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 2003
	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	84	52	68	+7	0	3				NW	6.7	16	NW	34	287	7
2	84	47	66	+6	0	1				N	5.2	20	NNE	40	314	1
3	83	47	65	+5	0	0				W	4.6	14	W	37	314	0
4	85	46	66	+7	0	1	T			NW	4.2	18	E	38	304	0
5	83	56	70	+12	0	5	0.01			E	3.6	12	ESE	48	243	6
6	87	50	68	+10	0	3	T			SE	6.8	33	WSW	46	273	7	DL,KFR2300
7	72	46	59	+1	6	0				NW	7.9	31	WSW	53	172	10
8	74	43	58	+1	7	0				SW	11.5	53	SW	55	246	5	KFR1045
9	67	38	52	-5	13	0				W	7.8	25	WSW	49	295	3
10	67	40	54	-3	11	0				W	7.3	20	SSE	49	292	1
11	59	42	50	-6	15	0	T			S	8.8	37	SSW	63	102	10	KFR1930
12	68	45	56	0	9	0				SW	19.7	47	SSW	51	248	5
13	66	42	54	-1	11	0				W	6.6	27	WSW	51	280	6
14	68	39	54	0	11	0	T			NW	6.1	22	SSW	57	214	7
15	53	35	44	-10	21	0	0.04			NW	3.4	18	WSW	82	71	9	F,KFR1400
16	68	43	56	+3	9	0	0.02			SW	12.4	42	SW	61	35	10	WFR1800
17	79	49	64	+12	1	0				SW	13.1	48	SSW	47	214	5
18	77	41	59	+8	6	0				NW	4.3	16	SSE	63	260	8
19	75	54	64	+13	1	0	T			SW	10.8	48	WSW	55	176	7
20	80	56	68	+18	0	3				SW	12.8	38	SSW	54	75	10
21	89	65	77	+27	0	12				SE	6.9	35	SW	54	241	1
22	81	57	69	+19	0	4				SW	10.2	44	SW	57	202	9	KFR2200
23	66	46	56	+7	9	0				NW	9.6	25	NW	42	250	2
24	64	38	51	+2	14	0				NW	5.0	13	NW	46	242	4
25	62	31	46	-2	19	0				SE	3.8	15	ESE	46	223	6
26	64	36	50	+2	15	0				E	3.1	10	W	45	225	5
27	68	41	54	+7	11	0				E	4.0	27	WNW	47	101	9
28	80	49	64	+17	1	0				SW	17.5	60	SW	48	116	10	BD,KFR1730
29	58	34	46	0	19	0	T			NE	10.6	35	WNW	49	127	7	AU,KFR1430
30	47	30	38	-7	27	0				NE	20.4	41	NE	26	192	1	AU
31	42	19	30	-15	35	0				NE	11.0	30	NNE	31	227	0	AU
SUM					271	32	0.07	0
AVG	71.0	43.8	57.4								8.6					5.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.07	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.42	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.06	ON	15-16	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	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			57.4	>= 0.01	3	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.233
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+4.4	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.66	ON	25
HIGHEST	89	ON	21	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.48	ON	28
LOWEST	19	ON	31	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			211.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	314	ON	3
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	35	ON	16
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			3	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.6	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+2.1	CLEAR	9	FOG	1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 60	ON	28	PARTLY CLOUDY	13	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			271	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	9	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-105	DRY BULB (ºF)	57.5	WET BULB (ºF)	47.6	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			318	REL. HUM. (%)	49.1	DEW PT.(ºF)	37.2	HIGHEST	100	ON	15
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-142	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	18	ON	31