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: October 2000
	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	76	55	66	+6	0	1	0.14			NW	14.2	40	W	56	359	0	KFR 0400
2	68	47	58	-2	7	0				NW	8.3	26	WNW	44	340	3
3	66	40	53	-6	12	0				W	5.6	13	W	50	348	0	AU
4	68	34	51	-7	14	0				NW	4.8	12	WSW	52	347	0	AU
5	65	42	54	-4	11	0				NW	8.5	14	NNE	31	348	0	AU
6	69	40	54	-4	11	0				NW	8.0	19	NNW	32	341	0
7	68	41	54	-3	11	0				NW	5.7	17	NW	36	329	0
8	71	38	54	-3	11	0				NE	3.9	11	WNW	51	309	1
9	66	45	56	0	9	0	T			SW	3.5	11	NW	55	132	10
10	56	50	53	-3	12	0	0.22			W	6.9	24	WNW	88	38	10
11	64	44	54	-2	11	0				NW	4.6	17	SE	88	187	7	F
12	65	42	54	-1	11	0	T			W	4.7	17	WNW	79	275	5	F
13	74	49	62	+7	3	0				W	9.4	28	WNW	54	286	1
14	66	39	52	-2	13	0				W	6.2	20	WNW	50	283	6
15	60	32	46	-7	19	0				W	3.7	10	SE	62	231	6
16	68	45	56	+3	9	0				E	4.3	12	E	63	130	10
17	71	44	58	+6	7	0				NW	5.1	20	SW	66	256	9
18	71	50	60	+9	5	0				SW	12.1	31	SSW	48	175	8	KFR 0630
19	66	41	54	+3	11	0	T			E	6.3	22	WNW	54	238	6
20	62	50	56	+6	9	0	0.18			NW	8.5	32	WNW	75	65	10	KFR 1700
21	61	43	52	+2	13	0				W	14.5	36	WNW	49	280	0
22	58	30	44	-6	21	0				W	4.6	12	W	62	262	1
23	58	31	44	-6	21	0				W	5.8	14	WNW	62	263	0
24	59	32	46	-4	19	0				SE	3.4	9	W	66	242	5
25	58	34	46	-3	19	0				NW	5.0	12	NW	71	190	10
26	49	37	43	-5	22	0	0.03			NE	2.2	7	SE	90	47	10	F
27	63	37	50	+2	15	0				NW	3.6	16	SSW	82	193	7	F
28	60	38	49	+2	16	0	T			S	9.7	37	S	67	109	8	KFR 0500
29	56	35	46	-1	19	0				W	5.1	11	W	82	134	8
30	59	35	47	+1	18	0				NW	5.1	15	WNW	77	227	1
31	58	31	44	-2	21	0				NE	4.8	19	WNW	76	157	8	F
SUM					400	1	0.57	0
AVG	63.8	40.4	52.1								6.4					4.8

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.57	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.19	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.22	ON	10	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	8	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			52.1	>= 0.01	4	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.200
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.8	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.47	ON	22
HIGHEST	76	ON	1	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.39	ON	28
LOWEST	30	ON	22	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			229.7
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	359	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	38	ON	10
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			5	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.4	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.1	CLEAR	13	FOG	5
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	W @ 40	ON	1	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			400	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	11	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+23	DRY BULB (ºF)	51.9	WET BULB (ºF)	45.1	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			524	REL. HUM. (%)	61.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	37.5	HIGHEST	100	ON	31+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+59	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	16	ON	5