| 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 MONTH | 0.21 | 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 MAX | 0.06 | ON | 18-19+ | 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) | >= T | 6 | >= 0.25 | 0 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 51.1 | >= 0.01 | 6 | >= 0.50 | 0 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.235 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -1.9 | >= 0.10 | 0 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.54 | ON | 26 | ||
| HIGHEST | 73 | ON | 24+ | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.47 | ON | 19 | |||
| LOWEST | 22 | ON | 31 | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0 | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | na | ON | na | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 235.8 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 0 | MAX ON GRND | na | ON | na | MAX DAILY | 356 | ON | 1 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 0 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 118 | ON | 16 | |||||
| MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 6 | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) | 7.8 | MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS | |||||||
| MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW | 0 | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +1.3 | CLEAR | 11 | FOG | 0 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | SW @ 50 | ON | 2 | PARTLY CLOUDY | 7 | THDR | 0 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 419 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 13 | DUST | 1 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | +43 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 51.4 | WET BULB (ºF) | 44.6 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 504 | REL. HUM. (%) | 60.4 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 37.1 | HIGHEST | 99 | ON | 19 | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +48 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 23 | ON | 25 | |||||