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 1997
	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	50	37	44	+2	21	0	0.12			SW	11.0	35	S	62	86	10	KFR 1900
2	56	35	46	+4	19	0				SW	13.4	38	WSW	53	214	8
3	53	29	41	-1	24	0				SW	8.9	22	W	53	256	6
4	52	30	41	-1	24	0				W	8.9	23	WSW	50	263	7
5	47	30	38	-4	27	0	0.01			NW	5.0	15	WNW	72	156	10
6	60	36	48	+5	17	0	T			SW	11.8	32	SSW	68	161	10
7	59	39	49	+5	16	0				SW	12.7	43	SSW	47	207	7	KFR 0730
8	56	32	44	0	21	0				W	7.9	20	SSW	40	334	5
9	64	46	55	+11	10	0				SW	20.2	45	SW	41	224	10	KFR 1230
10	52	39	46	+1	19	0				NW	5.7	17	W	58	138	10
11	54	35	44	-1	21	0	T			NW	5.6	22	SSW	76	251	8
12	54	34	44	-1	21	0				W	11.4	42	WSW	51	325	4
13	51	29	40	-5	25	0				N	6.8	16	WNW	60	323	4
14	47	28	38	-8	27	0				NW	7.1	20	W	64	306	9
15	50	31	40	-6	25	0	0.14	1.5		NW	6.7	20	WNW	81	157	10	F
16	61	42	52	+6	13	0	0.34			NW	9.3	36	SW	68	211	10
17	58	42	50	+3	15	0	T			SW	11.3	35	SW	62	193	8	KFR 0245
18	60	45	52	+5	13	0	0.08			SE	7.0	26	SSE	74	76	10
19	64	53	58	+11	7	0	T			SE	9.4	47	SW	61	77	10	KFR 0030
20	63	43	53	+6	12	0	0.01			NW	11.0	32	W	54	334	7
21	63	31	47	0	18	0				W	6.0	19	WNW	50	409	4
22	61	41	51	+4	14	0				W	5.0	17	WNW	54	243	10
23	64	36	50	+3	15	0				NW	12.0	39	NW	50	371	9
24	63	31	47	0	18	0				W	5.3	15	SSW	42	356	6
25	76	34	55	+8	10	0				NW	4.9	20	SSE	54	425	2
26	68	42	55	+8	10	0				W	13.4	40	WSW	51	308	9	KFR 1530
27	60	36	48	0	17	0	T			SW	10.7	37	S	41	400	5
28	62	38	50	+2	15	0				W	16.4	40	WSW	41	420	1	KFR 0030
29	64	30	47	-2	18	0				SE	5.8	20	S	45	392	3
30	63	38	50	+1	15	0				NW	12.8	59	WSW	45	274	9	KFR 1519
31	58	37	48	-1	17	0	T	T		W	15.3	35	WSW	41	336	7
SUM					544	0	0.70	1.5
AVG	58.5	36.4	47.5								9.6					7.4

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.70	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.23	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.34	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	12	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			47.5	>= 0.01	6	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.236
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+1.9	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.40	ON	13
HIGHEST	76	ON	25	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.46	ON	15
LOWEST	28	ON	14	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.5	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	1.5	ON	15	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			265.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	1.3	ON	15	MAX DAILY	425	ON	25
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	76	ON	18
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			10	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			9.6	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.3	CLEAR	3	FOG	1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 59	ON	30	PARTLY CLOUDY	11	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			544	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	17	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-58	DRY BULB (ºF)	47.1	WET BULB (ºF)	40.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4599	REL. HUM. (%)	55.2	DEW PT.(ºF)	30.4	HIGHEST	98	ON	15
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-64	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	14	ON	26