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 2005
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 90 59 74 +2 0 9    NW 12.4 36 NW 30 709 2  
2 84 59 72 0 0 7    NW 16.5 43 NW 35 725 0  
3 87 52 70 -2 0 5    NE 5.3 18 E 32 700 4  
4 95 56 76 +4 0 11    SE 6.6 24 ENE 27 697 5  
5 99 60 80 +8 0 15    W 7.6 30 WSW 29 625 7  
6 89 64 76 +3 0 11    SW 16.8 39 SSW 38 632 8 KFR 0800
7 88 57 72 -1 0 7    E 7.3 27 WSW 34 707 3  
8 86 60 73 0 0 8 0.09   SW 13.4 41 WSW 50 479 5 KFR 1500
9 83 55 69 -5 0 4    SW 7.3 24 SSW 54 514 8  
10 82 60 71 -3 0 6    SW 7.6 25 WSW 40 431 10  
11 93 58 76 +1 0 11    SW 8.3 30 SSE 35 664 2  
12 91 59 75 0 0 10    NW 9.5 36 WNW 35 704 0  
13 89 60 74 -1 0 9    NW 10.7 36 WNW 32 706 0  
14 93 61 77 +1 0 12    E 5.9 22 NW 30 686 0  
15 101 59 80 +4 0 15    NW 8.8 30 NW 30 603 5 KFR 1530
16 88 63 76 -1 0 11    NW 14.0 39 NW 37 702 0  
17 92 63 78 +1 0 13    NW 5.9 16 WNW 31 695 0  
18 103 58 80 +3 0 15    NW 7.7 29 WNW 28 685 0  
19 99 68 84 +6 0 19    NW 11.8 36 WNW 20 696 0  
20 99 58 78 0 0 13    NW 8.2 28 NW 23 688 0  
21 102 63 82 +3 0 17    W 6.3 18 NW 22 658 2  
22 88 67 78 -1 0 13 T   NW 12.5 42 WNW 39 369 7 T,KFR 0940
23 93 55 74 -5 0 9    NW 8.3 31 NW 35 675 0  
24 90 62 76 -3 0 11    NW 10.1 30 WNW 26 683 0  
25 92 65 78 -2 0 13    N 8.5 26 NW 25 664 0  
26 97 64 80 0 0 15    SE 5.6 18 SSE 24 664 0  
27 102 62 82 +2 0 17    W 4.7 19 NE 20 662 0  
28 106 67 86 +6 0 21    NW 9.6 33 WNW 22 653 0  
29 100 70 85 +5 0 20    NW 10.1 25 NW 24 657 0  
30 102 70 86 +6 0 21    W 6.7 22 NW 25 655 0  
31 102 67 84 +5 0 19    W 7.7 28 WNW 25 640 0 DL
SUM 0 387 0.09 0
AVG 93.7 61.3 77.5 9.1 2.2
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.09 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.18 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.09ON8 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) >= T2 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH77.5 >= 0.011 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.121
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+1.2 >= 0.100 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.13ON14
HIGHEST106ON28 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.62ON18
LOWEST52 ON3 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL645.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY725ON2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE21 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY369ON22
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.1 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM0 CLEAR22FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTNW @ 43ON 2 PARTLY CLOUDY6 THDR1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY3 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-4 DRY BULB (ºF)78.3WET BULB (ºF)58.3 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)0 REL. HUM. (%)30.8DEW PT.(ºF)42.7 HIGHEST98 ON9
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-4 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST8 ON19