| 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: November 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 | 57 | 32 | 44 | -2 | 21 | 0 |   |   |   | SE | 6.1 | 20 | WSW | 54 | 217 | 7 |   |
| 2 | 54 | 34 | 44 | -2 | 21 | 0 |   |   |   | SE | 3.6 | 10 | WSW | 64 | 176 | 7 |   |
| 3 | 52 | 28 | 40 | -5 | 25 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 3.4 | 11 | NW | 76 | 169 | 8 |   |
| 4 | 58 | 28 | 43 | -2 | 22 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 13.1 | 55 | W | 67 | 158 | 5 | F,D, KFR 0825 |
| 5 | 55 | 44 | 50 | +6 | 15 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 9.0 | 31 | WNW | 51 | 100 | 9 |   |
| 6 | 55 | 35 | 45 | +1 | 20 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 6.4 | 16 | NW | 65 | 157 | 7 |   |
| 7 | 48 | 28 | 38 | -6 | 27 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 3.6 | 10 | NW | 74 | 139 | 8 |   |
| 8 | 42 | 32 | 37 | -6 | 28 | 0 | 0.53 |   |   | NW | 5.8 | 17 | WNW | 95 | 37 | 10 | F, KFR 1100 |
| 9 | 40 | 32 | 36 | -7 | 29 | 0 | 0.02 | T |   | N | 7.4 | 22 | N | 88 | 32 | 10 | F, KFR 1400 |
| 10 | 40 | 24 | 32 | -10 | 33 | 0 | T | T |   | N | 8.8 | 21 | N | 58 | 169 | 6 |   |
| 11 | 40 | 19 | 30 | -12 | 35 | 0 |   |   |   | S | 4.4 | 12 | NW | 71 | 189 | 4 |   |
| 12 | 42 | 26 | 34 | -8 | 31 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 3.7 | 10 | WNW | 76 | 164 | 4 |   |
| 13 | 40 | 26 | 33 | -8 | 32 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 8.3 | 16 | WNW | 72 | 95 | 9 |   |
| 14 | 39 | 21 | 30 | -11 | 35 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 4.9 | 13 | WNW | 73 | 66 | 10 |   |
| 15 | 39 | 18 | 28 | -12 | 37 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 3.8 | 13 | W | 84 | 190 | 2 |   |
| 16 | 36 | 25 | 30 | -10 | 35 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 4.0 | 12 | WNW | 82 | 62 | 10 |   |
| 17 | 38 | 27 | 32 | -8 | 33 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.4 | 11 | WNW | 69 | 67 | 10 |   |
| 18 | 37 | 23 | 30 | -9 | 35 | 0 |   |   |   | SE | 3.7 | 9 | WSW | 80 | 60 | 10 |   |
| 19 | 38 | 20 | 29 | -10 | 36 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 4.5 | 11 | WNW | 82 | 160 | 6 |   |
| 20 | 39 | 20 | 30 | -8 | 35 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.8 | 11 | NNE | 82 | 161 | 6 |   |
| 21 | 29 | 20 | 24 | -14 | 41 | 0 |   |   |   | SE | 2.4 | 8 | S | 97 | 53 | 10 | F |
| 22 | 29 | 26 | 28 | -10 | 37 | 0 | T |   |   | W | 4.0 | 10 | SW | 96 | 26 | 10 | F, GL |
| 23 | 30 | 27 | 28 | -9 | 37 | 0 | 0.15 | 0.3 |   | S | 2.6 | 11 | SE | 96 | 23 | 10 | F, GL, KFR 1600 |
| 24 | 31 | 29 | 30 | -7 | 35 | 0 |   |   | 0.2 | NW | 2.7 | 8 | WNW | 93 | 23 | 10 | F |
| 25 | 33 | 29 | 31 | -5 | 34 | 0 | 0.30 | 0.2 | 0.2 | NW | 3.4 | 11 | NNW | 92 | 60 | 10 | F, KFR 2030 |
| 26 | 31 | 27 | 29 | -7 | 36 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 3.4 | 10 | N | 100 | 28 | 10 | F |
| 27 | 51 | 28 | 40 | +5 | 25 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 7.0 | 17 | W | 74 | 138 | 2 | F, AU, KFR 0200 |
| 28 | 34 | 25 | 30 | -5 | 35 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 10.7 | 24 | WNW | 88 | 161 | 7 | F, AU |
| 29 | 36 | 27 | 32 | -3 | 33 | 0 | 0.08 | 0.7 | T | W | 6.4 | 17 | WNW | 92 | 29 | 10 | F, KFR 1300 |
| 30 | 37 | 28 | 32 | -3 | 33 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 5.7 | 14 | WNW | 94 | 73 | 9 | F |
| SUM | 931 | 0 | 1.08 | 1.2 | |||||||||||||
| AVG | 41.0 | 26.9 | 34.0 | 5.4 | 7.9 | ||||||||||||
| NOTES: | PRECIPITATION (IN.) | MISC. PHENOM. KEY | |||||||||
| Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 1.08 | A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow | ||||||||
| "T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +0.17 | D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning | ||||||||
| Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation | 24HR MAX | 0.53 | ON | 1 | 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 | 7 | >= 0.25 | 2 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 34.0 | >= 0.01 | 5 | >= 0.50 | 1 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.410 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -6.2 | >= 0.10 | 3 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.59 | ON | 17 | ||
| HIGHEST | 58 | ON | 4 | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.61 | ON | 4 | |||
| LOWEST | 18 | ON | 15 | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 1.2 | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | 0.7 | ON | 29 | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 106.1 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 5 | MAX ON GRND | 0.7 | ON | 29 | MAX DAILY | 217 | ON | 1 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 0 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 23 | ON | 23 | |||||
| MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 27 | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) | 5.4 | MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS | |||||||
| MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW | 0 | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -1.0 | CLEAR | 2 | FOG | 13 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | W @ 55 | ON | 4 | PARTLY CLOUDY | 10 | THDR | 0 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 931 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 18 | DUST | 1 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | +185 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 34.4 | WET BULB (ºF) | 32.0 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 1455 | REL. HUM. (%) | 79.5 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 28.2 | HIGHEST | 100 | ON | 27+ | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +244 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 31 | ON | 1 | |||||