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 1995
	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	59	46	52	-5	13	0	T			NW	7.1	17	NW	70	186	9
2	70	48	59	+2	6	0				W	11.5	28	NW	59	376	9
3	70	40	55	-3	10	0				W	6.2	17	ESE	51	554	7
4	67	46	56	-2	9	0	T			W	8.2	18	N	59	268	10
5	69	50	60	+2	5	0	0.02			NW	10.8	30	NW	69	209	10
6	78	57	68	+9	0	3				NW	22.1	49	NW	41	613	2
7	69	53	61	+2	4	0	0.05			NW	9.2	25	NW	64	331	8
8	72	50	61	+2	4	0	0.01			SW	6.1	19	SSE	69	394	7
9	78	50	64	+4	1	0	0.53			W	7.7	41	SSW	70	504	9	T,DL
10	70	50	60	0	5	0	0.02			SW	7.9	21	WSW	61	446	7
11	66	46	56	-4	9	0	0.10			W	9.8	33	WSW	62	305	9	T
12	68	39	54	-6	11	0				W	5.8	14	W	49	539	4
13	75	50	62	+2	3	0	0.05			NE	11.8	39	NE	52	521	4
14	82	44	63	+2	2	0				NW	6.0	13	ESE	40	631	0
15	85	51	68	+7	0	3				W	6.7	32	WNW	44	493	7
16	83	59	71	+10	0	6				W	10.3	33	WNW	43	499	7
17	79	53	66	+4	0	1				NW	14.3	38	WNW	39	626	0
18	75	48	62	0	3	0				W	9.1	27	NW	36	650	0
19	79	48	64	+2	1	0				W	7.4	19	N	38	650	0
20	86	45	66	+4	0	1				NW	8.4	25	NW	34	644	0
21	79	52	66	+4	0	1				N	7.9	19	N	29	649	7
22	82	55	68	+5	0	3				NE	10.2	32	NE	26	639	9
23	85	56	70	+7	0	5				NW	10.2	28	E	28	637	9
24	88	57	72	+9	0	7	T			NW	10.9	38	NNW	30	583	3
25	83	52	68	+5	0	3	0.01			E	8.8	54	E	41	427	7
26	78	46	62	-2	3	0				NE	5.3	16	NNE	38	662	0
27	86	47	66	+2	0	1				SE	5.1	18	S	35	652	0
28	91	50	70	+6	0	5				SE	5.6	20	E	35	658	0
29	95	56	76	+12	0	11				S	5.5	22	WNW	32	650	0
30	94	60	77	+12	0	12				NW	12.0	34	WNW	31	628	3
31	92	60	76	+11	0	11				NW	8.6	33	NW	29	661	1
SUM					89	73	0.79
AVG	78.5	50.5	64.5								8.9					4.8

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.79	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.28	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.53	ON	9	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	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			64.5	>= 0.01	8	>= 0.50	1	AVERAGE STATION			29.099
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+3.2	>= 0.10	2	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.16	ON	19
HIGHEST	95	ON	29	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.60	ON	15+
LOWEST	39	ON	12	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			525.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	662	ON	26
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			4	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	186	ON	1
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.9	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.2	CLEAR	13	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	E @ 54	ON	25	PARTLY CLOUDY	9	THDR	2
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			89	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	9	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-75	DRY BULB (ºF)	64.9	WET BULB (ºF)	52.1	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			4628	REL. HUM. (%)	45.2	DEW PT.(ºF)	40.3	HIGHEST	70	ON	9+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-571	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	26	ON	22