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 1997
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 76 53 64 -2 1 0     W 10.430 WNW 32.6502 6  
2 78 46 62 -4 3 0     E 6.5 23 SSE 32.0632 3  
3 74 60 67 0 0 2 0.11    NW 7.8 22 NNW 58.3295 10 DL
4 71 56 64 -3 1 0 0.17    W 8.0 20 W 68.7277 10  
5 78 51 64 -4 1 0     W 6.8 20 WNW 44.0628 3  
6 82 48 65 -3 0 0     SE 6.5 26 NW 42.5644 2  
7 83 60 72 +4 0 7     NW 12.537 NW 37.6532 6  
8 80 54 67 -1 0 2     NW 6.7 30 WNW 34.0682 3  
9 87 51 69 +1 0 1     W 4.7 22 NNE 33.8666 3  
10 89 55 72 +4 0 7     SE 6.7 20 SSE 35.2530 9  
11 86 62 74 +6 0 9 0.06    W 8.2 26 WNW 42.5436 9 KFR 1800
12 78 61 70 +1 0 5 T    NW 10.933 NW 44.0421 9  
13 90 55 72 +3 0 7     NW 9.7 35 NW 38.8655 4  
14 93 60 76 +6 0 11     NW 7.2 25 NW 34.4653 3  
15 98 59 78 +8 0 13 T    NW 10.035 NW 35.4613 0  
16 87 67 77 +6 0 12     NW 9.0 26 WSW 42.0500 9  
17 85 61 73 +1 0 8 T    W 11.048 W 46.7325 8 KFR 1630
18 79 54 66 -6 0 1     NW 11.529 NW 40.7569 7  
19 80 49 64 -8 1 0     W 10.536 WNW 37.3605 2  
20 81 50 66 -6 0 1     NW 7.6 26 WNW 36.5652 1  
21 76 54 65 -6 0 0     W 14.644 WSW 40.2473 7 KFR 1330
22 77 46 62 -10 3 0     SW 9.6 29 WSW 43.6616 1  
23 75 49 62 -10 3 0     NW 11.331 NNW 45.9397 6  
24 81 50 66 -5 0 1     E 5.6 19 E 39.8679 1  
25 89 55 72 +1 0 7 T    NW 9.9 31 W 39.2571 7 KFR 1610
26 81 54 68 -3 0 3     NW 9.8 30 WSW 36.2691 0  
27 84 53 68 -3 0 3     SW 8.3 23 W 33.8664 2  
28 85 59 72 +1 0 7 0.12    NW 10.543 W 42.9575 4  
29 80 55 68 -3 0 3     S 7.9 23 NW 48.2506 2  
30 82 59 70 -1 0 5 T    W 9.9 31 WSW 53.9379 9 T
SUM 13 118 0.460
AVG 82.254.968.5 9.0 4.9
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.46 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.08 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.28ON3-4 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) >= T9 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH68.5 >= 0.014 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.097
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-1.2 >= 0.103 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.17ON24
HIGHEST98 ON15 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.64ON21
LOWEST46 ON22+ TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL545.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY691ON26
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE3 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY277ON4
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.0 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.2 CLEAR14FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTW @ 48ON17 PARTLY CLOUDY8 THDR1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH13 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY8 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-19 DRY BULB (ºF)68.9WET BULB (ºF)54.7 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)5102 REL. HUM. (%)41.4DEW PT.(ºF)42.7 HIGHEST94 ON3
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-129 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST12 ON27+