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 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	97	66	82	+10	0	17				NW	8.5	24	E	29	662	1
2	103	67	85	+13	0	20				W	9.3	30	WSW	32	610	2	T,DL
3	98	66	82	+10	0	17				W	11.3	39	WSW	38	605	3	DL,KFR 2030
4	82	58	70	-3	0	5				NW	15.6	45	NW	37	588	6
5	82	53	68	-5	0	3				NW	8.0	22	W	31	680	0
6	90	56	73	-1	0	8				E	6.8	16	WNW	29	671	0
7	96	52	74	0	0	9				NE	6.8	21	ENE	24	664	0
8	102	61	82	+8	0	17				NW	6.9	25	WNW	22	650	0
9	97	65	81	+7	0	16				NW	17.7	48	WNW	25	634	7
10	93	55	74	-1	0	9				SE	6.2	22	NNE	24	657	0
11	95	67	81	+6	0	16				NE	8.5	21	NW	26	653	0
12	100	63	82	+7	0	17				W	6.5	19	E	24	649	0
13	104	66	85	+10	0	20				NW	6.5	17	NW	24	637	0
14	106	67	86	+10	0	21				SE	7.1	21	S	25	587	5
15	108	72	90	+14	0	25				NW	11.6	39	NW	22	629	3
16	96	65	80	+4	0	15				NW	14.3	35	NW	28	646	0
17	82	52	67	-9	0	2	0.14			W	9.0	33	W	62	331	7	KFR 1245
18	76	49	62	-15	3	0				SW	12.0	36	WSW	55	572	5
19	80	53	66	-11	0	1				SW	10.2	28	SW	45	542	7
20	86	56	71	-6	0	6				NW	7.3	27	NW	42	553	6
21	90	63	76	-2	0	11				NW	8.4	27	NW	36	628	0
22	98	60	79	+1	0	14				NE	6.7	17	E	32	626	0
23	104	62	83	+5	0	18				E	6.2	19	ENE	27	627	0
24	105	68	86	+8	0	21				NW	7.5	26	WNW	23	553	5
25	104	73	88	+9	0	23				NW	7.8	21	W	22	623	0
26	108	68	88	+9	0	23				NW	7.0	18	NE	22	608	0
27	106	70	88	+9	0	23				NW	6.3	17	NNW	26	545	4
28	105	69	87	+8	0	22				NW	10.6	46	NW	27	418	6
29	95	70	82	+3	0	17	T			SE	8.6	31	ESE	37	428	5
30	102	67	84	+5	0	19				NW	9.7	34	WNW	39	526	4	DL
31	96	63	80	+1	0	15				NW	8.3	21	E	25	613	0
SUM					3	450	0.14	0
AVG	96.3	62.6	79.5								8.9					2.4

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.14	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.04	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.14	ON	17	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	2	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			79.5	>= 0.01	1	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.142
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+3.3	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.19	ON	22+
HIGHEST	108	ON	26+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.57	ON	15
LOWEST	49	ON	18	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			594.0
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	680	ON	5
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			25	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	331	ON	17
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.9	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	19	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 48	ON	9	PARTLY CLOUDY	12	THDR	1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			3	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	0	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-2	DRY BULB (ºF)	80.5	WET BULB (ºF)	59.7	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			3	REL. HUM. (%)	31.0	DEW PT.(ºF)	44.4	HIGHEST	94	ON	18+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-2	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	11	ON	9