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 1996
	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	51	18	34	-8	31	0			T	S	4.5	12	ESE	61	320	0
2	57	21	39	-3	26	0			T	W	4.4	17	WSW	62	323	0
3	60	39	50	+8	15	0	0.01		T	NW	6.0	13	NW	68	244	9
4	41	33	37	-5	28	0	0.30	0.4		NW	10.0	20	WNW	95	46	10	F
5	39	31	35	-7	30	0	T	T	0.3	NW	5.9	14	WNW	83	111	10
6	51	34	42	-1	23	0				NW	5.2	15	WNW	76	301	10
7	47	38	42	-2	23	0	0.10			NW	9.7	20	WNW	78	140	10
8	50	39	44	0	21	0	T			NW	8.2	20	WNW	80	139	10
9	56	44	50	+6	15	0	T			NW	5.2	18	WNW	78	151	10
10	56	43	50	+5	15	0	T			N	3.3	9	ENE	88	148	10	F
11	63	42	52	+7	13	0	0.03			NW	4.5	13	WNW	84	257	10	F
12	65	42	54	+9	11	0				NW	11.2	33	NW	56	371	2
13	64	40	52	+7	13	0				N	9.3	22	NW	45	379	2
14	68	31	50	+4	15	0				SE	4.3	15	ESE	57	373	1
15	63	40	52	+6	13	0				W	16.3	46	WNW	46	334	5	KFR 0200
16	64	35	50	+4	15	0				NW	10.5	43	NW	43	213	9
17	63	36	50	+3	15	0				SE	6.3	21	W	50	397	1
18	65	31	48	+1	17	0				N	7.6	15	NE	53	398	3
19	66	36	51	+4	14	0				W	9.5	28	WSW	48	388	4
20	61	34	48	+1	17	0				W	6.2	19	WNW	49	343	9
21	57	28	42	-5	23	0	T			NW	4.8	11	W	56	275	8
22	60	33	46	-1	19	0	0.13			NW	8.1	34	NW	68	275	7
23	60	40	50	+3	15	0				NW	10.3	35	N	47	337	2	KFR 1900
24	42	24	33	-14	32	0				NE	14.7	33	ENE	38	409	5
25	50	21	36	-11	29	0				NW	6.3	15	SSE	38	449	3
26	51	28	40	-7	25	0				NW	5.1	17	NW	48	261	10
27	56	31	44	-4	21	0				NE	10.9	28	NE	45	344	6
28	58	29	44	-4	21	0				N	8.7	26	W	30	455	0
29	58	32	45	-4	20	0				W	11.2	40	SW	44	356	5
30	57	26	42	-7	23	0				S	5.1	19	S	47	418	7
31	45	36	40	-9	25	0	0.26			NW	5.6	18	WNW	84	86	10
SUM					623	0	0.83	0.4
AVG	56.3	33.4	44.8								7.7					6.1

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.83	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.36	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.30	ON	4	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in coluns 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	11	>= 0.25	2	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			44.8	>= 0.01	6	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.248
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.8	>= 0.10	4	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.52	ON	25
HIGHEST	68	ON	14	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.50	ON	4
LOWEST	18	ON	1	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.4	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	0.4	ON	4	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			291.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	0.4	ON	4	MAX DAILY	455	ON	28
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	46	ON	4
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			13	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.7	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.6	CLEAR	10	FOG	3
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 46	ON	15	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			623	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	14	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+21	DRY BULB (ºF)	44.9	WET BULB (ºF)	38.7	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4731	REL. HUM. (%)	59.4	DEW PT.(ºF)	29.8	HIGHEST	100	ON	11
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+68	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	18	ON	28