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 2002
	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	83	65	74	+3	0	9				NW	16.1	37	NW	41	352	10
2	92	53	72	+1	0	7				W	6.1	24	NW	44	484	0	KFR 1900
3	81	58	70	0	0	5				NW	13.6	29	WNW	36	389	7	AU
4	77	46	62	-8	3	0				W	5.2	21	W	36	418	4
5	79	52	66	-4	0	1				NW	7.7	27	WNW	36	431	3
6	77	51	64	-6	1	0				NW	7.7	25	WNW	39	347	4
7	76	46	61	-8	4	0				W	8.4	26	W	40	472	1
8	78	44	61	-8	4	0				SW	5.8	21	SW	40	413	6
9	85	51	68	0	0	3				W	5.6	17	S	42	452	0
10	90	57	74	+6	0	9				W	5.7	14	NNW	38	443	1
11	94	54	74	+6	0	9				W	4.5	11	W	36	439	0
12	96	55	76	+9	0	11				SE	6.6	29	WNW	33	437	0
13	94	59	76	+9	0	11				W	5.4	19	WNW	28	444	0
14	92	55	74	+7	0	9				NW	4.9	20	NW	35	343	5
15	92	54	73	+7	0	8				W	8.5	39	WNW	40	323	9
16	78	54	66	0	0	1				W	9.8	27	WSW	48	217	9
17	76	55	66	+1	0	1	T			NW	8.2	35	NW	44	367	5
18	82	46	64	-1	1	0				NW	10.5	31	NW	41	416	1
19	88	49	68	+4	0	3				NW	9.3	35	WNW	48	408	2	KFR 1630
20	75	52	64	0	1	0				NW	6.9	31	NW	37	407	2
21	74	47	60	-3	5	0				N	6.7	17	WNW	31	390	2
22	78	38	58	-5	7	0				W	4.8	13	SE	30	389	0
23	84	44	64	+2	1	0				SE	4.0	14	E	28	393	0
24	84	55	70	+8	0	5				NW	7.8	28	NNE	32	377	1
25	80	53	66	+4	0	1				NW	6.8	20	NW	32	370	2
26	74	43	58	-4	7	0	T			NW	5.8	26	N	51	220	10	KFR 1500
27	77	54	66	+4	0	1				N	9.3	30	NNE	46	293	3
28	78	44	61	-1	4	0				SE	5.3	14	ESE	46	349	2
29	72	50	61	-1	4	0	T			W	11.7	33	WSW	40	293	6	KFR 0810
30	65	41	53	-8	12	0				W	9.5	30	SSW	45	266	6
SUM					54	94	T	0
AVG	81.7	50.8	66.3								7.6					3.4

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			T	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.33	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	T	ON	29+	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	3	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			66.3	>= 0.01	0	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.145
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.4	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.33	ON	21
HIGHEST	96	ON	12	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.59	ON	29
LOWEST	38	ON	22	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			378.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	484	ON	2
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			7	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	217	ON	16
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.6	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.3	CLEAR	18	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 39	ON	15	PARTLY CLOUDY	8	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			54	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	4	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-21	DRY BULB (ºF)	66.4	WET BULB (ºF)	52.2	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			56	REL. HUM. (%)	38.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	39.2	HIGHEST	83	ON	17
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-28	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	16	ON	23+