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 2006
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 20 32 -13 33 0    NW 7.7 18 NW 53 206 7  
2 39 32 36 -9 29 0 0.19 T  NW 5.4 16 WNW 80 46 10 WFR 2100
3 40 32 36 -9 29 0 0.03   N 3.1 9 N 97 58 10 F
4 64 36 50 +6 15 0    S 11.4 39 SSW 74 53 10  
5 58 44 51 +7 14 0 0.04   SE 6.6 20 SW 82 48 10 F
6 74 50 62 +18 3 0 T   SW 20.3 49 SSW 64 41 10 F,WFR 0130
7 69 40 54 +11 11 0 0.01   SW 14.8 46 SSW 66 74 10  R 1515
8 60 33 46 +3 19 0 0.03   SW 4.6 16 SSW 67 205 1  
9 56 35 46 +3 19 0    NW 5.2 16 W 75 153 6 KFR 0200
10 53 34 44 +1 21 0 T   SE 6.3 30 SSW 72 48 10 KFR 2100
11 56 35 46 +4 19 0    SW 10.3 29 WSW 60 197 3  
12 53 38 46 +4 19 0 0.10   S 12.1 37 S 64 74 8  
13 56 39 48 +7 17 0 T   W 16.0 61 SW 58 140 8 KFR 0300 KFR 1900
14 53 34 44 +3 21 0    W 8.8 26 W 56 160 9  
15 60 37 48 +7 17 0 T   SE 12.7 52 SSW 60 59 10 KFR 2200
16 54 28 41 +1 24 0    SW 7.4 26 WNW 59 188 0  
17 48 26 37 -3 28 0    NW 4.8 13 NW 82 119 9  
18 45 24 34 -6 31 0    NW 6.9 20 WNW 83 137 8 F
19 45 35 40 +1 25 0 0.04   NW 5.1 15 E 88 49 10 F
20 58 33 46 +8 19 0 0.03   SE 4.9 24 SW 86 113 6 F,KFR 0100
21 54 28 41 +4 24 0    SW 9.9 43 SSW 74 82 8 F,KFR 1130
22 51 39 45 +8 20 0 0.05   SW 9.7 35 SSW 72 49 9 KFR 1900
23 51 36 44 +7 21 0    SW 16.8 48 SSW 60 157 6  
24 49 26 38 +2 27 0 T   NW 5.6 17 WSW 77 85 7  
25 44 25 34 -2 31 0    W 6.4 24 W 68 140 7  
26 38 26 32 -4 33 0 0.19 1.9  NW 6.7 38 W 91 49 10 F,KFR 1800
27 39 16 28 -8 37 0 T T 2 W 9.0 21 W 70 155 2 KFR 2230
28 19 13 16 -20 49 0   1 NW 7.4 18 NW 61 73 10  
29 18 14 16 -20 49 0 T T 1 NW 5.0 13 NW 63 62 10  
30 26 11 18 -18 47 0 T T 1 N 3.9 14 S 78 110 7  
SUM 751 0 0.71 1.9
AVG 49.1 30.6 39.9 8.5 7.7
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.71 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.17 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.21ON2-3 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) >= T18>= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH39.9 >= 0.0110>= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.151
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-0.2 >= 0.103 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.71ON29
HIGHEST74 ON6 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.16ON13
LOWEST11 ON30 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH 1.9 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAX1.9 ON26 AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL104.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW3 MAX ON GRND1.9 ON26 MAX DAILY206ON1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY41 ON6
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW14 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)8.5 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+2.1 CLEAR4 FOG8
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSW @ 61ON13 PARTLY CLOUDY7 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH751 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY19DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+4 DRY BULB (ºF)40.5WET BULB (ºF)36.6 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1219 REL. HUM. (%)71.3DEW PT.(ºF)31.1 HIGHEST100ON26+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+12 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST29 ON14