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 1998
	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	54	32	43	-3	22	0	T			SE	3.3	11	S	89	191	8	F,KFR 0200
2	53	32	42	-4	23	0				W	4.1	9	ENE	90	152	6	F
3	53	30	42	-3	23	0	T			NW	4.1	12	WNW	88	129	9	F
4	53	44	48	+3	17	0	0.01			NE	3.3	9	NNE	84	101	10	F
5	54	37	46	+2	19	0	0.62			W	5.1	11	W	91	87	10	F,KFR 0700
6	51	29	40	-4	25	0				NW	4.8	15	WNW	87	175	5	F
7	48	30	39	-5	26	0	0.02			NW	6.3	19	NW	87	119	7
8	54	38	46	+3	19	0	0.07			W	7.0	17	NW	74	142	8	KFR 0600
9	54	31	42	-1	23	0				W	5.0	13	WNW	74	188	3
10	46	27	36	-6	29	0				NW	6.1	15	NW	86	184	3	F
11	49	33	41	-1	24	0				N	3.5	9	WNW	86	103	10	F
12	59	32	46	+4	19	0				S	7.3	41	SSW	66	66	10	F,WFR 2330
13	62	56	59	+18	6	0				SW	20.5	45	SW	43	84	10	KFR 0900
14	56	47	52	+11	13	0				NW	5.7	21	WSW	67	76	10
15	67	47	57	+17	8	0				SW	16.8	46	SW	52	140	6	KFR 0630
16	53	42	48	+8	17	0				SW	7.5	30	WSW	60	86	10
17	56	40	48	+8	17	0				NW	8.4	19	NW	61	109	10
18	57	33	45	+6	20	0				SW	5.5	17	WNW	63	160	5
19	48	27	38	-1	27	0	0.11			SE	5.3	23	S	76	112	10	F
20	59	42	50	+12	15	0	T			S	17.5	52	SSW	63	57	10
21	56	45	50	+12	15	0	0.02			SW	22.0	56	SSW	67	51	10	KFR 1300
22	54	40	47	+9	18	0				SW	14.1	46	SSW	55	123	6
23	52	36	44	+7	21	0	0.10			NW	9.5	49	SW	82	33	10	KFR 2200
24	53	47	50	+13	15	0				SW	20.1	55	SW	52	133	8
25	67	50	58	+22	7	0				S	16.3	52	S	43	51	10
26	60	43	52	+16	13	0				SW	13.8	41	SW	50	170	9	KFR 0330
27	47	36	42	+7	23	0				NW	4.0	11	NW	84	51	10
28	49	29	39	+4	26	0				NW	4.1	12	WNW	87	126	9	F
29	45	34	40	+5	25	0	T			W	5.1	30	SW	87	63	10	F,KFR 1600
30	41	34	38	+3	27	0	0.34			NW	8.0	21	WNW	90	20	10	KFR 2130
SUM					582	0	1.29	0
AVG	53.7	37.4	45.6								8.8					8.4

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			1.29	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.38	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.62	ON	5	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)				>= T	12	>= 0.25	2	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			45.6	>= 0.01	8	>= 0.50	1	AVERAGE STATION			29.101
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+5.4	>= 0.10	4	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.28	ON	19
HIGHEST	67	ON	25+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.37	ON	21
LOWEST	27	ON	19+	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			109.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	191	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	20	ON	30
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			10	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.8	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+2.4	CLEAR	2	FOG	12
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SSW @ 56	ON	21	PARTLY CLOUDY	6	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			582	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	22	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-164	DRY BULB (ºF)	45.7	WET BULB (ºF)	41.4	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			990	REL. HUM. (%)	72.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	36.5	HIGHEST	100	ON	29+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-221	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	27	ON	25