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 2007
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 69 49 59 -2 6 0    SW 12.0 29 SW 58.3 356 2  
2 65 50 58 -2 7 0 0.05   SW 16.7 50 SW 60.6 127 10 BD, KFR1900
3 67 42 54 -6 11 0    SW 9.3 26 SW 55.8 338 5  
4 62 35 48 -11 17 0    W 5.6 18 NW 62.8 313 6  
5 64 41 52 -6 13 0    W 9.3 23 NW 54.7 341 1  
6 66 44 55 -3 10 0    W 6.9 22 W 48.0 275 5  
7 73 42 58 0 7 0    SW 11.1 37 SW 58.8 283 2 KFR 2330
8 65 49 57 0 8 0    W 7.3 19 WNW 46.4 227 9  
9 72 51 62 +5 3 0    NW 8.3 18 W 51.5 276 8  
10 69 48 58 +1 7 0 0.06   SW 10.6 28 SW 59.1 158 9 KFR 0415
11 63 39 51 -5 14 0    NW 6.1 17 NW 59.5 241 10  
12 64 49 56 0 9 0 0.02   NW 8.9 19 NW 66.5 201 9  
13 68 41 54 -1 11 0    W 4.7 11 SSE 69.9 301 0  
14 69 42 56 +2 9 0    NW 5.8 14 WNW 66.5 293 3  
15 66 44 55 +1 10 0    NW 6.3 27 SW 63.8 213 9 KFR 2130
16 61 41 51 -2 14 0 0.02   SW 10.0 30 SW 61.0 118 8 KFR 1340
17 62 34 48 -1 17 0    SW 9.0 23 SW 63.3 241 7  
18 61 39 50 -1 15 0 0.02   SW 7.1 27 SW 74.2 129 8 WFR 1400
19 63 40 52 +1 13 0 0.04   SW 13.1 40 SW 66.5 249 6 KFR 0430
20 59 38 48 -2 17 0    SW 12.7 31 SW 59.8 169 10  
21 58 34 46 -4 19 0    NW 4.1 12 WSW 68.1 148 10  
22 73 44 58 +8 7 0    NW 4.4 13 NW 61.9 259 5  
23 70 41 56 +7 9 0    NW 5.9 17 NW 70.1 260 0  
24 73 39 56 +7 9 0    NW 9.0 37 WNW 66.8 232 6 KFR 1530
25 60 41 50 +2 15 0    NW 9.4 32 WNW 43.0 262 1  
26 58 29 44 -4 21 0    NW 7.4 18 NE 49.1 254 0  
27 54 26 40 -7 25 0    S 4.5 12 SSW 59.5 240 3  
28 54 25 40 -7 25 0    W 3.8 9 NE 68.1 232 0  
29 52 30 41 -5 24 0    SE 3.6 13 WNW 66.8 130 10 KFR 1800
30 60 30 45 0 20 0    NW 6.3 15 WNW 47.6 236 0  
31 53 22 38 -7 27 0    N 2.9 10 S 64.7 210 8  
SUM 419 0 0.21
AVG 63.6 39.3 51.1 7.8 5.5
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.21 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.28 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.06ON18-19+ 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) >= T6 >= 0.250 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH51.1 >= 0.016 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.235
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-1.9 >= 0.100 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.54ON26
HIGHEST73 ON24+ SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.47ON19
LOWEST22 ON31 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL235.8
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY356ON1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE0 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY118ON16
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW6 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)7.8 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+1.3 CLEAR11FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTSW @ 50ON2 PARTLY CLOUDY7 THDR0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH419 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY13DUST1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+43 DRY BULB (ºF)51.4WET BULB (ºF)44.6 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)504 REL. HUM. (%)60.4DEW PT.(ºF)37.1 HIGHEST99 ON19
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+48 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST23 ON25