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 1998
	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	96	67	82	+10	0	17				NW	9.3	32	WSW	31	502	5	T,DL
2	94	64	79	+7	0	14				NW	8.5	33	WNW	33	505	7	T,DL
3	82	66	74	+2	0	9	T			NW	10.0	28	NW	55	270	8	T,DL
4	88	60	74	+1	0	9				NW	9.6	31	W	34	559	8
5	91	60	76	+3	0	11				NW	7.9	24	W	31	563	3
6	96	61	78	+4	0	13				SE	7.1	22	NW	32	700	0
7	101	67	84	+10	0	19				NW	9.0	33	WNW	35	693	0
8	98	68	83	+9	0	18				NW	9.2	30	WNW	30	697	3	DL
9	101	64	82	+8	0	17	0.16			E	6.0	23	SW	35	671	1	T,DL
10	97	69	83	+8	0	18	T			NW	7.9	43	NNW	43	546	6	T,DL
11	91	64	78	+3	0	13				NW	10.8	30	NW	35	664	1	DL
12	89	58	74	-1	0	9				SW	9.2	28	WNW	40	670	1
13	88	61	74	-1	0	9				W	8.5	22	SSW	36	665	3
14	93	61	77	+1	0	12				W	9.6	29	WSW	36	599	3
15	96	63	80	+4	0	15				W	6.8	23	WNW	35	553	7
16	100	64	82	+6	0	17				E	6.0	22	E	33	686	0
17	104	73	88	+12	0	23				NW	11.5	41	WNW	27	672	0
18	100	68	84	+7	0	19				W	7.9	23	W	28	685	0
19	93	67	80	+3	0	15				NW	13.1	33	WNW	34	692	0
20	96	58	77	0	0	12				NW	6.0	19	NW	30	690	0
21	101	65	83	+5	0	18				NW	7.2	18	ENE	27	676	0
22	105	72	88	+10	0	23				NW	6.8	20	W	24	661	0
23	103	76	90	+12	0	25				W	9.6	28	S	27	551	2
24	101	66	84	+5	0	19				W	6.4	24	E	31	649	0
25	104	65	84	+5	0	19				E	5.5	15	ENE	29	644	0
26	108	69	88	+9	0	23				NE	5.5	17	NE	25	640	0
27	112	74	93	+14	0	28				SW	7.4	47	WSW	24	563	2	T,DL
28	108	81	94	+15	0	29	T			NE	6.6	23	NW	23	613	3	T,DL
29	103	77	90	+11	0	25	0.02			NW	8.2	24	ESE	32	401	9	DL
30	98	73	86	+7	0	21				NW	6.9	27	E	38	482	8	T,DL
31	78	68	73	-6	0	8	0.16			W	7.0	24	W	69	150	10	DL
SUM					0	527	0.34	0
AVG	97.3	66.7	82.0								8.1					2.9

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.34	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.12	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.16	ON	31+	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			82.0	>= 0.01	3	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.102
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+5.8	>= 0.10	2	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.09	ON	16
HIGHEST	112	ON	27	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.65	ON	30
LOWEST	58	ON	20+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			590.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	700	ON	6
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			26	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	150	ON	31
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.1	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-1.1	CLEAR	22	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 47	ON	27	PARTLY CLOUDY	4	THDR	8
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	5	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-5	DRY BULB (ºF)	83.0	WET BULB (ºF)	62.9	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			0	REL. HUM. (%)	33.6	DEW PT.(ºF)	49.6	HIGHEST	95	ON	31
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-5	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	10	ON	18