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:
June 2002
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 83 57 70 +4 0 5    NW 9.5 35 WNW 32 466 10  
2 85 60 72 +6 0 7    W 9.5 33 WNW 32 630 2  
3 85 53 69 +3 0 4    S 7.2 28 NW 33 559 5  
4 86 60 73 +6 0 8    W 9.4 36 WNW 41 575 6  
5 84 55 70 +3 0 5    W 11.6 34 W 40 581 6 KFR 1800
6 70 48 59 -8 6 0    NW 13.1 35 NW 35 434 9  
7 68 46 57 -10 8 0    NW 12.2 47 NW 37 442 9 KFR 1630
8 66 46 56 -11 9 0 0.33   NW 10.8 36 NNE 57 420 8  
9 71 50 60 -7 5 0 0.02   W 6.2 41 N 70 308 10  
10 82 53 68 0 0 3 0.04   SW 7.3 27 NNW 55 592 3  
11 83 50 66 -2 0 1    NW 5.0 17 NE 56 653 0  
12 91 54 72 +3 0 7    E 4.7 23 ENE 42 663 0  
13 95 61 78 +9 0 13    NW 8.1 22 ENE 35 670 0 DL
14 99 67 83 +14 0 18    NW 8.4 33 NW 27 619 4  
15 100 67 84 +15 0 19    W 8.4 29 NW 30 664 1  
16 91 59 75 +6 0 10    W 11.5 37 NW 35 526 7 KFR 1430
17 78 54 66 -4 0 1 0.01   SW 10.5 32 SW 52 346 10  
18 75 55 65 -5 0 0    NW 14.9 41 W 46 508 6  
19 81 50 66 -4 0 1    W 5.6 23 E 39 685 1  
20 89 52 70 -1 0 5    NW 7.1 25 N 35 674 4  
21 94 60 77 +6 0 12    NW 6.5 21 NNW 27 573 3  
22 100 62 81 +10 0 16    NW 7.7 26 NW 31 578 4  
23 88 67 78 +7 0 13 T   E 10.9 32 NW 44 455 7  
24 90 60 75 +4 0 10    NW 7.5 26 WNW 35 667 4  
25 98 57 78 +6 0 13    NW 4.8 20 ESE 29 664 3  
26 104 68 86 +14 0 21    NW 8.8 37 WNW 27 650 3  
27 98 70 84 +12 0 19    NW 12.4 37 NW 32 530 7  
28 82 62 72 0 0 7 0.20   W 6.6 25 SSE 63 288 10  
29 81 60 70 -2 0 5 0.05   NW 12.4 36 WSW 50 640 1 KFR 0600
30 81 52 66 -6 0 1    NW 9.9 36 NW 46 599 6  
SUM 28 224 0.65 0
AVG 85.9 57.2 71.6 9.0 5.0
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.65 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.24 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.34ON8-9 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) >= T7 >= 0.251 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH71.6 >= 0.016 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.143
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+2.3 >= 0.102 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.16ON6
HIGHEST104ON26 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.66ON26
LOWEST46 ON8+ TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL555.3
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY685ON19
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE11 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY288ON28
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.0 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM0 CLEAR11FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTNW @ 47ON7 PARTLY CLOUDY12THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH28 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY7 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-5 DRY BULB (ºF)71.2WET BULB (ºF)55.9 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)4863 REL. HUM. (%)40.4DEW PT.(ºF)43.8 HIGHEST96 ON11+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-297 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST13 ON14