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 1996
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 84 52 68 +2 0 3 E 6.8 21 E 37 604 4
2 92 56 74 +8 0 9 NW 7.1 17 N 36 557 9
3 95 67 81 +14 0 16 T NW 9.4 25 WNW 39 500 10 T,DL
4 82 59 70 +3 0 5 NW 15.739 NW 37 662 1
5 82 53 68 0 0 3 E 7.0 27 NW 35 665 0
6 91 53 72 +4 0 7 E 6.2 18 E 32 655 4
7 98 57 78 +10 0 13 NW 9.9 33 SSE 32 640 0
8 90 52 71 +3 0 6 SW 10.330 WNW 30 678 0
9 79 53 66 -2 0 1 NW 12.130 NW 37 635 2
10 83 48 66 -2 0 1 W 10.435 NW 38 627 2
11 81 54 68 0 0 3 NW 9.1 31 W 35 680 0
12 86 48 67 -2 0 2 SE 5.8 18 NNW 32 647 4
13 91 52 72 +3 0 7 NW 9.3 36 WNW 32 568 4
14 91 57 74 +4 0 9 NW 9.7 30 NW 25 666 0
15 89 58 74 +4 0 9 NW 13.239 NW 25 563 8
16 82 54 68 -3 0 3 NW 11.336 W 31 478 8 DL
17 73 50 62 -10 3 0 W 13.639 WNW 34 545 7
18 74 47 60 -12 5 0 W 12.736 NW 36 604 3
19 79 45 62 -10 3 0 E 6.8 26 E 35 686 0
20 86 47 66 -6 0 1 NW 8.1 24 ENE 29 676 3
21 82 62 72 0 0 7 NW 9.6 24 NNW 32 320 10
22 85 55 70 -2 0 5 NW 10.031 NW 35 629 0
23 75 57 66 -6 0 1 0.05 SW 9.3 43 SSW 57 317 10
24 77 48 62 -9 3 0 T SW 9.0 28 SW 49 578 7
25 81 50 66 -5 0 1 E 6.6 19 E 46 595 7
26 85 56 70 -1 0 5 W 7.1 24 NW 40 560 6
27 82 58 70 -1 0 5 NW 10.332 WNW 52 331 8
28 82 54 68 -3 0 3 NW 12.136 NW 42 629 4
29 84 48 66 -5 0 1 W 6.8 18 W 37 655 2
30 93 53 73 +2 0 8 SE 8.0 24 ESE 34 652 3
SUM 14 134 0.050
AVG 84.553.469.0 9.4 4.2
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.05 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.33 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.05ON23 F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in coluns 15 is in Langleys; g-cal/sq. cm NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: GL-Glaze, T-Thunderstorm, DS-Drifting Snow
TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL) >= T3>= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH69.0 >= 0.011>= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.173
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-0.7 >= 0.100 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.25ON29
HIGHEST98 ON7 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.59ON26
LOWEST45 ON19 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL586.7
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY686ON19
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE8 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY317ON23
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.4 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.2 CLEAR14FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSSW @ 43ON23 PARTLY CLOUDY9 THDR1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH14 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY7 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-18 DRY BULB (ºF)70.0WET BULB (ºF)54.0 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)5272 REL. HUM. (%)36.3DEW PT.(ºF)40.0 HIGHEST89 ON23
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+41 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST12 ON20+