| 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 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 | 66 | 51 | 58 | 0 | 7 | 0 | T |   |   | SE | 6.7 | 18 | ENE | 59 | 246 | 10 |   |
| 2 | 68 | 43 | 56 | -2 | 9 | 0 | 0.07 |   |   | SW | 13.3 | 39 | WSW | 59 | 417 | 9 | KFR 0800 |
| 3 | 65 | 38 | 52 | -7 | 13 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 10.2 | 26 | W | 42 | 599 | 3 |   |
| 4 | 62 | 37 | 50 | -9 | 15 | 0 | 0.05 |   |   | W | 11.2 | 36 | WNW | 46 | 382 | 5 |   |
| 5 | 69 | 39 | 54 | -5 | 11 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 9.6 | 30 | WNW | 36 | 618 | 1 |   |
| 6 | 80 | 38 | 59 | 0 | 6 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 7.8 | 27 | WNW | 48 | 548 | 9 |   |
| 7 | 86 | 55 | 70 | +10 | 0 | 5 |   |   |   | W | 6.9 | 28 | W | 41 | 550 | 4 |   |
| 8 | 94 | 51 | 72 | +12 | 0 | 7 |   |   |   | NW | 10.1 | 40 | WSW | 39 | 630 | 1 | DL, KFR 1630 |
| 9 | 79 | 48 | 64 | +4 | 1 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 8.3 | 31 | WNW | 28 | 652 | 3 |   |
| 10 | 84 | 48 | 66 | +5 | 0 | 1 |   |   |   | NW | 7.1 | 25 | NW | 28 | 642 | 2 |   |
| 11 | 83 | 47 | 65 | +4 | 0 | 0 |   |   |   | E | 5.6 | 23 | NW | 34 | 555 | 7 |   |
| 12 | 84 | 54 | 69 | +8 | 0 | 4 | T |   |   | W | 9.4 | 37 | WNW | 39 | 493 | 7 | KFR 1430 |
| 13 | 72 | 47 | 60 | -1 | 5 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 10.6 | 28 | NW | 42 | 601 | 4 |   |
| 14 | 79 | 38 | 58 | -4 | 7 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 6.8 | 20 | WNW | 41 | 623 | 0 |   |
| 15 | 88 | 50 | 69 | +7 | 0 | 4 |   |   |   | NW | 7.4 | 18 | WNW | 32 | 623 | 5 |   |
| 16 | 86 | 61 | 74 | +12 | 0 | 9 |   |   |   | NW | 13.2 | 33 | WNW | 32 | 548 | 8 |   |
| 17 | 84 | 48 | 66 | +4 | 0 | 1 |   |   |   | W | 9.6 | 38 | NW | 36 | 646 | 2 |   |
| 18 | 83 | 45 | 64 | +2 | 1 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 7.3 | 28 | WSW | 35 | 569 | 6 | KFR 2030 |
| 19 | 71 | 53 | 62 | 0 | 3 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 13.5 | 33 | WSW | 40 | 449 | 9 |   |
| 20 | 64 | 45 | 54 | -8 | 11 | 0 | 0.08 |   |   | W | 8.8 | 36 | WNW | 56 | 346 | 9 |   |
| 21 | 72 | 42 | 57 | -6 | 8 | 0 | 0.10 |   |   | NW | 14.3 | 44 | NW | 58 | 605 | 5 |   |
| 22 | 78 | 49 | 64 | +1 | 1 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 7.9 | 23 | WNW | 39 | 593 | 3 |   |
| 23 | 80 | 42 | 61 | -3 | 4 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 8.2 | 27 | NW | 31 | 602 | 9 |   |
| 24 | 84 | 50 | 67 | +3 | 0 | 2 |   |   |   | W | 6.7 | 29 | ENE | 31 | 681 | 0 | KFR 1900 |
| 25 | 77 | 46 | 62 | -2 | 3 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 5.5 | 17 | ENE | 38 | 564 | 9 |   |
| 26 | 88 | 50 | 69 | +5 | 0 | 4 |   |   |   | NW | 7.5 | 34 | SE | 36 | 610 | 8 |   |
| 27 | 78 | 49 | 64 | -1 | 1 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 18.3 | 41 | NW | 35 | 593 | 2 | KFR 0400 |
| 28 | 79 | 50 | 64 | -1 | 1 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 8.0 | 32 | NW | 35 | 679 | 1 |   |
| 29 | 83 | 42 | 62 | -3 | 3 | 0 |   |   |   | NE | 6.3 | 22 | ENE | 44 | 690 | 0 |   |
| 30 | 89 | 52 | 70 | +5 | 0 | 5 |   |   |   | NW | 6.6 | 16 | N | 32 | 686 | 0 |   |
| 31 | 96 | 53 | 74 | +8 | 0 | 9 |   |   |   | SE | 5.5 | 14 | SE | 31 | 664 | 2 |   |
| SUM | 110 | 51 | |||||||||||||||
| AVG | 79.1 | 47.1 | 63.1 | 9.0 | 4.6 | ||||||||||||
| NOTES: | PRECIPITATION (IN.) | MISC. PHENOM. KEY | |||||||||
| Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0.30 | A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow | ||||||||
| "T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -0.25 | D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning | ||||||||
| Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation | 24HR MAX | 0.18 | ON | 20-21 | 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 | 6 | >= 0.25 | 0 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 63.1 | >= 0.01 | 4 | >= 0.50 | 0 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.182 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | +1.3 | >= 0.10 | 1 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.32 | ON | 14 | ||
| HIGHEST | 96 | ON | 31 | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.64 | ON | 2 | |||
| LOWEST | 37 | ON | 4 | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0 | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | na | ON | na | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 571.1 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 0 | MAX ON GRND | na | ON | na | MAX DAILY | 690 | ON | 29 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 2 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 246 | ON | 1 | |||||
| MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 0 | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) | 9.0 | MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS | |||||||
| MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW | 0 | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +0.1 | CLEAR | 14 | FOG | 0 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | NW @ 44 | ON | 21 | PARTLY CLOUDY | 8 | THDR | 0 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 110 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 9 | DUST | 0 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -46 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 63.7 | WET BULB (ºF) | 50.0 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 5244 | REL. HUM. (%) | 39.5 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 36.5 | HIGHEST | 99 | ON | 2 | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +91 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 10 | ON | 23+ | |||||