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 2006
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 85 59 72 +6 0 7 T   W 6.9 31 WSW 52 358 10 KFR 1630
2 74 56 65 -1 0 0 0.50   SW 8.4 33 SSW 79 220 8 F,KFR 1930
3 79 51 65 -1 0 0    W 6.3 18 WNW 51 602 5 KFR 0630
4 75 57 66 0 0 1 0.48   NW 7.9 32 S 72 403 9 F
5 81 50 66 0 0 1    SW 5.4 18 W 57 602 6  
6 87 59 73 +6 0 8    NW 6.4 16 NW 48 633 7  
7 86 61 74 +7 0 9    NW 9.3 37 NW 43 590 7  
8 82 54 68 +1 0 3    NW 12.1 37 NW 43 694 1  
9 76 50 63 -4 2 0    NW 6.7 23 WNW 50 433 8  
10 76 56 66 -2 0 1    NW 9.1 24 WSW 54 597 5  
11 81 54 68 0 0 3    NW 6.4 19 NW 52 607 5  
12 79 60 70 +1 0 5 0.01   NW 7.9 22 E 56 346 9 T, DL
13 65 58 62 -7 3 0 0.30   NW 4.9 14 ESE 89 132 10  
14 79 58 68 -1 0 3 T   W 12.4 32 W 52 566 6  
15 77 52 64 -5 1 0    W 12.3 37 NW 45 526 4  
16 84 51 68 -1 0 3    SW 11.4 45 SW 46 694 1  
17 80 53 66 -4 0 1    W 9.8 28 WNW 37 720 1  
18 84 50 67 -3 0 2    NW 9.2 37 WNW 37 707 3  
19 80 58 69 -1 0 4    NW 16.3 44 NW 33 714 0  
20 82 51 66 -5 0 1    NW 8.3 30 NW 34 714 0  
21 84 57 70 -1 0 5    NW 10.0 37 ESE 34 713 0  
22 86 49 68 -3 0 3    NW 8.2 34 WNW 35 710 0  
23 89 58 74 +3 0 9    NW 7.3 29 WNW 29 713 0  
24 95 57 76 +5 0 11    N 6.5 19 NE 27 705 0  
25 101 58 80 +8 0 15    N 6.2 18 NNW 28 708 0  
26 104 68 86 +14 0 21    NW 7.1 21 N 27 690 0  
27 108 67 88 +16 0 23    NW 9.0 35 NW 27 664 1  
28 99 63 81 +9 0 16    W 9.1 25 WNW 23 642 7  
29 76 60 68 -4 0 3 0.04   E 6.1 18 S 57 122 10  
30 98 57 78 +6 0 13    NW 5.9 22 S 53 666 5 F
SUM 6 171 1.33 0
AVG 84.4 56.4 70.4 8.4 4.3
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH1.33 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.92 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.50ON2- 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 >= 0.253 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH70.4 >= 0.015 >= 0.501 AVERAGE STATION29.189
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+1.1 >= 0.103 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.24ON23
HIGHEST108ON27 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.68ON27
LOWEST49 ON22 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL573.0
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY720ON17
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE6 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY122ON29
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)8.4 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.7 CLEAR13FOG3
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSW @ 45ON16 PARTLY CLOUDY10THDR1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH6 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY7 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-27 DRY BULB (ºF)70.6WET BULB (ºF)56.7 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)5151 REL. HUM. (%)45.6DEW PT.(ºF)45.8 HIGHEST100ON30
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-9 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST10 ON28