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: July 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	83	53	68	-4	0	3				NW	10.3	26	NW	36	694	0
2	87	56	72	0	0	7				NW	7.4	28	NW	32	647	1
3	84	57	70	-2	0	5				NW	13.4	38	NW	31	524	7
4	79	50	64	-8	1	0				NW	10.3	31	NW	41	636	5
5	83	53	68	-4	0	3				N	6.3	24	NNE	34	676	3
6	94	53	74	+1	0	9				W	5.5	18	NNE	25	638	2
7	100	64	82	+9	0	17	0.13			NW	12.3	53	NW	36	536	6	T,DL,KFR 1830
8	84	58	71	-2	0	6	0.03			NW	10.7	27	WSW	51	584	4	T,DL
9	92	57	74	0	0	9				NW	7.9	20	E	37	671	0
10	103	67	85	+11	0	20				NW	7.8	22	NW	26	664	0
11	109	71	90	+15	0	25				NW	6.5	22	NW	27	629	7
12	112	71	92	+17	0	27				E	5.8	20	E	25	634	0
13	113	80	96	+21	0	31				NW	9.5	35	NW	25	562	6	T,DL,KFR 1630
14	96	66	81	+5	0	16				NW	11.2	34	NW	27	652	1
15	95	58	76	0	0	11				NW	4.6	20	WNW	25	641	3
16	100	62	81	+4	0	16				SE	6.1	20	WNW	30	598	5
17	101	65	83	+6	0	18				W	9.5	29	WNW	33	621	4
18	99	63	81	+4	0	16				SW	9.0	28	WNW	36	642	0
19	94	68	81	+3	0	16				NW	12.5	38	WNW	36	646	2
20	94	57	76	-2	0	11				NW	6.1	28	NW	33	591	1
21	97	68	82	+3	0	17				N	8.3	25	NNW	28	636	2
22	101	70	86	+7	0	21				N	8.9	23	NNE	25	631	1
23	103	76	90	+11	0	25				NW	7.1	27	W	26	431	7	T,DL
24	106	70	88	+9	0	23				NW	6.2	28	W	28	591	1	DL
25	102	72	87	+7	0	22				NW	11.4	38	NW	28	567	3	DL
26	96	67	82	+2	0	17				NW	15.4	39	NW	35	534	6
27	95	66	80	0	0	15				NW	12.9	41	NW	32	613	0
28	94	69	82	+2	0	17				NW	16.7	45	NW	36	607	0
29	96	66	81	+1	0	16				NW	9.4	30	NW	40	610	0
30	90	61	76	-4	0	11				NW	12.9	39	NW	40	527	1	KFR 1445
31	84	58	71	-8	0	6				NW	7.5	34	NW	31	626	0
SUM					1	456	0.16	0
AVG	95.7	63.6	79.6								9.3					2.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.16	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.11	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.16	ON	7-8	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	2	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			79.6	>= 0.01	2	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.138
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+3.3	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.31	ON	9
HIGHEST	113	ON	13	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.55	ON	13
LOWEST	50	ON	4	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			608.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	694	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			24	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	431	ON	23
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			9.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.7	CLEAR	21	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 53	ON	7	PARTLY CLOUDY	10	THDR	4
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	0	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-3	DRY BULB (ºF)	79.6	WET BULB (ºF)	60.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			1	REL. HUM. (%)	32.1	DEW PT.(ºF)	45.9	HIGHEST	87	ON	8
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-3	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	15	ON	23+