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 1998
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 89 58 74 +8 0 9    NW 11.4 31 NW 35 676 0  
2 84 56 70 +4 0 5    NE 10.3 29 ENE 39 577 3  
3 84 54 69 +2 0 4    NE 10.9 28 NNE 32 682 0  
4 84 58 71 +4 0 6    NW 8.1 27 WSW 42 504 5  
5 84 56 70 +2 0 5 T   NW 7.3 28 NNE 49 606 5 T,DL
6 84 54 69 +1 0 4 T   NE 5.4 17 WSW 48 621 4 DL
7 83 60 72 +4 0 7 0.06   NW 8.9 32 NE 50 517 8 DL
8 86 52 69 +1 0 4    N 7.6 22 WNW 49 706 2  
9 91 55 73 +5 0 8    W 8.7 33 NW 41 653 3  
10 83 60 72 +4 0 7    SW 10.3 27 WNW 45 527 7  
11 89 54 72 +4 0 7    SW 8.7 33 NW 44 690 2  
12 90 60 75 +6 0 10    NW 8.5 31 WNW 36 704 0  
13 85 59 72 +3 0 7    W 18.7 45 NW 34 718 4  
14 87 55 71 +1 0 6    W 12.5 39 WNW 35 644 6  
15 79 54 66 -4 0 1 0.03   NW 18.2 50 WNW 46 672 3 KFR 1500
16 81 53 67 -4 0 2 T   NW 11.3 36 WNW 40 574 7  
17 86 51 68 -4 0 3    NW 10.4 32 WNW 40 546 5 KFR 1930
18 83 57 70 -2 0 5    NW 14.2 44 NW 35 681 1 DL
19 80 53 66 -6 0 1 0.29   W 8.9 27 WNW 53 480 7 T,DL
20 85 51 68 -4 0 3    NW 5.6 17 NNE 45 674 0  
21 90 62 76 +4 0 11    NW 7.9 24 NW 41 597 2 DL
22 92 63 78 +6 0 13 0.09   W 7.5 40 W 40 538 4 T
23 89 62 76 +4 0 11    NW 11.6 33 NW 40 611 2  
24 80 54 67 -4 0 2 0.01   SW 8.7 27 WSW 53 338 9 DL
25 75 57 66 -5 0 1    W 11.1 30 SSW 43 403 9  
26 76 54 65 -6 0 0 T   W 11.9 34 NW 42 461 6  
27 82 47 64 -7 1 0    E 5.5 21 SSE 41 709 3  
28 92 53 72 +1 0 7    W 6.0 19 WNW 35 719 0  
29 96 63 80 +9 0 15    NW 8.4 21 WNW 32 712 0 DL
30 99 68 84 +13 0 19    NW 8.1 25 NE 25 694 1  
SUM 1 183 0.48 0
AVG 85.6 56.4 71.0 9.8 3.6
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.48 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.10 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.29ON19 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 >= 0.251 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH71.0 >= 0.015 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.099
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+1.3 >= 0.101 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.18ON14
HIGHEST99 ON30 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.59ON24
LOWEST47 ON27 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL607.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY719ON28
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE7 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY338ON24
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.8 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.7 CLEAR16FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTWNW @ 50ON15 PARTLY CLOUDY11THDR13
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH1 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY3 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-31 DRY BULB (ºF)71.6WET BULB (ºF)56.7 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)4524* REL. HUM. (%)41.0DEW PT.(ºF)44.9 HIGHEST93 ON19+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-707* * REVISED; + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST13 ON29+