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 1996
	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	53	27	40	-6	25	0				W	4.2	10	WNW	75	217	0
2	53	28	40	-6	25	0				NW	5.3	13	WNW	78	207	5	F
3	59	30	44	-1	21	0				SW	5.5	19	WSW	70	160	8	F
4	59	38	48	+3	17	0				W	7.8	21	WNW	53	204	6
5	55	30	42	-2	23	0				SW	8.1	28	WNW	53	190	7
6	63	39	51	+7	14	0				SW	10.4	44	SW	54	202	3	KFR 1545
7	49	32	40	-4	25	0				E	4.6	23	W	61	101	10
8	66	34	50	+7	15	0				NW	4.6	13	W	69	174	8
9	59	34	46	+3	19	0				NW	4.6	12	WNW	82	176	5	F
10	54	30	42	0	23	0				NW	5.6	14	NNW	86	154	1	F
11	59	33	46	+4	19	0				SE	4.4	14	SW	80	158	7	F
12	43	32	38	-4	27	0	T			W	3.2	10	W	98	41	10	F,KFR 0230
13	56	43	50	+9	15	0	0.12			NW	5.0	18	WSW	88	128	10	F
14	59	41	50	+9	15	0				W	6.9	16	W	60	160	6
15	48	38	43	+3	22	0	0.01			E	4.2	13	NW	74	67	10
16	53	34	44	+4	21	0	0.01			S	9.4	29	S	71	83	8	F
17	56	42	49	+9	16	0				SW	12.6	37	SW	57	125	10
18	45	33	39	0	26	0	0.51	0.9		NW	4.9	18	WSW	84	19	10	F
19	33	26	30	-9	35	0	1.39	6.2	4.6	NW	6.7	19	NW	93	56	10	F,KFR 1400
20	36	22	29	-9	36	0			5.0	NW	7.6	20	WNW	82	194	4
21	32	24	28	-10	37	0	0.05	0.3	4.0	NW	10.6	21	WNW	86	63	10	F,GL
22	36	24	30	-8	35	0	0.01	T	4.0	NW	5.4	17	NW	86	131	7	GL
23	28	18	23	-14	42	0	0.12	1.2	3.6	NW	8.6	16	WNW	80	77	10	F
24	34	17	26	-11	39	0	0.33	3.3	8.1	NW	4.7	14	WNW	92	79	10	F,GL
25	29	18	24	-12	41	0	T		8.0	S	4.3	10	WNW	96	80	10	F,GL
26	31	28	30	-6	35	0	T	T	8.0	SW	3.7	10	SW	93	59	10	F,GL,KFR 2230
27	32	27	30	-5	35	0	0.11	T	6.4	NW	4.0	11	N	94	60	10	F,GL
28	46	29	38	+3	27	0			5.0	W	8.2	31	WNW	70	108	7	KFR 0115
29	34	20	27	-8	38	0			4.4	NW	4.0	11	W	93	140	7	F,KFR 2320
30	47	26	36	+1	29	0	0.01		3.0	NW	4.5	36	SSW	91	62	10	F
SUM					797	0	2.67	11.9
AVG	46.9	29.9	38.4								6.1					7.6

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			2.67	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.76	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	1.70	ON	18-19	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in coluns 15 is in Langleys; g-cal/sq. cm				NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				GL-Glaze, T-Thunderstorm, DS-Drifting Snow
TEMPERATURE (ºF) (3-FT LEVEL)				>= T	14	>= 0.25	3	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			38.4	>= 0.01	11	>= 0.50	2	AVERAGE STATION			29.245
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-1.8	>= 0.10	6	>= 1.00	1	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.64	ON	26
HIGHEST	66	ON	8	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.26	ON	19
LOWEST	17	ON	24	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			11.9	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	7.1	ON	18-19	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			122.5
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			5	MAX ON GRND	8.1	ON	24	MAX DAILY	217	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	19	ON	18
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			19	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.1	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.3	CLEAR	3	FOG	18
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 44	ON	6	PARTLY CLOUDY	10	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			797	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	17	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+51	DRY BULB (ºF)	38.5	WET BULB (ºF)	35.5	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			1300	REL. HUM. (%)	78.4	DEW PT.(ºF)	31.6	HIGHEST	100	ON	24+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+89	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	28	ON	5