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 2003
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 42 16 29 -16 36 0    S 4.8 18 ESE 43 154 6  
2 37 29 33 -12 32 0 0.03 T  NW 7.9 17 N 77 35 10  
3 46 29 38 -7 27 0 T T T NW 6.6 23 N 56 203 2  
4 42 19 30 -14 35 0    NW 5.2 20 N 58 191 0  
5 42 18 30 -14 35 0    W 6.7 12 NNE 62 217 0  
6 42 21 32 -12 33 0    NW 8.3 16 WNW 58 192 0  
7 41 25 33 -10 32 0    NW 7.4 16 NNW 54 107 9  
8 52 31 42 -1 23 0    NW 5.6 18 WNW 49 168 4  
9 47 27 37 -6 28 0    NW 5.0 12 ESE 56 68 10  
10 60 27 44 +1 21 0    SW 10.1 38 WSW 62 82 10  
11 59 38 48 +6 17 0    W 9.7 25 NW 50 121 9 KFR 0530
12 54 28 41 -1 24 0    NW 5.2 15 NW 63 171 0  
13 50 24 37 -4 28 0    NW 5.9 19 NW 72 164 0  
14 44 20 32 -9 33 0    NW 5.1 17 NW 81 115 8 F
15 48 34 41 0 24 0    NW 5.2 17 NW 75 79 10  
16 50 26 38 -2 27 0 T   S 11.8 45 S 79 40 10 F,KFR 1545
17 56 40 48 +8 17 0    SW 14.6 50 WSW 52 103 7  
18 68 52 60 +20 5 0    SW 22.6 54 SW 50 151 9 WFR 0300
19 63 32 48 +9 17 0 0.06   W 11.8 48 SSW 61 25 9 KFR 0650
20 43 25 34 -4 31 0 T   W 8.1 31 SSE 73 35 8 AU
21 40 23 32 -5 33 0 T T  W 5.8 16 NNE 61 133 5 AU
22 39 13 26 -11 39 0    NW 5.6 12 NW 69 141 4  
23 32 15 24 -13 39 0    NW 4.2 11 NW 76 77 7  
24 50 19 34 -2 31 0    W 8.8 37 W 56 141 2  
25 54 32 43 +7 22 0 T   SW 13.3 42 S 50 142 6 KFR 1530
26 54 32 43 +7 22 0    W 8.3 26 W 53 148 3  
27 40 24 32 -4 33 0    NW 7.0 22 WNW 77 72 9  
28 52 26 30 +3 26 0 0.01   SE 4.7 26 SSW 74 41 10 WFR 2030
29 58 37 48 +12 17 0 0.05   W 4.9 22 SSW 79 95 9 KFR 1530
30 47 32 40 +4 25 0 T   NW 7.7 18 NW 62 82 7  
SUM 814 0 0.15 T
AVG 48.4 27.1 37.8 9.9 6.1
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.15 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.83 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.06ON28-29+ 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) >= T10>= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH37.8 >= 0.014 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.253
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-2.3 >= 0.100 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.49ON27+
HIGHEST68 ON18 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.39ON16
LOWEST13 ON22 TOTAL FOR THE MONTHT SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXT ON21+ AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL116.5
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW1 MAX ON GRNDT ON3 MAX DAILY217ON5
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY25ON19
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW25 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)9.9 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+3.4 CLEAR8 FOG2
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSW @ 54ON18 PARTLY CLOUDY8 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH814 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY14DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+67 DRY BULB (ºF)38.3WET BULB (ºF)33.5 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1132 REL. HUM. (%)62.9DEW PT.(ºF)25.8 HIGHEST100ON16+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-75 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST19 ON1