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 MONTH1.08 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 MAX0.53ON1 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) >= T7 >= 0.252 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH34.0 >= 0.015 >= 0.501 AVERAGE STATION29.410
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-6.2 >= 0.103 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.59ON17
HIGHEST58 ON4 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.61ON4
LOWEST18 ON15 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH1.2 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAX0.7 ON29 AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL106.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW5 MAX ON GRND0.7 ON29 MAX DAILY217ON1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY23 ON23
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW27 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)5.4 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-1.0 CLEAR2 FOG13
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTW @ 55ON4 PARTLY CLOUDY10THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH931 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY18DUST1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+185 DRY BULB (ºF)34.4WET BULB (ºF)32.0 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1455 REL. HUM. (%)79.5DEW PT.(ºF)28.2 HIGHEST100ON27+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+244 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST31 ON1