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 2005
	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	63	42	52	-9	13	0	T			W	5.6	22	NW	70	147	10
2	61	37	49	-11	16	0	T			W	7.1	28	W	68	242	9
3	62	42	52	-8	13	0	0.05			E	4.0	17	W	77	299	4	DL,KFR 0410
4	63	39	51	-8	14	0				SE	4.3	14	ESE	75	352	2
5	65	43	54	-4	11	0				N	4.0	14	WNW	67	307	8
6	69	50	60	+2	5	0	0.03			NW	4.8	17	NW	62	249	9	KFR 2020
7	65	48	56	-2	9	0				W	5.6	16	NW	63	205	9
8	65	40	52	-5	13	0				W	4.7	19	ESE	64	281	5
9	66	42	54	-3	11	0				NW	5.1	16	SSE	66	332	0
10	67	40	54	-3	11	0				NW	4.2	13	WNW	67	279	4
11	71	45	58	+2	7	0				W	7.3	23	W	52	321	1
12	68	44	56	0	9	0	T			E	4.1	15	WNW	69	218	10
13	71	51	61	+6	4	0	T			W	6.2	24	W	50	205	9	WFR 0415
14	70	47	58	+4	7	0				NW	8.5	30	WSW	57	295	4	KFR 2230
15	71	53	62	+8	3	0				SW	13.3	41	SW	46	281	3
16	66	44	55	+2	10	0				W	5.6	22	WSW	58	163	9
17	74	44	59	+7	6	0				NW	7.3	29	NW	60	216	7
18	72	53	62	+11	3	0				NW	7.0	21	WNW	49	265	6	KFR 0430
19	71	54	62	+11	3	0	0.06			SW	9.9	27	SW	57	197	8
20	68	49	58	+8	7	0				W	6.8	21	W	60	263	5
21	68	44	56	+6	9	0				NW	5.8	14	WNW	68	260	3
22	68	45	56	+6	9	0				NW	6.6	17	WNW	66	256	1
23	64	38	51	+2	14	0				E	2.8	8	E	76	227	6	F
24	66	39	52	+3	13	0				NW	5.3	13	NW	77	236	3	F,KFR 2130
25	66	41	54	+6	11	0	T			SE	5.4	33	SW	72	229	3
26	60	37	48	0	17	0	T			SW	5.4	22	SW	60	119	8
27	56	33	44	-3	21	0				NW	5.0	10	NE	75	227	3
28	59	40	50	+3	15	0	0.09			SW	7.1	27	SSW	75	168	5	KFR 0215
29	60	34	47	+1	18	0				SW	6.0	19	WSW	67	199	3
30	59	31	45	0	20	0				SE	5.2	17	SSE	64	234	2
31	63	44	54	+9	11	0	0.06			W	5.6	24	SSE	75	99	10	WFR 0430
SUM					333	0	0.29	0
AVG	65.7	43.0	54.4								6.0					5.5

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.29	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.20	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.09	ON	28	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	11	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			54.4	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.203
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+1.4	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.38	ON	30
HIGHEST	74	ON	17	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.53	ON	14
LOWEST	31	ON	30	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			237.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	352	ON	4
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	99	ON	31
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			1	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.0	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.5	CLEAR	11	FOG	2
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	SW @ 41	ON	15	PARTLY CLOUDY	9	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			333	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	11	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-43	DRY BULB (ºF)	54.5	WET BULB (ºF)	48.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			381	REL. HUM. (%)	64.9	DEW PT.(ºF)	42.0	HIGHEST	99	ON	24+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-79	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	27	ON	13