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 1996
	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	68	45	56	-1	9	0				NW	13.5	29	WNW	42	487	8
2	64	44	54	-3	11	0				NW	12.3	42	W	36	443	10
3	61	35	48	-10	17	0	T			W	7.4	28	N	48	392	5
4	67	36	52	-6	13	0				SE	6.6	16	SSE	43	594	0
5	71	40	56	-2	9	0				NW	8.5	32	WNW	40	515	6
6	72	37	54	-5	11	0				SW	8.2	27	NW	33	593	0
7	63	38	50	-9	15	0				W	12.2	33	SW	41	425	5
8	63	29	46	-13	19	0				NW	8.2	30	NW	40	448	4
9	66	34	50	-10	15	0				W	6.5	27	S	36	599	2
10	71	36	54	-6	11	0				NW	6.9	33	E	37	539	8
11	69	51	60	0	5	0				NW	6.7	19	NNE	48	279	10
12	65	50	58	-2	7	0	0.14			NW	5.5	15	WNW	81	251	10
13	78	57	68	+8	0	3	T			NW	8.6	27	NW	64	344	10
14	77	52	64	+3	1	0	T			NW	6.5	24	NW	54	393	9
15	76	54	65	+4	0	0	0.06			SW	9.2	36	WSW	58	451	9
16	77	47	62	+1	3	0				S	6.8	28	SSW	47	527	8	DL
17	66	52	59	-3	6	0	0.12			SW	11.3	40	WSW	70	214	10	DL,KFR 1700
18	72	44	58	-4	7	0				SW	14.0	39	WSW	52	446	10
19	72	49	60	-2	5	0				W	11.4	35	WNW	45	521	7
20	72	40	56	-6	9	0				SW	7.5	27	S	43	599	5
21	63	44	54	-9	11	0	0.20			NW	7.1	19	NW	74	196	10	KFR 2005
22	66	47	56	-7	9	0	T			W	13.2	41	SW	56	369	9
23	70	48	59	-4	6	0	T			N	8.5	27	N	50	475	7
24	80	47	64	+1	1	0				W	8.8	25	WNW	47	637	1
25	86	49	68	+5	0	3				NW	7.5	32	NW	38	623	2
26	86	58	72	+8	0	7				NW	14.1	41	WNW	29	632	6
27	79	52	66	+2	0	1				NW	14.4	42	NW	31	602	0
28	70	45	58	-6	7	0	0.01			SW	9.1	31	WNW	48	395	5
29	70	44	57	-7	8	0	0.09			W	7.8	29	WNW	61	357	10	T
30	75	46	60	-5	5	0				NW	11.1	32	NW	42	639	2
31	80	40	60	-5	5	0				NW	7.4	24	NW	38	646	2
SUM					225	14	0.62	0
AVG	71.5	44.8	58.1								9.3					6.1

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.62	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.11	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.20	ON	21	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	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			58.1	>= 0.01	6	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.156
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-3.2	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.22	ON	24
HIGHEST	86	ON	26+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.50	ON	17
LOWEST	29	ON	8	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			472.0
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	646	ON	31
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	196	ON	21
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			1	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			9.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.2	CLEAR	8	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 42	ON	27+	PARTLY CLOUDY	9	THDR	1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			225	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	14	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+61	DRY BULB (ºF)	58.4	WET BULB (ºF)	47.8	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			5258	REL. HUM. (%)	47.4	DEW PT.(ºF)	36.2	HIGHEST	97	ON	21
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+59	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	11	ON	6