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 2002
	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	67	37	52	-9	13	0				N	5.0	16	NNW	51	351	0	AU
2	70	34	52	-8	13	0	T			W	5.9	24	W	45	348	2
3	62	52	57	-3	8	0	0.08			W	4.0	16	W	81	110	10
4	67	47	57	-2	8	0				S	4.9	23	NW	75	211	9	F
5	76	48	62	+4	3	0				W	9.8	29	NW	52	319	7
6	81	43	62	+4	3	0				W	6.5	24	W	50	330	0
7	79	53	66	+8	0	1				NW	11.6	34	NW	40	327	1
8	78	44	61	+4	4	0				W	5.6	23	WNW	42	312	0	AU
9	74	53	64	+7	1	0				NW	9.1	35	WNW	45	308	1
10	66	44	55	-2	10	0				NW	14.2	36	NW	42	263	3	KFR 1000
11	62	39	50	-6	15	0				W	6.2	16	W	41	311	0
12	64	29	46	-10	19	0				NW	6.5	16	NW	47	305	0
13	67	32	50	-5	15	0				W	6.1	14	WNW	43	296	0
14	70	34	52	-2	13	0				W	4.6	14	N	41	295	0
15	73	34	54	0	11	0				NE	3.6	10	S	38	287	1
16	73	35	54	+1	11	0				S	3.9	11	WSW	49	283	0
17	71	33	52	0	13	0				E	4.3	11	SSE	50	280	1
18	70	35	52	+1	13	0				SE	3.4	10	SSE	50	266	1
19	74	38	56	+5	9	0				W	3.8	18	SE	56	254	2
20	70	44	57	+7	8	0				W	3.3	11	W	61	187	8
21	71	41	56	+6	9	0				N	3.4	10	WSW	62	248	0
22	68	38	53	+3	12	0				N	6.2	21	N	52	247	0
23	61	33	47	-2	18	0				NW	7.6	17	NNE	35	263	0
24	58	24	41	-8	24	0				W	3.7	11	WSW	45	251	0
25	58	23	40	-8	25	0				W	4.1	11	W	49	245	0
26	57	25	41	-7	24	0				W	5.5	14	NW	54	244	1
27	51	24	38	-9	27	0				NW	4.0	20	NW	65	105	9
28	61	32	46	-1	19	0	T			S	6.5	29	NNE	57	161	3	KFR 2225
29	47	27	37	-9	28	0	0.04			NE	16.8	43	NNE	48	177	6	BD
30	40	16	28	-17	37	0				N	6.9	19	NNE	34	238	0
31	40	7	24	-21	41	0				NE	3.7	10	WSW	55	228	0
SUM					454	1	0.12	0
AVG	65.4	35.4	50.4								6.2					2.1

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.12	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.37	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.08	ON	3	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	4	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			50.4	>= 0.01	2	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.314
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-2.6	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.58	ON	12
HIGHEST	81	ON	6	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.79	ON	9
LOWEST	7	ON	31	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			259.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	351	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	105	ON	27
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			10	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.3	CLEAR	25	FOG	1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NNE @ 43	ON	29	PARTLY CLOUDY	2	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			454	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	4	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+78	DRY BULB (ºF)	50.4	WET BULB (ºF)	41.8	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			510	REL. HUM. (%)	50.1	DEW PT.(ºF)	30.8	HIGHEST	100	ON	4
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+50	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	17	ON	15