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 2005
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 51 36 44 -1 21 0 0.09   NW 5.7 21 WNW 85 69 10 F,KFR 1320
2 52 31 42 -3 23 0    NE 3.0 11 S 82 154 10  
3 51 31 41 -4 24 0 0.04   SE 9.3 35 SSE 73 43 10 KFR 1615
4 53 32 42 -2 23 0    SW 13.1 34 SSW 61 121 8 KFR 1830
5 50 38 44 0 21 0 0.10   SW 9.5 28 SW 69 40 10 KFR 2200
6 54 37 46 +2 19 0    SW 6.8 25 SW 68 179 2  
7 44 33 38 -5 27 0    NW 4.1 12 WSW 86 58 10  
8 50 26 38 -5 27 0    SW 4.5 14 WSW 72 189 3  
9 48 25 36 -7 29 0    W 3.9 11 W 82 202 1 KFR 1900
10 50 27 38 -5 27 0    NW 4.8 17 NW 82 178 4  
11 53 34 44 +2 21 0 T   SW 12.2 35 SSW 54 152 6 KFR 2030
12 50 28 39 -3 26 0    SW 4.6 14 WSW 65 140 8  
13 54 40 47 +6 18 0 0.20   SE 5.5 39 W 77 169 5 WFR 0800 KFR 1530
14 50 30 40 -1 25 0    W 7.0 23 WNW 57 196 3  
15 44 23 34 -7 31 0    E 4.0 11 WNW 77 148 8  
16 47 31 39 -1 26 0    W 5.2 14 WNW 75 156 4  
17 49 27 38 -2 27 0    W 4.6 10 WSW 81 178 2  
18 39 24 32 -8 33 0    SW 3.5 9 W 93 36 10 F
19 40 35 38 -1 27 0    E 2.4 7 E 92 26 10 F
20 37 35 36 -2 29 0 0.01   SE 2.5 8 NE 95 27 10 F
21 38 35 36 -1 29 0 0.02   SE 2.6 7 NNW 95 33 10 F
22 38 35 36 -1 29 0 0.01   W 2.1 7 SE 90 32 10 F
23 38 35 36 -1 29 0 T   SE 2.1 9 E 84 47 10  
24 38 34 36 0 29 0 0.09   SE 2.5 8 WSW 87 31 10  
25 40 33 36 0 29 0 0.33   W 5.9 18 WNW 92 40 10 F,KFR 1145
26 47 33 40 +4 25 0    W 12.7 32 W 56 169 0  
27 41 24 32 -4 33 0    W 3.9 10 WSW 80 118 7  
28 35 23 29 -7 36 0 T T  NW 7.6 15 WNW 85 83 7  
29 47 25 36 0 29 0    W 7.5 29 NW 75 149 6 KFR 0330 KFR 1730
30 46 26 36 0 29 0 T T T NW 5.1 18 NW 80 104 5  
SUM 801 0 0.89 T
AVG 45.8 30.9 38.3 5.6 7.0
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.89 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.09 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.42ON24-25 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>= 0.251 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH38.3 >= 0.019 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.351
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-1.8 >= 0.103 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.65ON15
HIGHEST54 ON13+ SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.43ON5
LOWEST23 ON28+ TOTAL FOR THE MONTHT SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXT ON30+ AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL108.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDT ON30+ MAX DAILY202ON9
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY26 ON19
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW16 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)5.6 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.8 CLEAR6 FOG7
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTW @ 39ON13 PARTLY CLOUDY8 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH801 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY16DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+54 DRY BULB (ºF)38.3WET BULB (ºF)35.5 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1182 REL. HUM. (%)78.3DEW PT.(ºF)31.6 HIGHEST100ON18
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-25 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST33 ON11