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 MONTH0.30 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 MAX0.18ON20-21 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) >= T6 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH63.1 >= 0.014 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.182
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+1.3 >= 0.101 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.32ON14
HIGHEST96 ON31 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.64ON2
LOWEST37 ON4 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL571.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY690ON29
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE2 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY246ON1
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.0 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.1 CLEAR14FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTNW @ 44ON21 PARTLY CLOUDY8 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH110 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY9 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-46 DRY BULB (ºF)63.7WET BULB (ºF)50.0 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)5244 REL. HUM. (%)39.5DEW PT.(ºF)36.5 HIGHEST99 ON2
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+91 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST10 ON23+