| 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 2002 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 43 | 11 | 27 | -18 | 38 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 3.9 | 12 | WSW | 50 | 217 | 0 |   |
| 2 | 43 | 11 | 27 | -18 | 38 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 3.7 | 9 | WSW | 62 | 210 | 0 |   |
| 3 | 45 | 14 | 30 | -15 | 35 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 3.7 | 10 | WSW | 60 | 199 | 0 |   |
| 4 | 45 | 15 | 30 | -14 | 35 | 0 |   |   |   | SE | 3.6 | 10 | SSE | 59 | 188 | 5 |   |
| 5 | 49 | 27 | 38 | -6 | 27 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 3.8 | 9 | SSW | 55 | 135 | 9 |   |
| 6 | 49 | 24 | 36 | -8 | 29 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 5.6 | 16 | WNW | 57 | 158 | 10 |   |
| 7 | 56 | 39 | 48 | +5 | 17 | 0 | 0.13 |   |   | W | 6.5 | 18 | ENE | 63 | 107 | 8 | KFR 0800 |
| 8 | 56 | 44 | 50 | +7 | 15 | 0 | 0.03 |   |   | SW | 10.7 | 32 | SW | 66 | 40 | 10 | KFR 0400 |
| 9 | 59 | 44 | 52 | +9 | 13 | 0 | T |   |   | SW | 8.7 | 30 | SSW | 65 | 106 | 9 |   |
| 10 | 59 | 43 | 51 | +8 | 14 | 0 | T |   |   | SW | 10.1 | 25 | WSW | 62 | 191 | 5 |   |
| 11 | 61 | 33 | 47 | +5 | 18 | 0 | T |   |   | SW | 5.0 | 15 | W | 66 | 153 | 9 |   |
| 12 | 58 | 45 | 52 | +10 | 13 | 0 | 0.08 |   |   | NW | 8.1 | 30 | SW | 81 | 49 | 9 | KFR 1145 |
| 13 | 60 | 39 | 50 | +9 | 15 | 0 | T |   |   | SW | 7.1 | 31 | SW | 64 | 138 | 6 |   |
| 14 | 60 | 35 | 48 | +7 | 17 | 0 | 0.04 |   |   | W | 5.9 | 19 | S | 70 | 169 | 1 | KFR 0330 |
| 15 | 50 | 33 | 42 | +1 | 23 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.3 | 15 | WNW | 82 | 97 | 9 |   |
| 16 | 58 | 29 | 44 | +4 | 21 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 7.5 | 36 | SSW | 78 | 97 | 8 | KFR 1700 |
| 17 | 57 | 36 | 46 | +6 | 19 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 9.3 | 27 | WSW | 60 | 122 | 6 |   |
| 18 | 56 | 35 | 46 | +6 | 19 | 0 | 0.07 |   |   | SW | 7.4 | 35 | SSW | 71 | 103 | 10 |   |
| 19 | 67 | 47 | 57 | +18 | 8 | 0 | 0.01 |   |   | SW | 10.2 | 35 | SW | 68 | 55 | 10 |   |
| 20 | 58 | 43 | 50 | +12 | 15 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 8.4 | 22 | WNW | 87 | 119 | 4 | F |
| 21 | 58 | 44 | 51 | +14 | 14 | 0 | 0.02 |   |   | SE | 5.1 | 13 | WNW | 88 | 131 | 9 | F |
| 22 | 53 | 46 | 50 | +13 | 15 | 0 | T |   |   | NW | 3.4 | 10 | W | 94 | 25 | 10 | F |
| 23 | 58 | 38 | 48 | +11 | 17 | 0 |   |   |   | N | 6.5 | 20 | N | 71 | 106 | 7 | F,KFR 0830 |
| 24 | 51 | 24 | 38 | +2 | 27 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 4.6 | 11 | NW | 66 | 149 | 0 |   |
| 25 | 44 | 19 | 32 | -4 | 33 | 0 |   |   |   | W | 3.4 | 9 | WNW | 80 | 165 | 2 | F |
| 26 | 45 | 25 | 35 | -1 | 30 | 0 |   |   |   | NW | 5.2 | 12 | W | 80 | 139 | 2 | F |
| 27 | 30 | 23 | 26 | -10 | 39 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 1.6 | 8 | S | 95 | 52 | 10 | F |
| 28 | 30 | 25 | 28 | -8 | 37 | 0 | T | T |   | SE | 1.8 | 8 | S | 93 | 35 | 10 | F |
| 29 | 31 | 25 | 28 | -8 | 37 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 2.0 | 6 | W | 94 | 26 | 10 | F |
| 30 | 30 | 28 | 29 | -7 | 36 | 0 |   |   |   | SW | 2.6 | 7 | SW | 94 | 19 | 10 | F |
| SUM | 714 | 0 | 0.38 | T | |||||||||||||
| AVG | 50.6 | 31.5 | 41.0 | 5.7 | 6.6 | ||||||||||||
| NOTES: | PRECIPITATION (IN.) | MISC. PHENOM. KEY | |||||||||
| Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0.38 | A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow | ||||||||
| "T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -0.60 | D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning | ||||||||
| Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation | 24HR MAX | 0.16 | ON | 7-8 | 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 | 13 | >= 0.25 | 0 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 41.0 | >= 0.01 | 7 | >= 0.50 | 0 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.367 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | +0.9 | >= 0.10 | 1 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.71 | ON | 25 | ||
| HIGHEST | 67 | ON | 19 | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.13 | ON | 8 | |||
| LOWEST | 11 | ON | 2+ | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | T | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | T | ON | 28 | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 116.6 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 4 | MAX ON GRND | 0 | ON | na | MAX DAILY | 217 | ON | 1 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 0 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 19 | ON | 30 | |||||
| MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 14 | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) | 5.7 | MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS | |||||||
| MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW | 0 | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -0.8 | CLEAR | 7 | FOG | 10 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | SSW @ 36 | ON | 16 | PARTLY CLOUDY | 6 | THDR | 0 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 714 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 17 | DUST | 0 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -33 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 40.9 | WET BULB (ºF) | 37.2 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 1224 | REL. HUM. (%) | 72.7 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 32.0 | HIGHEST | 100 | ON | 30+ | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +17 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 26 | ON | 1 | |||||