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 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	37	30	34	+6	31	0	0.02		T	SW	3.0	10	WNW	96	61	10	F
2	51	32	42	+14	23	0	T		T	N	4.2	28	WSW	97	44	10	F
3	56	34	45	+17	20	0			T	W	13.0	54	WSW	58	140	0
4	40	28	34	+5	31	0	T	T	T	NW	6.0	13	NNW	78	80	10
5	34	27	30	+1	35	0	0.15	1.9	T	NW	4.6	13	WNW	73	48	10	F
6	34	27	30	+1	35	0	0.01	0.1	1.6	NW	4.5	15	W	83	80	10	F
7	35	30	32	+3	33	0	0.10		1.0	NW	2.8	7	NNW	91	46	10
8	33	28	30	+1	35	0	T		0.7	E	3.0	14	WNW	99	29	10	F
9	39	31	35	+6	30	0	0.04			W	4.7	16	WNW	98	31	9	F,KFR 1530
10	43	29	36	+6	29	0				NW	4.2	12	NE	96	36	10	F
11	50	30	40	+10	25	0				NW	4.2	15	NW	91	121	9
12	45	26	36	+5	29	0				NW	4.2	16	WNW	89	130	6	F,AU
13	32	25	28	-3	37	0				NW	3.3	10	WNW	99	51	10	F,AU
14	58	30	44	+12	21	0	0.02			NW	7.0	37	SW	81	76	10
15	58	48	53	+20	12	0	0.02			S	12.8	45	SW	64	94	9	KFR 0830
16	49	34	42	+9	23	0				NW	10.9	28	NW	56	68	10	KFR 1500
17	40	25	32	-1	33	0	T	T		NE	5.4	16	NNW	53	121	5
18	34	25	30	-3	35	0	0.28	2.9		NW	11.1	23	WNW	72	47	10	F
19	34	18	26	-7	39	0	0.01	0.2	3.1	NW	6.1	22	NW	85	94	10	F
20	29	19	24	-9	41	0	0.25	3.2	2.6	NW	7.8	23	WNW	97	52	10	F
21	34	19	26	-7	39	0	T	T	5.7	NW	8.8	19	WNW	89	84	10	F
22	34	16	25	-8	40	0	T	T	4.0	NW	4.4	13	NW	87	151	5	F
23	29	16	22	-10	43	0	0.01	0.3	3.5	NW	7.4	19	NW	93	101	10	F,KFR 0200
24	37	24	30	-2	35	0	0.26	3.2	5.1	NW	7.1	18	WNW	89	135	7	F,KFR 0230
25	34	16	25	-7	40	0			6.2	W	5.1	17	WNW	88	170	4
26	23	17	20	-12	45	0	T	T	5.5	NW	3.9	14	NW	92	53	10	F
27	28	14	21	-11	44	0	0.21	3.5	5.5	W	10.4	22	WNW	90	74	10	F
28	26	6	16	-16	49	0	0.02	0.3	9.0	NW	7.7	19	WNW	86	127	10	F,KFR 2130
29	14	2	8	-24	57	0	0.02	1.1	8.1	NW	10.8	19	WNW	65	140	9
30	13	-11	1	-31	64	0			7.9	W	8.7	16	WNW	58	213	0
31	7	-18	-6	-38	71	0			7.6	S	3.6	14	SSE	74	221	0	F
SUM					1124	0	1.42	16.7
AVG	35.8	21.8	28.8								6.5					8.2

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.42	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.63	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.29	ON	18-19	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	22	>= 0.25	3	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			28.8	>= 0.01	15	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.215
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-2.5	>= 0.10	6	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.67	ON	30
HIGHEST	58	ON	15+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.49	ON	19+
LOWEST	-18	ON	31	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			16.7	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	3.6	ON	27-28	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			94.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			9	MAX ON GRND	9.3	ON	28	MAX DAILY	221	ON	31
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	29	ON	8
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			28	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.5	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			2	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			0	CLEAR	3	FOG	20
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 54	ON	3	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1124	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	23	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+80	DRY BULB (ºF)	28.5	WET BULB (ºF)	26.9	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3173	REL. HUM. (%)	82.9	DEW PT.(ºF)	23.5	HIGHEST	100	ON	27+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-124	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	31	ON	3