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 2007
	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	45	29	37	-5	28	0				NW	8.8	24	WSW	51	253	7
2	36	24	30	-12	35	0	0.06	0.5		NW	7.7	17	WNW	81	135	10	F
3	44	32	38	-4	27	0	T	T	T	NW	3.9	11	WNW	89	149	9	F
4	47	36	42	0	23	0				NW	6.8	13	NW	82	146	10
5	54	37	46	+4	19	0	T			W	3.9	10	W	84	218	9
6	58	37	48	+5	17	0				NW	8.2	18	WNW	79	338	3
7	59	33	46	+2	19	0				SE	6.1	28	WSW	77	170	10	F,KFR 1800
8	57	33	45	+1	20	0				SW	10.9	30	SSW	52	269	9
9	57	31	44	-1	21	0				S	5.7	18	SW	57	236	8
10	61	33	47	+1	18	0	T			S	6.0	21	S	66	183	10
11	75	54	64	+18	1	0				SW	14.4	45	SW	56	149	10
12	70	42	56	+10	9	0				SW	16.3	39	SW	49	218	7	KFR 0500
13	55	37	46	0	19	0				NW	8.1	27	NW	46	290	9
14	55	29	42	-5	23	0				NW	9.1	26	NW	50	365	3
15	50	30	40	-7	25	0	T			W	4.4	12	W	53	169	9
16	63	35	49	+2	16	0				W	4.8	11	WNW	62	247	9
17	70	30	50	+2	15	0				NW	5.7	28	NW	69	350	5
18	71	39	55	+7	10	0				SW	6.3	19	SW	57	311	2
19	71	47	59	+11	6	0	0.02			SW	10.9	34	SSW	56	358	8	KFR 1815
20	58	37	48	0	17	0				W	13.2	32	W	50	353	2
21	56	31	44	-4	21	0				W	7.1	22	W	43	410	3
22	61	38	50	+2	15	0	T			S	5.6	20	WNW	58	266	10	KFR 1815
23	62	34	48	0	17	0	T			SW	6.4	19	SW	67	235	8	WFR 2100
24	69	52	60	+12	5	0	T			SW	14.1	37	SW	60	98	10	KFR 2130
25	63	35	49	+1	16	0	T			NW	10.0	30	SW	50	301	8
26	56	28	42	-6	23	0	0.32			NW	6.8	22	WSW	67	221	9	KFR 2030
27	60	40	50	+2	15	0	0.26			NW	15.1	40	NW	65	238	8
28	61	38	50	+2	15	0				W	9.6	30	WNW	46	464	0
29	62	30	46	-3	19	0				NW	5.7	13	NW	64	435	7
30	65	34	52	+3	13	0				W	6.7	23	W	56	445	6
31	62	42	52	+3	13	0	0.08			W	9.4	31	W	62	215	10	KFR 1530
SUM					540	0	0.74	0.5
AVG	59.3	35.7	47.5								8.3					7.4

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.74	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.6	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.58	ON	26-27	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	13	>= 0.25	2	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			47.5	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.294
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+1.4	>= 0.10	2	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.57	ON	3
HIGHEST	75	ON	11	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.66	ON	19
LOWEST	24	ON	2	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.5	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	0.5	ON	2	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			265.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	T	ON	3	MAX DAILY	464.4	ON	28
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	97.8	ON	24
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			10	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.4	CLEAR	6	FOG	3
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	45 @ SW	ON	11	PARTLY CLOUDY	5	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			540	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	20	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-47	DRY BULB (ºF)	48.0	WET BULB (ºF)	41.7	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4758	REL. HUM. (%)	61.4	DEW PT.(ºF)	34.1	HIGHEST	100	ON	3
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+137	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	18	ON	20