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 2001
	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	83	46	64	+3	1	0				SE	5.7	18	WNW	39	341	1
2	80	56	68	+8	0	3				NW	7.0	18	NW	33	308	3
3	78	53	66	+6	0	1				NW	7.9	19	NW	30	320	2
4	75	49	62	+3	3	0				NE	11.4	27	NNE	24	326	0
5	69	41	55	-3	10	0				NW	6.5	15	NW	30	332	0
6	71	36	54	-4	11	0				NW	9.7	32	NW	43	260	5
7	61	39	50	-8	15	0	T			NE	3.3	11	W	55	85	10
8	67	39	53	-4	12	0	T			NW	11.3	38	NW	57	281	3	F
9	67	42	54	-3	11	0				W	7.9	21	WNW	42	289	3
10	59	34	46	-11	19	0	0.04			W	5.5	38	SSW	73	73	10	KFR 1800
11	64	43	54	-2	11	0				W	12.8	36	NW	48	296	2
12	72	44	58	+2	7	0	T			SW	11.9	39	WSW	49	217	6	KFR 1800
13	72	45	58	+3	7	0				W	9.9	27	WNW	40	276	2
14	70	46	58	+4	7	0				NW	7.2	26	NW	48	265	1
15	65	44	54	0	11	0				NW	8.3	20	NW	49	254	7
16	69	42	56	+3	9	0				NW	7.9	35	NW	51	184	7	KFR 1545
17	64	36	50	-2	15	0				NW	10.3	26	WNW	43	275	1
18	66	34	50	-1	15	0				W	4.8	17	NW	46	207	7
19	70	42	56	+6	9	0				NW	7.3	27	NW	54	182	8
20	66	39	52	+2	13	0				NW	5.6	20	W	52	256	1
21	54	42	48	-2	17	0	0.03			SE	4.0	14	WSW	80	70	10
22	59	42	50	0	15	0	0.01			W	11.1	34	SW	63	65	9	KFR 1750
23	60	37	48	-1	17	0				W	23.2	63	WSW	50	223	4	BD
24	58	35	46	-3	19	0				W	4.5	17	SSE	48	155	8
25	63	40	52	+4	13	0				NW	5.1	16	WNW	65	202	7
26	60	43	52	+4	13	0				NW	5.9	18	NW	69	185	9
27	62	42	52	+5	13	0				NW	7.6	24	WNW	59	56	10	KFR 1220
28	56	31	44	-3	21	0				NW	6.9	15	NW	46	221	0
29	49	39	44	-2	21	0	0.02			NW	4.6	12	WNW	69	55	10
30	54	41	48	+3	17	0	0.27			NW	4.4	25	SW	95	44	10	F,WFR 2010
31	63	46	54	+9	11	0	T			SW	9.8	40	SSW	59	195	8	KFR 0600
SUM					363	4	0.37	0
AVG	65.4	41.6	53.5								8.0					5.3

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.37	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.12	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.27	ON	30	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	9	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			53.5	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.234
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.5	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.32	ON	18
HIGHEST	83	ON	1	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.47	ON	22
LOWEST	31	ON	28	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			209.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	341	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	44	ON	30
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			1	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.0	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+1.5	CLEAR	13	FOG	2
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 63	ON	23	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			363	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	11	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-13	DRY BULB (ºF)	53.3	WET BULB (ºF)	44.4	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			393	REL. HUM. (%)	51.9	DEW PT.(ºF)	34.2	HIGHEST	99	ON	30+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-67	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	15	ON	5+