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: September 2000
	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	71	46	58	-13	7	0				SE	6.7	20	SE	44	337	10
2	69	52	60	-11	5	0	0.10			SW	6.6	19	E	65	222	10
3	72	40	56	-14	9	0				W	4.9	18	WSW	57	396	6
4	73	54	64	-6	1	0	T			E	5.3	16	WNW	56	370	9
5	80	51	66	-4	0	1				NW	11.4	38	NW	45	414	5
6	81	54	68	-2	0	3				W	5.6	22	NW	45	431	2
7	85	46	66	-3	0	1				W	6.1	24	WSW	46	449	4
8	76	50	63	-5	2	0	0.03			W	15.8	46	W	49	340	8	BD,KFR 1445
9	73	42	58	-10	7	0	0.02			SW	6.1	17	SSW	48	404	7
10	70	54	62	-5	3	0	0.27			SE	4.7	17	WNW	84	201	10
11	76	53	64	-3	1	0				SE	5.9	17	WNW	58	404	5
12	87	51	69	+3	0	4				NW	5.5	24	NW	57	435	1
13	87	57	72	+6	0	7				NW	6.2	19	NW	46	422	3
14	92	67	80	+15	0	15				NW	8.1	30	WNW	37	424	1
15	89	66	78	+13	0	13				NW	11.5	31	WNW	41	311	6
16	86	54	70	+5	0	5				SW	5.0	22	WNW	49	400	1
17	89	54	72	+7	0	7				W	5.5	28	WNW	46	421	0
18	85	68	76	+12	0	11				NW	12.4	30	NW	49	279	10
19	83	55	69	+5	0	4				NW	7.8	22	W	40	397	7
20	79	48	64	0	1	0	0.08			NE	6.1	29	NNE	56	240	8	KFR 1410
21	56	45	50	-13	15	0	0.05			NE	10.2	29	NE	75	110	9
22	60	40	50	-13	15	0				NE	13.9	33	NE	34	426	0
23	64	32	48	-15	17	0				W	4.6	13	E	38	416	0
24	71	34	52	-11	13	0				W	6.0	15	ENE	34	401	1
25	76	40	58	-5	7	0				W	5.7	12	WSW	31	401	1
26	79	39	59	-3	6	0				W	4.4	12	WSW	34	389	0
27	82	43	62	0	3	0				W	4.1	13	N	35	376	0
28	80	44	62	0	3	0				E	6.5	34	NW	46	248	9
29	79	53	66	+5	0	1	0.01			SW	10.2	28	WSW	50	247	10
30	77	57	67	+6	0	2	T			SW	12.0	35	SW	61	104	10
SUM					115	74	0.56	0
AVG	77.6	49.6	63.6								7.5					5.1

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.56	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.25	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.29	ON	9-10	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	9	>= 0.25	1	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			63.6	>= 0.01	7	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.179
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-2.1	>= 0.10	2	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.30	ON	24
HIGHEST	92	ON	14	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.56	ON	8
LOWEST	32	ON	23	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			347.2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	449	ON	7
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			1	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	104	ON	30
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			1	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.5	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	12	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	W @ 46	ON	8	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			115	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	11	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+37	DRY BULB (ºF)	64.0	WET BULB (ºF)	52.6	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			124	REL. HUM. (%)	48.6	DEW PT.(ºF)	42.4	HIGHEST	99	ON	21
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+36	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	17	ON	16+