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 1999
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 78 55 66 -6 0 1    NW 15.4 41 WNW 41 737 0  
2 72 52 62 -10 3 0    NW 11.7 30 WNW 36 489 8  
3 74 45 60 -12 5 0    NW 8.0 29 WNW 40 628 1  
4 77 56 66 -7 0 1 0.01   NW 9.5 27 NW 39 447 6  
5 84 47 66 -7 0 1    N 6.0 17 SSE 38 728 0  
6 94 59 76 +2 0 11    NW 8.6 27 WNW 28 715 0  
7 79 55 67 -7 0 2    NW 17.2 40 WSW 40 703 2 KFR 0215
8 82 49 66 -8 0 1    NE 6.5 23 W 36 702 0  
9 92 58 75 +1 0 10    NW 7.0 19 NE 32 680 0  
10 99 60 80 +5 0 15    NW 7.5 28 NW 29 634 1  
11 101 70 86 +11 0 21    NW 9.7 30 NW 25 695 0  
12 100 69 84 +9 0 19    NW 10.7 39 WNW 23 709 0  
13 99 64 82 +7 0 17    NW 11.2 33 NNW 24 708 0  
14 80 55 68 -8 0 3    NW 14.1 34 NW 36 703 1  
15 80 53 66 -10 0 1    NE 6.9 21 E 40 666 3  
16 83 56 70 -6 0 5 0.01   NE 8.8 21 ENE 41 613 3 T, DL
17 76 58 67 -9 0 2 0.05   W 10.5 30 WSW 60 402 8 T, DL
18 84 50 67 -10 0 2    E 4.7 15 E 50 685 0  
19 91 58 74 -3 0 9    N 7.1 22 N 37 686 1  
20 92 59 76 -1 0 11 T   SE 8.0 30 W 33 489 6 DL
21 92 59 76 -2 0 11    W 8.2 38 W 38 672 1  
22 96 59 78 0 0 13    W 9.3 28 WNW 34 658 3  
23 95 64 80 +2 0 15    NW 9.6 33 NW 30 647 2  
24 86 62 74 -5 0 9    NW 16.2 44 NW 35 517 8  
25 85 52 68 -11 0 3    W 5.9 23 W 35 670 2  
26 95 53 74 -5 0 9    NE 5.8 17 E 33 670 0  
27 102 67 84 +5 0 19    NW 8.6 27 WNW 22 659 0  
28 105 76 90 +11 0 25    NW 10.3 35 NW 19 649 0  
29 99 69 84 +5 0 19    NW 12.6 37 NW 26 666 0  
30 91 63 77 -2 0 12    NW 9.4 37 W 34 655 0  
31 92 66 79 0 0 14    NW 7.5 19 E 28 655 1  
SUM 8 281 0.07 0
AVG 88.9 58.6 73.8 9.4 1.8
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.07 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.11 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.05ON17 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) >= T4 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH73.8 >= 0.013 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.138
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-2.4 >= 0.100 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.24ON8+
HIGHEST105ON28 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.63ON13
LOWEST45 ON3 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL643.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY737ON1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE17 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY402ON17
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.4 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.6 CLEAR25FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTNW @ 44ON24 PARTLY CLOUDY3 THDR2
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH8 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY3 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+3 DRY BULB (ºF)74.9WET BULB (ºF)57.1 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)8 REL. HUM. (%)34.2DEW PT.(ºF)43.1 HIGHEST86 ON18
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+3 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST10 ON29+