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 2006
	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	74	46	60	-1	5	0				W	6.8	22	WNW	45	296	5
2	74	43	58	-2	7	0				NW	6.0	14	WNW	43	352	3
3	70	42	56	-4	9	0	0.03			NW	6.5	22	NW	45	218	10
4	69	45	57	-2	8	0	0.11			NW	8.0	24	SW	72	106	10	F
5	63	44	54	-4	11	0				NW	3.1	10	NW	91	148	6	F
6	73	43	58	0	7	0				NW	7.3	31	NW	63	245	8	F
7	69	46	58	0	7	0				NW	7.9	26	NW	42	344	0
8	62	43	52	-5	13	0				N	5.3	22	NNE	63	166	9
9	69	38	54	-3	11	0				NE	8.1	25	NE	46	338	0
10	70	34	52	-5	13	0				SE	4.0	11	SSE	42	304	6
11	73	32	52	-4	13	0				E	3.2	10	SE	51	320	0
12	74	36	55	-1	10	0				W	4.1	14	E	52	316	0
13	74	42	58	+3	7	0				W	5.0	12	WSW	52	301	1
14	74	41	58	+4	7	0				SE	4.2	15	SE	58	279	4
15	63	46	54	0	11	0	0.46			SE	6.9	22	WSW	89	77	10	F,KFR 1830
16	62	43	52	-1	13	0	0.01			W	7.1	18	NNW	76	197	9
17	64	47	56	+4	9	0				NW	5.9	14	NNW	70	265	3
18	63	44	54	+3	11	0	0.05			W	5.9	22	W	72	197	9
19	73	46	60	+9	5	0	0.10			NW	7.4	33	WNW	76	207	5	F,KFR 1700
20	69	47	58	+8	7	0				NW	9.8	27	WNW	49	289	0
21	65	35	50	0	15	0				NW	6.5	16	NE	58	280	0
22	62	35	48	-1	17	0				NW	5.5	15	W	68	267	1
23	63	34	48	-1	17	0				SE	3.6	10	SSE	71	263	2
24	62	32	47	-2	18	0				W	6.7	21	W	70	193	5	F,KFR 1330
25	63	40	52	+4	13	0				W	9.2	26	WNW	46	260	1
26	64	31	48	0	17	0				SW	5.1	14	SSE	65	232	10
27	66	36	51	+4	14	0				SE	4.4	12	SE	68	206	5
28	64	30	47	0	18	0				E	4.2	13	W	73	250	0
29	61	34	48	+2	17	0				NW	11.9	40	NW	54	217	2	KFR 1200
30	47	24	36	-9	29	0				N	5.7	16	N	44	247	0
31	47	21	34	-11	31	0				W	5.8	14	N	54	244	0
SUM					390	0	0.76	0
AVG	66.0	38.7	52.4								6.2					4.2

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.76	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.27	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.46	ON	15	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	6	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			52.4	>= 0.01	6	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.269
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.6	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.45	ON	9
HIGHEST	74	ON	14+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.50	ON	15
LOWEST	21	ON	31	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			245.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	352	ON	2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	77	ON	15
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			6	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.3	CLEAR	16	FOG	6
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 40	ON	29	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			390	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	8	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+14	DRY BULB (ºF)	51.4	WET BULB (ºF)	44.3	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			468	REL. HUM. (%)	60.2	DEW PT.(ºF)	36.3	HIGHEST	100	ON	24+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+8	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	16	ON	9