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 2005
	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	57	33	45	+3	20	0				NW	6.9	16	WNW	70	289	9
2	65	38	52	+10	13	0				W	5.4	17	WSW	62	295	6
3	62	28	45	+3	20	0				W	4.4	12	N	65	346	1
4	65	33	49	+7	16	0				W	5.7	15	WNW	56	343	0
5	64	28	46	+4	19	0				S	4.0	16	NW	62	295	4
6	69	39	54	+11	11	0				SE	4.3	14	SSE	51	322	4
7	74	36	55	+11	10	0				W	7.6	28	WNW	47	296	8
8	72	38	55	+11	10	0				SW	4.5	17	WNW	50	371	1
9	75	36	56	+11	9	0				W	5.4	22	N	56	335	5	KFR 1400
10	71	40	56	+10	9	0				NW	4.6	11	NW	60	361	4
11	76	33	54	+8	11	0				SE	6.0	31	WNW	51	372	5
12	66	39	52	+6	13	0				N	10.3	29	N	28	401	0	KFR 0200
13	66	32	49	+3	16	0				W	10.2	37	NNE	30	401	0
14	68	32	50	+2	15	0				SW	5.9	23	WNW	28	356	4
15	69	40	54	+7	11	0				W	10.6	33	WNW	29	278	8
16	65	38	52	+5	13	0	0.01			SW	16.6	61	SW	38	220	8	BD,KFR 1530
17	61	36	48	0	17	0				NW	9.3	25	WNW	41	352	3
18	59	32	46	-2	19	0				W	6.8	18	SW	43	422	3
19	47	29	38	-10	27	0	0.16			NW	8.7	22	WSW	70	129	10	WFR 2300
20	65	37	51	+3	14	0	T			S	14.6	44	SW	56	254	10	KFR 1810
21	56	33	44	-4	21	0				SW	9.9	38	SW	46	395	5
22	52	32	42	-6	23	0	T			NW	9.4	28	NE	53	146	10
23	50	37	44	-4	21	0				NE	12.2	28	NE	47	344	9
24	52	36	44	-4	21	0	T	T		N	7.0	19	N	45	345	9
25	58	29	44	-4	21	0				SE	4.2	16	S	52	365	6
26	56	38	47	-1	18	0	0.06			SE	6.7	22	SSW	75	98	10	WFR 0700
27	62	48	55	+7	10	0	0.08			SW	9.6	35	SSW	72	156	10	KFR 2015
28	58	41	50	+2	15	0				SW	14.3	48	WSW	54	378	6
29	61	35	48	-1	17	0				W	16.5	40	WSW	49	320	7	KFR 0545
30	59	36	48	-1	17	0				W	14.3	37	NW	36	487	1
31	60	28	44	-5	21	0				E	5.1	16	E	50	334	10
SUM					498	0	0.31	T
AVG	62.6	35.2	48.9								8.4					5.7

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.31	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.27	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.16	ON	19	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	7	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			48.9	>= 0.01	4	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.182
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+2.8	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.45	ON	31
HIGHEST	76	ON	11	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.39	ON	19
LOWEST	28	ON	31+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			T	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	T	ON	24	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			316.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	0	ON	na	MAX DAILY	487	ON	30
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	98	ON	26
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			9	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.4	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.5	CLEAR	8	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 61	ON	16	PARTLY CLOUDY	11	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			498	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	12	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-89	DRY BULB (ºF)	49.2	WET BULB (ºF)	40.9	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4401	REL. HUM. (%)	50.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	29.8	HIGHEST	99	ON	27+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-220	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	13	ON	13+