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: May 2000
	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	76	54	65	+8	0	0	0.02			W	6.7	34	W	38	500	7	KFR 0130
2	75	48	62	+5	3	0	0.03			SW	7.9	23	WSW	52	452	8	KFR 0005
3	67	48	58	0	7	0	0.13			W	11.6	40	WSW	57	308	9	KFR 0800
4	66	45	56	-2	9	0				SW	8.1	23	SSW	44	532	6
5	66	42	54	-4	11	0	0.07			W	10.2	27	NW	52	518	6	KFR 0500
6	66	33	50	-9	15	0				W	5.7	19	NW	43	611	0
7	70	43	56	-3	9	0				NW	6.5	17	WNW	38	610	0
8	73	44	58	-1	7	0				NW	9.4	31	W	42	455	9
9	66	46	56	-4	9	0	T			SW	13.7	51	WSW	55	421	8	KFR 1500
10	61	43	52	-8	13	0				SW	17.9	41	SW	45	537	8
11	65	45	55	-5	10	0				W	11.8	27	NW	41	457	8
12	67	36	52	-8	13	0				SE	5.4	35	S	43	562	10
13	74	47	60	0	5	0				NW	5.7	17	N	37	478	10
14	80	54	67	+6	0	2				NW	5.6	25	E	36	580	4
15	82	48	65	+4	0	0	T			NW	6.8	32	NNE	48	595	1	T
16	87	57	72	+11	0	7				NW	16.6	45	NW	40	636	0
17	75	55	65	+3	0	0				NW	20.8	44	WNW	38	637	3
18	80	44	62	0	3	0	0.04			SE	6.2	25	WNW	43	615	7	KFR 0015
19	80	49	64	+2	1	0	T			NW	7.8	26	NW	59	473	8
20	83	45	64	+2	1	0				NW	7.2	23	NW	43	520	8
21	87	49	68	+5	0	3				NW	8.0	28	NW	46	404	10
22	85	59	72	+9	0	7				NW	11.2	30	WNW	38	618	8
23	80	53	66	+3	0	1				NW	7.2	23	NW	33	683	1
24	83	51	67	+4	0	2				NW	9.2	35	NW	30	672	4
25	76	54	65	+2	0	0				NW	10.2	33	SSW	32	502	8
26	79	53	66	+2	0	1				SW	13.6	38	SW	40	631	4
27	78	56	67	+3	0	2	T			SW	17.5	45	WSW	40	385	10
28	76	48	62	-2	3	0				W	11.0	29	WNW	41	600	2
29	76	50	63	-1	2	0				W	7.4	26	WNW	38	604	2
30	64	44	54	-11	11	0	0.03			W	11.9	37	WNW	58	321	8
31	62	45	54	-11	11	0	0.45			NW	7.4	27	WNW	80	221	9
SUM					143	25	0.77	0
AVG	74.4	48.0	61.2								9.9					6.0

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.77	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.26	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.48	ON	30-31	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	11	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			61.2	>= 0.01	7	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.132
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.1	>= 0.10	2	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.23	ON	12
HIGHEST	87	ON	21+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.63	ON	10
LOWEST	33	ON	6	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			520.5
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	683	ON	23
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	221	ON	31
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			9.9	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.8	CLEAR	8	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 51	ON	9	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			143	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	16	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-21	DRY BULB (ºF)	61.8	WET BULB (ºF)	49.9	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4735	REL. HUM. (%)	44.2	DEW PT.(ºF)	38.1	HIGHEST	98	ON	19
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-464	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	19	ON	6