09T NW 8.0 19 NW 78 69 10
26 40 34 37 +5 28 0 N 3.9 10 NW 93 59 10 F
27 40 36 38 +6 27 0 T NW 4.9 10 NW 89 44 10 F
28 40 36 38 +6 27 0 0.19 NW 8.1 15 NW 89 28 10
29 44 33 38 +6 27 0 0.05 NW 4.7 13 W 97 81 9 F
30 60 35 48 +16 17 0 0.24 NW 7.8 22 WSW 87 158 8 F,WFR 0850,KFR 1500
31 67 42 54 +23 11 0 0.04 NW 10.939 WSW 78 122 5 F,WFR 1012,KFR 1250
SUM 954 0 2.142.7
AVG 40.827.634.2 6.8 7.1
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH2.14 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM+1.35 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.41ON9 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) >= T16>= 0.251 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH34.2 >= 0.0114>= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.175
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+2.9 >= 0.109 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.54ON1
HIGHEST67 ON31 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.41ON10
LOWEST8 ON4+ TOTAL FOR THE MONTH2.7 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAX2.4 ON7-8 AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL96.9
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW6 MAX ON GRND2.4 ON8 MAX DAILY179ON19
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY28 ON28
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW20 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)6.8 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.3 CLEAR8 FOG17
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTWSW @ 39ON31 PARTLY CLOUDY4 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH954 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY19DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-90 DRY BULB (ºF)33.8WET BULB (ºF)32.0 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)2972 REL. HUM. (%)85.1DEW PT.(ºF)29.5 HIGHEST100ON30+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-325 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST48 ON5