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 1999
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 35 44 -2 21 0    NW 9.1 18 WNW 53 223 3  
2 50 28 39 -7 26 0    W 4.6 11 WNW 58 164 8  
3 60 26 43 -2 22 0    SW 7.5 38 SW 65 116 10 KFR 2015
4 56 29 42 -3 23 0    W 8.0 32 W 47 227 0  
5 46 29 38 -6 27 0 0.12   NW 5.6 17 WNW 70 128 8  
6 49 40 44 0 21 0 0.02   NW 4.5 12 WNW 86 99 10  
7 47 42 44 0 21 0    W 3.3 10 W 88 30 10  
8 61 37 49 +6 16 0 T   SW 8.2 41 SW 70 119 7 F,KFR 0600
9 51 43 47 +4 18 0 0.01   NW 4.9 16 ESE 84 51 10  
10 61 46 54 +12 11 0 T   E 5.1 14 SW 64 68 9  
11 54 45 50 +8 15 0 0.02   NW 4.5 12 NW 86 45 10 WFR 1500
12 75 47 61 +19 4 0    S 11.5 34 SSW 56 97 9  
13 76 52 64 +23 1 0    SW 11.5 29 WSW 57 119 10  
14 60 44 52 +11 13 0    NW 8.3 18 NW 89 171 3 F
15 55 43 49 +9 16 0    NW 6.5 18 NW 90 77 10 F
16 58 47 52 +12 13 0    NW 8.2 18 WNW 78 113 10 F
17 61 38 50 +10 15 0 T   W 11.7 28 WSW 57 134 6 KFR 0800
18 50 28 39 0 26 0    NW 5.3 16 WNW 75 111 7  
19 45 36 40 +1 25 0 0.01   NW 7.1 18 NW 84 32 10 KFR 1700
20 55 40 48 +10 17 0    SW 14.0 35 WSW 57 158 1  
21 54 32 43 +5 22 0 T   W 13.0 30 S 58 118 8  
22 46 29 38 0 27 0 0.01   SE 4.8 15 SSE 76 28 10  
23 48 33 40 +3 25 0 T   NW 4.5 12 ESE 86 127 4  
24 56 31 44 +7 21 0 T   S 10.3 32 S 72 23 10  
25 58 39 48 +12 17 0    NW 5.5 20 WSW 80 83 10  
26 58 34 46 +10 19 0 T   NW 11.4 38 SW 60 161 1 KFR 0300
27 42 28 35 0 30 0    NW 4.1 15 WNW 77 64 10  
28 51 36 44 +9 21 0    NW 10.2 18 WNW 74 151 2  
29 47 32 40 +5 25 0 T   W 4.6 15 W 86 67 10  
30 55 39 47 +12 18 0 0.07   S 6.2 21 S 80 101 7 KFR 0430
SUM 576 0 0.26 0
AVG 54.6 36.9 45.8 7.5 7.4
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.26 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.65 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.14ON5-6 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) >= T15>= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH45.8 >= 0.017 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.210
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+5.6 >= 0.101 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.67ON1
HIGHEST76 ON13 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.60ON8
LOWEST26 ON3 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL106.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY227ON4
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY23 ON24
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW10 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)7.5 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+1.1 CLEAR6 FOG4
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSW @ 41ON 8 PARTLY CLOUDY5 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH576 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY19DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-170 DRY BULB (ºF)46.4WET BULB (ºF)42.1 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)1073 REL. HUM. (%)72.2DEW PT.(ºF)37.2 HIGHEST100ON15+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-138 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST28 ON4