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 2006
	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	55	29	42	0	23	0				NW	5.9	16	NW	73	326	5
2	57	32	44	+2	21	0	T			SW	8.9	32	SSW	58	227	5	KFR 0630
3	54	32	43	+1	22	0				NW	9.9	21	NNE	60	328	6
4	57	29	43	+1	22	0				SW	7.3	20	S	50	337	3
5	45	32	38	-4	27	0	0.01			NW	9.9	24	WNW	77	87	10
6	58	35	46	+3	19	0				SW	8.2	33	WSW	64	197	9	KFR 1430
7	59	38	48	+4	17	0				W	10.8	27	SSW	49	324	5
8	47	30	38	-6	27	0	T			SW	14.4	45	SW	62	75	10	KFR 1845
9	50	31	40	-5	25	0				SW	15.7	44	SW	48	298	8
10	49	21	35	-11	30	0				N	6.7	17	NNE	68	326	4
11	52	26	39	-7	26	0				N	8.9	23	NNE	60	336	5
12	50	28	39	-7	26	0				NW	6.8	16	NW	49	309	7
13	53	19	36	-10	29	0				S	5.3	22	S	53	389	4
14	55	34	44	-3	21	0				SW	6.8	25	WSW	55	291	9
15	54	28	41	-6	24	0				SW	6.9	22	SSW	58	269	9
16	52	32	42	-5	23	0	0.22			NW	7.1	18	WNW	79	181	10	KFR 1900
17	53	33	43	-5	22	0	T			W	6.6	40	WSW	78	274	9	F, T, DL
18	57	30	44	-4	21	0				NW	9.5	29	NW	56	335	2
19	56	32	44	-4	21	0				NW	6.8	17	NNE	56	336	2
20	57	35	46	-2	19	0				N	4.8	14	NNE	59	419	2
21	60	34	47	-1	18	0				SW	7.6	25	WSW	48	346	6
22	62	42	52	+4	13	0				E	5.5	19	SW	51	276	10
23	62	43	52	+4	13	0				NW	6.7	16	NW	58	274	10
24	64	44	54	+6	11	0				SW	11.5	34	SW	39	343	7	KFR 0340
25	53	41	47	-1	18	0	0.01			NW	7.5	31	W	62	127	10	KFR 1600
26	57	33	45	-3	20	0				SW	9.6	24	WSW	44	407	8
27	59	28	44	-4	21	0				NW	7.4	20	NW	53	414	10
28	62	46	54	+6	11	0				NW	8.8	20	NW	54	367	9
29	67	44	56	+7	9	0	T			NW	8.1	28	W	54	334	9	DL
30	63	37	50	+1	15	0				NE	4.0	15	WNW	52	340	10
31	66	41	54	+5	11	0				SW	4.5	15	WSW	55	414	4
SUM					625	0	0.24	0
AVG	56.3	33.5	44.9								8.0					7.0

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.24	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.34	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.22	ON	16	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			44.9	>= 0.01	3	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.060
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-1.2	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.19	ON	26
HIGHEST	67	ON	29	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.45	ON	8
LOWEST	19	ON	13	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			300.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	419	ON	20
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	75	ON	8
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			16	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.0	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	4	FOG	1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 45	ON	8	PARTLY CLOUDY	11	THDR	1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			625	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	16	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+38	DRY BULB (ºF)	44.5	WET BULB (ºF)	38.1	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4599	REL. HUM. (%)	57.5	DEW PT.(ºF)	29.2	HIGHEST	100	ON	17
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-22	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	21	ON	13