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 1997
	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	80	55	68	-4	0	3				W	10.2	23	NNW	43	451	4	T
2	85	52	68	-4	0	3				NW	5.9	16	ENE	41	655	1
3	90	53	72	0	0	7				NW	5.8	25	NE	34	658	4
4	98	58	78	+5	0	13				NE	7.3	19	ENE	31	653	2
5	99	67	83	+10	0	18				NW	11.8	43	NW	34	528	5
6	88	62	75	+1	0	10				NW	10.0	31	WNW	39	553	4
7	89	54	72	-2	0	7				SW	8.8	27	NW	37	648	4
8	83	60	72	-2	0	7	0.01			SW	9.8	33	SW	52	219	10
9	86	51	68	-6	0	3				NW	13.0	45	SW	46	524	6	KFR 0330
10	77	49	63	-12	2	0	0.12			W	7.6	21	SW	52	420	7	T
11	82	51	66	-9	0	1				NW	8.4	33	NW	46	569	7
12	87	54	70	-5	0	5				NW	8.5	28	NW	36	646	0
13	90	55	72	-3	0	7				SE	5.1	20	WNW	38	572	4
14	94	63	78	+2	0	13				NW	7.8	28	NW	31	462	8
15	95	63	79	+3	0	14				NW	11.3	40	WNW	34	641	0
16	92	56	74	-2	0	9				W	5.7	19	WNW	33	624	3	DL
17	93	66	80	+4	0	15	T			NW	11.7	35	WNW	34	520	7	T, DL
18	92	65	78	+1	0	13				NW	7.1	17	NW	33	635	1
19	97	62	80	+3	0	15				W	6.3	17	NE	29	631	0
20	101	62	82	+5	0	17				NW	5.4	15	ENE	34	613	0
21	101	66	84	+6	0	19	0.01			NW	10.8	36	NW	36	514	4	T, DL, KFR 1500
22	89	59	74	-4	0	9				NW	11.4	35	WNW	36	637	0
23	92	59	76	-2	0	11				NW	9.6	32	WNW	32	632	0
24	91	63	77	-2	0	12				NW	10.3	34	NW	29	629	0
25	89	62	76	-3	0	11				NW	9.9	29	NW	31	631	0
26	89	62	76	-3	0	11				NW	7.5	24	WNW	31	624	0
27	95	65	80	+1	0	15				NW	7.4	16	NE	27	620	1
28	100	63	82	+3	0	17				NW	7.6	22	SW	29	604	2	DL
29	85	67	76	-3	0	11	0.05			NW	6.3	19	NW	53	135	10	T, DL
30	93	66	80	+1	0	15	T			SE	5.2	24	SSW	56	462	7	T, DL
31	95	60	78	-1	0	13				NW	6.6	22	NW	42	525	5	DL
SUM					2	324	0.19	0
AVG	90.9	59.7	75.3								8.4					3.4

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.19	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.01	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.12	ON	10	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	6	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			75.3	>= 0.01	4	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.146
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.9	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.12	ON	3
HIGHEST	101	ON	21+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.69	ON	5
LOWEST	49	ON	10	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			555.9
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	658	ON	3
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			18	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	135	ON	29
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.4	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.4	CLEAR	15	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 45	ON	9	PARTLY CLOUDY	13	THDR	6
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			2	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	3	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-3	DRY BULB (ºF)	76.3	WET BULB (ºF)	59.1	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			2	REL. HUM. (%)	37.4	DEW PT.(ºF)	46.5	HIGHEST	98	ON	30
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-3	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	13	ON	14