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 1996
	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	73	49	61	+1	4	0				W	8.1	22	NW	31	359	4
2	73	50	62	+2	3	0				NW	6.0	13	WNW	32	281	9
3	79	46	62	+3	3	0				E	4.4	14	E	42	309	8
4	78	48	63	+5	2	0	0.01			SW	5.8	42	WSW	63	169	10	KFR 1640
5	74	49	62	+4	3	0				W	6.6	17	NW	60	269	6
6	76	45	60	+2	5	0				SE	4.2	13	ESE	60	304	9
7	80	46	63	+6	2	0				NW	4.8	12	E	58	311	4
8	81	52	66	+9	0	1				NW	7.1	14	NW	58	310	0
9	81	56	68	+12	0	3				NW	7.5	15	WNW	47	300	0
10	86	55	70	+14	0	5	T			NW	10.0	32	NW	48	250	9	DL
11	77	47	62	+6	3	0				W	9.0	33	WSW	58	259	7
12	74	48	61	+6	4	0	0.09			SSW	5.4	39	WSW	62	202	8
13	66	48	57	+2	8	0	0.01			SW	11.2	43	W	62	176	8	KFR 0230
14	63	46	54	0	11	0	0.01			SW	11.9	41	SSW	61	93	10	KFR 1730
15	63	36	50	-3	15	0				W	9.5	26	WSW	53	237	5
16	60	34	47	-6	18	0				W	10.0	33	WNW	42	273	4
17	45	26	36	-16	29	0	0.01			NW	4.8	14	NW	65	88	10
18	58	38	48	-3	17	0	0.04			SW	6.8	34	SW	75	142	10	KFR 0600
19	57	36	46	-5	19	0				W	11.9	27	WNW	51	235	3
20	57	27	42	-8	23	0				W	6.0	15	SSE	51	272	0
21	45	24	34	-16	31	0	T			NW	3.5	12	NW	72	91	10
22	51	35	43	-7	22	0	0.03			NW	5.0	12	WNW	69	73	9	KFR 0245
23	48	29	38	-12	27	0	0.30			NW	4.2	21	SSE	90	94	10	F
24	62	37	50	0	15	0	0.01			W	8.0	28	WNW	69	217	2	KFR 0300
25	59	37	48	-1	17	0				NW	8.7	25	NNW	60	242	2
26	58	32	45	-3	20	0				N	6.8	20	NNW	55	235	1
27	59	30	44	-4	21	0				N	4.3	12	WNW	73	223	3	F
28	47	36	42	-5	23	0	0.34			NW	5.5	14	NW	89	49	10	F,KFR 1900
29	58	45	52	+5	13	0	0.03			NW	8.7	20	NW	70	105	10	F
30	54	36	45	-1	20	0				NW	10.2	20	NNW	51	228	2
31	53	30	42	-4	23	0				NW	6.5	17	ESE	63	227	1
SUM					401	9	0.88	0
AVG	64.4	40.4	52.4								7.2					5.9

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.88	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.50	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.37	ON	28-29	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	13	>= 0.25	2	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			52.4	>= 0.01	11	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.216
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-0.5	>= 0.10	2	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.51	ON	26
HIGHEST	86	ON	10	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.44	ON	24
LOWEST	24	ON	21	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			213.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	359	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			0	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	49	ON	28
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			7	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.2	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.7	CLEAR	10	FOG	4
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	W @ 43	ON	13	PARTLY CLOUDY	6	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			401	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	15	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+24	DRY BULB (ºF)	52.1	WET BULB (ºF)	44.7	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			503	REL. HUM. (%)	59.4	DEW PT.(ºF)	36.8	HIGHEST	100	ON	27
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+38	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	15	ON	1