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 2002
	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	52	25	38	-4	27	0				W	6.2	14	WSW	46	311	3
2	51	20	36	-6	29	0				S	4.6	16	NE	56	310	2
3	54	18	36	-6	29	0				SE	4.2	15	SE	58	323	0
4	57	28	42	0	23	0				NW	6.3	36	WSW	49	166	10
5	57	38	48	+6	17	0				SW	15.0	38	SW	46	157	8	KFR 2130
6	38	25	32	-11	33	0	0.12	1.4		NW	8.9	22	NW	83	186	10	F
7	42	24	33	-11	32	0	T	T	0.8	NW	4.8	20	SW	82	278	7
8	46	20	33	-11	32	0			T	SW	8.3	28	SW	59	340	4
9	46	28	37	-8	28	0				NW	7.2	21	WNW	67	193	10
10	54	29	42	-4	23	0	T			SW	9.2	32	SSW	68	140	10	WFR 1600
11	63	44	54	+8	11	0				SW	20.2	60	SW	56	211	10	BD,KFR 1830
12	56	38	47	+1	18	0				SW	17.5	39	SW	48	357	4
13	55	34	44	-2	21	0	T	T		W	9.2	26	WSW	55	248	9	T, DL
14	57	31	44	-3	21	0				W	9.8	28	WSW	48	283	5
15	52	30	41	-6	24	0				SW	7.4	29	SSW	51	303	10
16	50	27	38	-9	27	0				SW	8.4	36	SW	57	331	4
17	43	28	36	-12	29	0	T	T		NW	7.7	18	NW	65	254	10	KFR 0100
18	42	28	35	-13	30	0	T			SW	6.7	23	SW	64	136	10
19	57	28	42	-6	23	0				N	6.4	31	WSW	72	170	9
20	38	30	34	-14	31	0	T	T		N	11.0	23	NNE	61	100	10	KFR 0530
21	42	28	35	-13	30	0				NE	10.6	23	NNE	43	181	10
22	50	30	40	-8	25	0				NW	5.5	18	SSE	57	271	10
23	50	28	39	-9	26	0				NW	3.8	11	SSE	74	131	10
24	62	34	48	0	17	0	0.07			NW	7.3	30	NW	70	208	10	WFR 1030
25	63	36	50	+2	15	0				SE	5.4	23	E	55	429	0
26	62	32	47	-1	18	0				SW	9.8	34	WSW	60	193	10	KFR 1830
27	60	39	50	+2	15	0				W	12.1	35	WNW	41	375	9
28	64	44	54	+6	11	0				W	140	35	NW	43	334	8
29	63	41	52	+3	13	0				NW	8.8	28	WNW	44	341	9
30	67	46	56	+7	9	0				NW	7.6	26	NW	43	448	4
31	70	38	54	+5	11	0				NW	12.3	40	NW	47	421	8
SUM					698	0	0.19	1.4
AVG	53.6	31.2	42.4								8.9					7.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.19	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.39	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.12	ON	6	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	8	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			42.4	>= 0.01	2	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.244
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-3.7	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.56	ON	20+
HIGHEST	70	ON	31	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.71	ON	6
LOWEST	18	ON	3	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.4	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	1.4	ON	6	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			262.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	1.2	ON	6	MAX DAILY	448	ON	30
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	100	ON	20
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			20	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.9	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.9	CLEAR	4	FOG	1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 60	ON	11	PARTLY CLOUDY	6	THDR	1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			698	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	21	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+111	DRY BULB (ºF)	42.2	WET BULB (ºF)	36.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4295	REL. HUM. (%)	57.0	DEW PT.(ºF)	26.8	HIGHEST	98	ON	19+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-326	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	21	ON	27