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 2004
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 44 27 36 -9 29 0    W 5.4 10 W 70 79 10  
2 63 42 52 +7 13 0 0.05   S 14.6 42 S 60 37 10 KFR 1115
3 56 34 45 0 20 0    NW 9.5 21 WNW 50 238 0  
4 51 25 38 -6 27 0    SE 4.1 13 SSE 67 223 5  
5 46 23 34 -10 31 0    W 4.0 10 SE 82 199 7 F
6 51 25 38 -6 27 0    NW 4.1 14 WNW 76 189 7 F
7 54 35 44 +1 21 0    W 4.4 12 W 70 164 10 AU
8 56 30 43 0 22 0    W 3.5 11 WNW 80 174 3  
9 51 30 40 -3 25 0    NW 3.0 9 NW 88 153 10 F
10 53 32 42 -1 23 0    NW 4.1 12 SSE 84 121 10 F
11 53 31 42 0 23 0    NW 4.0 14 SSE 88 178 4 F
12 45 31 38 -4 27 0    NW 2.8 8 WNW 92 109 10 F
13 47 39 43 +2 22 0    NW 3.1 10 E 82 68 10  
14 48 38 43 +2 22 0    NW 3.5 10 WNW 80 91 10  
15 46 33 40 -1 25 0 0.12   E 2.8 11 WNW 92 65 10 F,KFR 1600
16 52 35 44 +4 21 0    NW 4.4 20 WSW 93 140 7 F
17 52 29 40 0 25 0    W 5.0 13 ENE 77 185 2  
18 54 29 42 +2 23 0 0.05   SW 8.6 30 SW 73 172 3 F,KFR 0715
19 54 30 42 +3 23 0    W 7.7 21 WNW 58 183 7  
20 48 26 37 -1 28 0    W 5.4 14 W 60 178 0  
21 43 22 32 -5 33 0    NW 3.5 10 SSE 80 157 8  
22 46 27 36 -1 29 0 T   NW 4.0 13 NW 80 101 10  
23 43 23 33 -4 32 0 0.03   N 2.0 8 NW 88 109 10 F
24 62 35 48 +12 17 0    SW 15.7 44 WSW 67 68 10 WFR 0630
25 62 31 36 +10 19 0 T   W 14.3 33 SW 53 155 4 KFR 0700
26 52 28 40 +4 25 0    W 5.9 21 W 60 157 3  
27 42 25 34 -2 31 0 0.04   W 6.1 17 NW 79 96 9 KFR 0730
28 48 23 36 0 29 0    W 6.6 16 W 66 163 0 F
29 36 17 26 -10 39 0    NW 4.3 11 NNW 82 133 9  
30 44 25 34 -2 31 0 T T T SE 3.0 8 SW 76 121 6 KFR 0330
SUM 762 0 0.29 T
AVG 50.1 29.3 39.7 5.6 6.8
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.29 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.69 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.12ON15 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) >= T8 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH39.7 >= 0.015 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.406
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-0.4 >= 0.101 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.49ON29
HIGHEST63 ON2 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.75ON25
LOWEST17 ON29 TOTAL FOR THE MONTHT SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXT ON30 AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL140.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDT ON30 MAX DAILY238ON3
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY37 ON2
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW22 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)5.6 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.9 CLEAR7 FOG11
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTWSW @ 44ON24 PARTLY CLOUDY 8 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH762 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY15DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+15 DRY BULB (ºF)39.6WET BULB (ºF)36.2 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1154 REL. HUM. (%)75.1DEW PT.(ºF)31.6 HIGHEST100ON16+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-53 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST25 ON3