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: March 2000
	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	56	31	44	+2	21	0				SW	5.4	18	W	64	281	7
2	53	37	45	+3	20	0	0.04			NW	4.6	14	SE	71	149	9	KFR 1300
3	49	31	40	-2	25	0	0.03			NW	3.8	14	NW	74	136	10	F
4	44	39	42	0	23	0	0.48			NW	7.5	21	WNW	90	57	10	F,KFR 2015
5	49	40	44	+2	21	0				NW	9.6	21	WNW	55	136	10
6	51	33	42	-1	23	0				NW	6.9	18	WNW	54	216	9
7	52	24	38	-6	27	0				W	5.8	16	NW	59	352	3
8	47	35	41	-3	24	0	T			NW	6.7	16	NW	74	140	10
9	55	31	43	-1	22	0	T			W	4.3	20	NW	74	251	9
10	56	28	42	-3	23	0	0.11			NW	5.1	21	WNW	71	271	6	KFR 2045
11	56	36	46	+1	19	0				W	9.6	28	WSW	57	287	6
12	50	28	39	-6	26	0				E	4.6	12	WSW	71	182	8
13	57	31	44	-1	21	0	0.07			E	4.4	30	SSW	71	302	8	KFR 2300
14	59	39	49	+3	16	0				W	16.9	43	WSW	47	344	2
15	56	29	42	-4	23	0				SE	5.1	18	S	52	375	4
16	60	33	46	0	19	0	0.11			NW	7.2	28	WSW	67	230	7	KFR 0830
17	58	37	48	+1	17	0				SW	14.1	35	WSW	48	257	6
18	56	34	45	-2	20	0	0.06			SW	10.3	41	SW	70	141	10	KFR 1915
19	53	33	43	-4	22	0				W	12.0	31	SW	50	221	8
20	56	30	43	-4	22	0				S	6.1	18	WNW	47	365	7
21	62	32	47	0	18	0				SE	4.1	15	ESE	57	412	3
22	57	36	46	-1	19	0	0.04			NW	5.9	22	NW	73	187	10	KFR 1900
23	59	33	46	-1	19	0				W	9.8	27	WSW	46	362	2
24	60	28	44	-3	21	0				E	5.0	13	NW	55	423	7
25	62	36	49	+2	16	0				NW	7.3	28	NW	51	344	9
26	63	31	47	0	18	0				E	4.5	15	WNW	56	424	5
27	62	34	48	0	17	0				W	8.7	30	SW	57	262	9	KFR 1730
28	59	38	48	0	17	0				W	12.7	31	WNW	43	311	5
29	59	38	48	-1	17	0				W	7.9	26	WNW	37	442	4
30	64	29	46	-3	19	0				S	5.1	15	SSE	44	455	7
31	68	32	50	+1	15	0				SW	4.4	12	WSW	44	467	2
SUM					630	0	0.94	0
AVG	56.4	33.1	44.7								7.3					6.8

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.94	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.47	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.51	ON	3-4	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)				>= T	10	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			44.7	>= 0.01	8	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.271
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.9	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.53	ON	31
HIGHEST	68	ON	31	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.63	ON	5
LOWEST	24	ON	7	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			283.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	467	ON	31
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	57	ON	4
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			14	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-1.0	CLEAR	5	FOG	2
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 43	ON	14	PARTLY CLOUDY	12	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			630	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	14	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+28	DRY BULB (ºF)	45.3	WET BULB (ºF)	39.1	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4304	REL. HUM. (%)	59.7	DEW PT.(ºF)	30.7	HIGHEST	100	ON	3
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-359	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	19	ON	30