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 2003
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 84 56 70 -2 0 5    W 10.6 33 WNW 33 572 6  
2 83 55 69 -3 0 4    W 6.7 25 W 30 685 3  
3 89 58 74 +2 0 9    NW 8.9 38 WNW 27 680 0  
4 90 62 76 +4 0 11    NW 9.7 32 NW 30 677 0  
5 91 65 78 +6 0 13    NW 13.0 34 NW 34 645 4  
6 92 62 77 +4 0 12    NW 7.1 27 WNW 32 658 0  
7 96 59 78 +5 0 13    NW 9.4 38 WNW 30 632 2 KFR 1800
8 86 62 74 +1 0 9    W 12.9 37 W 36 655 1  
9 93 52 72 -2 0 7    SW 5.0 18 WNW 33 674 0  
10 100 63 82 +8 0 17    NW 7.8 22 WNW 23 657 0  
11 105 70 88 +13 0 23    W 7.2 30 WNW 27 635 0  
12 97 68 82 +7 0 17    W 12.8 41 WSW 29 651 4  
13 87 65 76 +1 0 11    SW 12.5 29 WSW 37 597 6  
14 91 57 74 -2 0 9    SW 6.2 22 E 37 652 0  
15 98 66 82 +6 0 17    NW 7.9 30 WNW 35 639 1 DL
16 93 63 78 +1 0 13    W 11.5 35 WNW 32 658 0 DL, AU
17 94 55 74 -3 0 9    NW 5.9 24 WNW 28 660 0  
18 104 59 82 +5 0 17    NE 4.4 18 WNW 25 641 0  
19 105 66 86 +8 0 21    W 8.0 31 WNW 23 643 0  
20 99 73 86 +8 0 21    NW 11.8 35 WNW 28 637 0  
21 100 64 82 +3 0 17    W 5.4 18 WNW 30 648 0  
22 106 65 86 +7 0 21    NW 5.7 23 WNW 25 625 0  
23 106 70 88 +9 0 23    NW 11.3 38 WNW 20 636 0  
24 99 71 85 +6 0 20    NW 10.8 37 WNW 19 551 5  
25 98 64 81 +1 0 16    W 7.2 30 WNW 25 589 3  
26 99 63 81 +1 0 16    NW 6.7 24 NW 33 629 0 K
27 103 60 82 +2 0 17    E 5.4 18 SSE 29 635 0  
28 108 63 86 +6 0 21    NW 5.9 23 WNW 24 623 0  
29 108 65 86 +6 0 21    W 5.2 20 W 20 626 0  
30 108 66 87 +7 0 22    NW 8.6 40 NW 24 623 0  
31 106 69 88 +9 0 23    W 8.0 31 WNW 23 609 0  
SUM 0 475 0 0
AVG 97.4 63.1 80.2 8.4 1.1
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.27 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX na ON na 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) >= T0 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH80.2 >= 0.010 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.135
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+3.9 >= 0.100 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.14ON14
HIGHEST108ON30+ SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.57ON7
LOWEST52 ON9 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL636.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY685ON2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE26 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY551ON24
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)8.4 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.2 CLEAR26FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTWSW @ 41ON12 PARTLY CLOUDY 5 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY0 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-4 DRY BULB (ºF)80.7WET BULB (ºF)59.5 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)0 REL. HUM. (%)28.4DEW PT.(ºF)43.6 HIGHEST65 ON9
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-4 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST13 ON17+