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 2006
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)
1 100 66 83 +11 0 18    W 7.0 24 WSW 23 704 0  
2 104 65 84 +12 0 19    NW 6.6 20 SSW 23 625 0  
3 104 69 86 +14 0 21    SE 6.1 20 ESE 28 654 1 DL
4 103 75 89 +17 0 24 T   NW 9.4 43 SW 32 610 2 T, DL
5 95 69 82 +10 0 17    NW 9.5 34 WNW 44 642 4 T, DL
6 89 62 76 +3 0 11    NW 12.3 44 WNW 41 597 3 T, DL
7 88 51 70 -3 0 5    E 5.7 30 NW 32 709 2  
8 97 56 76 +3 0 11    NE 5.0 19 NNE 27 702 0  
9 102 64 83 +9 0 18    W 7.5 30 WNW 26 669 6  
10 95 70 82 +8 0 17    NW 11.0 30 WNW 28 656 4  
11 96 54 75 0 0 10    W 8.1 26 WNW 23 689 3  
12 86 61 74 -1 0 9 T   SW 10.7 34 SW 42 535 6 KFR 1430
13 90 53 72 -3 0 7    SW 7.0 19 SW 36 689 0  
14 96 60 78 +2 0 13    W 10.6 36 WSW 34 686 0  
15 95 60 78 +2 0 13    NW 11.1 31 NW 31 686 0  
16 97 58 78 +1 0 13    NW 7.3 24 WNW 25 691 0  
17 96 62 79 +2 0 14    W 11.7 38 WNW 26 685 0  
18 90 57 74 -3 0 9    W 7.2 20 WNW 32 675 0  
19 93 56 74 -4 0 9    W 5.5 17 WNW 32 621 4  
20 99 64 82 +4 0 17    W 6.7 17 NNE 25 659 0  
21 106 70 88 +9 0 23    NW 7.1 16 NNW 24 650 0  
22 110 74 92 +13 0 27    NW 7.1 20 NW 24 538 4  
23 113 77 95 +16 0 30    NW 9.2 39 WNW 23 650 0  
24 108 78 93 +14 0 28    NW 12.5 40 WNW 20 649 0  
25 103 72 88 +8 0 23    NW 11.2 37 NW 21 651 0  
26 103 64 84 +4 0 19    W 6.4 29 W 22 648 0  
27 104 69 86 +6 0 21    W 10.1 41 WNW 27 640 0  
28 96 65 80 0 0 15    NW 10.1 28 WNW 28 661 0  
29 90 53 72 -8 0 7    W 9.9 30 WNW 32 639 0  
30 81 48 64 -16 1 0    W 10.7 26 NW 37 619 2  
31 82 53 68 -11 0 3    W 7.1 26 WNW 38 652 0  
SUM 1 471 T 0
AVG 97.2 63.1 80.1 8.6 1.3
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTHT 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 MAXT ON12+ 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 MONTH80.1 >= 0.010 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.118
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+3.8 >= 0.100 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.24ON7
HIGHEST113ON23 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.63ON11
LOWEST48 ON30 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL650.9
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY709ON7
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE26 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY535ON12
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)8.6 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM0 CLEAR25FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTWNW @ 44ON6 PARTLY CLOUDY6 THDR3
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH1 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY0 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-3 DRY BULB (ºF)80.8WET BULB (ºF)59.6 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1 REL. HUM. (%)29.3DEW PT.(ºF)43.7 HIGHEST73 ON5
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-3 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST7 ON11