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 2003
	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	53	28	40	-2	25	0				SE	3.5	13	SSE	71	286	4
2	50	27	38	-4	27	0				E	4.4	15	WNW	74	92	10
3	56	35	46	+4	19	0				W	6.3	20	WNW	54	275	4
4	58	34	46	+4	19	0				NW	6.2	26	WNW	46	308	3
5	58	40	49	+7	16	0				W	16.3	53	W	50	213	9	KFR 2100
6	56	36	46	+3	19	0				W	18.5	45	WSW	43	313	6
7	54	32	43	-1	22	0				NW	7.6	26	SW	56	214	9	KFR 1400
8	52	29	40	-4	25	0				SW	5.0	17	NW	61	181	9
9	50	34	42	-3	23	0	0.07			NW	7.4	19	NW	84	232	9	KFR 1500
10	66	35	50	+4	15	0				SW	9.3	31	W	64	218	10
11	62	44	53	+7	12	0				SW	17.9	48	SSW	52	224	9
12	64	41	52	+6	13	0	0.02			SW	9.7	34	SW	60	80	10	WFR 0700
13	71	49	60	+14	5	0				W	7.2	41	S	55	116	10
14	67	48	58	+11	7	0	T			SW	10.0	40	SW	46	265	6
15	58	42	50	+3	15	0	0.06			NW	7.0	22	SW	78	86	10	KFR 0700
16	62	35	48	+1	17	0				SW	8.6	25	WSW	54	307	4
17	60	41	50	+2	15	0				W	11.4	25	WNW	43	382	0
18	62	29	46	-2	19	0				W	6.7	22	S	57	338	2
19	62	31	46	-2	19	0	T			NW	7.2	21	WNW	61	335	6	KFR 2100
20	64	43	54	+6	11	0	T			SW	14.7	37	SW	49	386	4
21	61	47	54	+6	11	0	0.01			S	14.8	37	SW	55	138	10
22	62	41	52	+4	13	0				SW	17.5	45	SSW	52	220	10	KFR 1130
23	61	32	46	-2	19	0	T			W	9.2	31	NW	50	389	1	KFR 1545
24	54	27	40	-8	25	0				W	6.5	23	W	40	380	4
25	60	42	51	+3	14	0	T			W	6.2	26	SW	57	234	10
26	59	38	48	0	17	0	0.10			W	12.3	35	WSW	58	300	5	KFR 0430
27	61	35	48	0	17	0				W	9.8	25	WSW	49	340	6
28	61	28	44	-4	21	0				SE	3.9	19	SSE	55	397	8
29	71	42	56	+7	9	0				E	3.4	14	S	53	372	10
30	77	44	60	+11	5	0				SW	6.6	26	WSW	54	211	10	WFR 1200
31	69	49	59	+10	6	0				W	12.1	34	WSW	42	263	10
SUM					500	0	0.26	0
AVG	60.7	37.4	49.0								9.3					7.0

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.26	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.32	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.10	ON	26	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	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			49.0	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.119
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.9	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.51	ON	28
HIGHEST	77	ON	30	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.37	ON	15
LOWEST	27	ON	24+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			261.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	397	ON	28
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	80	ON	12
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			9	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			9.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.3	CLEAR	4	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	W @ 53	ON	5	PARTLY CLOUDY	10	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			500	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	17	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-87	DRY BULB (ºF)	49.1	WET BULB (ºF)	41.8	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4132	REL. HUM. (%)	55.6	DEW PT.(ºF)	32.7	HIGHEST	97	ON	10
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-489	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	23	ON	31+