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 2008
	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	50	67	+6	0	2				NW	5.0	11	WNW	45.9	283	5
2	77	55	66	+6	0	1	T			SW	6.8	28	SW	57.3	107	10	DL
3	73	50	62	+2	3	0	0.19			SE	5.1	20	SW	74.2	177	10
4	66	48	57	-2	8	0	0.01			SW	11.1	37	SW	71.8	107	10	KFR 0600
5	66	39	52	-6	13	0				SW	5.2	18	SW	63.3	190	8
6	67	46	56	-2	9	0	T			NW	4.6	24	SSW	73.8	225	9
7	69	44	56	-2	9	0				W	14.0	37	WSW	45.1	337	2	KFR 0400
8	63	35	49	-8	16	0				W	6.2	18	WNW	50.8	322	0
9	59	40	50	-7	15	0	T			NW	6.7	17	WNW	53.3	214	10
10	62	36	49	-8	16	0				N	11.4	29	NNE	36.4	300	2
11	60	36	48	-8	17	0				N	11.4	31	NNE	35.5	316	0
12	60	32	46	-10	19	0				NW	4.6	16	NW	45.2	215	8
13	73	34	54	-1	11	0				NW	5.8	37	WNW	55.5	280	2	KFR 2230
14	65	41	53	-1	12	0				NW	8.6	33	WNW	42.2	291	8
15	60	38	49	-5	16	0				SE	6.5	20	NW	45.8	275	5
16	68	44	56	+3	9	0	T			NW	3.5	10	NE	57.6	266	7
17	72	42	57	+5	8	0				W	3.7	10	NW	61.8	229	9
18	71	49	60	+9	5	0				NW	9.0	21	NW	43.5	165	10	KFR 1330
19	64	42	53	+2	12	0				NW	5.9	15	WNW	47.7	257	2
20	65	42	54	+4	11	0				W	9.7	36	WSW	55.3	158	6	KFR 1630
21	62	35	48	-2	17	0				SW	6.5	20	WNW	45.2	269	0
22	60	30	45	-5	20	0				NW	5.8	13	NW	52.0	262	0
23	62	29	46	-3	19	0				W	4.6	12	W	58.5	233	3
24	64	31	48	-1	17	0				SE	6.0	24	NW	57.2	228	9
25	67	46	56	+8	9	0				NW	6.4	25	WNW	46.0	193	8
26	62	36	49	+1	16	0				NW	9.8	24	NE	37.7	236	5
27	60	36	48	+1	17	0				W	5.3	13	WNW	36.3	233	0
28	59	28	44	-3	21	0				SE	2.7	10	SSE	55.3	173	10
29	57	27	42	-4	23	0				N	3.4	10	WNW	63.2	190	6
30	62	34	48	+3	17	0	T			NW	5.1	18	WNW	60.7	151	9
31	63	45	54	+9	11	0	0.02			NW	6.7	23	WNW	74.7	106	9	KFR 0500
SUM					396	3	0.22	0
AVG	65.2	39.4	52.3								6.6					5.9

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.22	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	0.20	ON	3-4	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	8	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			52.3	>= 0.01	3	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.333
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.7	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.59	ON	22
HIGHEST	84	ON	1	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.31	ON	4
LOWEST	27	ON	29	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			225.4
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	337.2	ON	7
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	105.6	ON	31
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			6	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.6	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	10	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 37	ON	13+	PARTLY CLOUDY	6	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			396	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	15	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+20	DRY BULB (ºF)	52.2	WET BULB (ºF)	44.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			453	REL. HUM. (%)	53.2	DEW PT.(ºF)	34.1	HIGHEST	99	ON	3
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-7	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	15	ON	26+