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 1995
	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	72	46	59	-1	6	0				W	5.4	21	NNW	40	353	3
2	65	48	56	-4	9	0	0.09			NE	3.4	12	NNW	75	210	10
3	65	49	57	-2	8	0	0.38			W	12.8	48	WNW	67	237	5	T,KFR 0315
4	70	43	56	-2	9	0				W	7.6	19	WNW	51	346	0
5	66	37	52	-6	13	0				NW	5.1	15	NNW	65	326	7
6	72	51	62	+4	3	0				NW	8.5	24	WNW	48	304	5
7	70	46	58	+1	7	0				W	6.0	19	WNW	56	325	0
8	67	46	56	-1	9	0				N	5.5	24	WNW	64	114	10
9	70	45	58	+2	7	0				S	5.9	23	SSW	52	268	8
10	73	54	64	+8	1	0	0.11			SW	13.4	42	SSW	61	86	10	KFR 1600
11	64	44	54	-2	11	0	0.18			SW	7.5	32	WSW	78	145	9	KFR 1500
12	66	40	53	-2	12	0				W	7.3	22	W	56	299	1
13	67	35	51	-4	14	0				E	4.8	14	E	68	300	7
14	70	39	54	0	11	0				NW	4.0	10	NW	68	290	5
15	74	42	58	+5	7	0				SW	6.1	34	SW	60	272	7
16	73	56	64	+11	1	0				W	11.9	38	W	51	247	5
17	62	48	55	+3	10	0	0.09			S	8.0	26	SW	74	46	10	KFR 1900
18	67	40	54	+3	11	0				W	10.5	45	WNW	47	288	1
19	63	33	48	-3	17	0				W	6.4	18	WNW	64	284	4
20	63	40	52	+2	13	0	T			SW	5.9	18	NW	64	155	7	KFR 1100
21	62	39	50	0	15	0	T			NW	10.5	29	NW	57	124	9
22	61	35	48	-2	17	0				SE	5.4	15	WNW	57	257	1
23	54	36	45	-5	20	0				NW	4.0	10	N	76	143	10
24	64	33	48	-2	17	0				NW	4.4	11	NE	64	251	8
25	59	37	48	-1	17	0	0.02			S	8.8	39	SW	68	62	10	KFR 2230
26	64	39	52	+4	13	0				NW	9.7	29	NW	56	226	1
27	61	36	48	0	17	0				W	4.9	14	NW	59	225	7
28	52	35	44	-3	21	0				W	5.0	12	WNW	64	113	10
29	55	31	43	-4	22	0				NW	7.2	15	NNE	63	238	1
30	52	22	37	-9	28	0				NW	4.2	15	N	56	209	5
31	50	16	33	-13	32	0				NW	5.9	16	NNE	64	243	0	F
SUM					398	0	0.87	0
AVG	64.3	40.0	52.2								7.0					5.7

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.87	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.49	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.38	ON	3	F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke
Solrad in coluns 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	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			52.2	>= 0.01	6	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.270
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.7	>= 0.10	3	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.50	ON	19
HIGHEST	74	ON	15	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.62	ON	25
LOWEST	16	ON	31	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	353	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	46	ON	17
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			3	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.0	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.5	CLEAR	9	FOG	1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 48	ON	3	PARTLY CLOUDY	11	THDR	1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			398	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	11	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+21	DRY BULB (ºF)	51.9	WET BULB (ºF)	45.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			423	REL. HUM. (%)	61.0	DEW PT.(ºF)	37.7	HIGHEST	99	ON	17+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-42	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	24	ON	1