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 MONTH0.38 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 MAX0.16ON7-8 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) >= T13>= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH41.0 >= 0.017 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.367
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+0.9 >= 0.101 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.71ON25
HIGHEST67 ON19 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.13ON8
LOWEST11 ON2+ TOTAL FOR THE MONTHT SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXT ON28 AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL116.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW4 MAX ON GRND0 ONna MAX DAILY217ON1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY19 ON30
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW14 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)5.7 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.8 CLEAR7 FOG10
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSSW @ 36ON16 PARTLY CLOUDY 6 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH714 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY17DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-33 DRY BULB (ºF)40.9WET BULB (ºF)37.2 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1224 REL. HUM. (%)72.7DEW PT.(ºF)32.0 HIGHEST100ON30+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+17 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST26 ON1