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 2003
	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	94	56	75	+4	0	10				W	6.2	20	WNW	25	482	0
2	97	67	82	+11	0	17				NW	6.6	17	WNW	25	439	4
3	101	56	78	+8	0	13				W	4.4	17	W	28	415	4
4	102	65	84	+14	0	19				NW	6.7	35	S	26	400	5
5	100	64	82	+12	0	17				NW	6.3	22	WNW	26	455	0
6	99	68	84	+14	0	19				NW	6.0	26	WSW	29	413	4
7	82	58	70	+1	0	5	0.03			SW	8.5	35	WSW	46	280	9	KFR 1600
8	70	52	61	-8	4	0	0.21			W	8.9	27	NW	60	137	9
9	67	46	56	-12	9	0	T			NE	3.7	14	SE	66	169	9
10	76	47	62	-6	3	0				SW	6.2	21	WSW	58	260	9
11	82	58	70	+2	0	5				W	14.2	42	WNW	50	306	10	KFR 1800
12	77	54	66	-1	0	1				NW	10.7	44	WNW	38	441	0
13	78	44	61	-6	4	0				SE	5.2	19	S	43	433	0
14	82	41	62	-5	3	0				NW	7.0	37	NW	46	323	8	KFR 1800
15	73	52	62	-4	3	0				NW	7.3	27	WNW	40	322	6
16	69	45	57	-9	8	0	T			W	11.3	35	W	45	296	7	DL,KFR 1600
17	71	44	58	-7	7	0				W	6.1	23	WNW	43	397	4
18	79	43	61	-4	4	0				SW	4.5	22	ESE	44	297	9
19	82	48	65	+1	0	0				NW	11.3	44	NW	46	385	1	KFR 1410
20	78	48	63	-1	2	0				W	6.2	19	WNW	40	394	0
21	79	51	65	+2	0	0				W	6.8	19	WNW	36	386	3
22	88	43	66	+4	0	1				E	6.5	32	W	39	400	0
23	86	53	70	+8	0	5				NW	5.8	26	WNW	40	367	3
24	86	57	72	+10	0	7				NW	6.5	18	NW	36	377	1
25	93	62	78	+16	0	13				NW	8.3	24	WNW	29	369	2
26	91	58	74	+12	0	9				NW	6.9	33	NW	33	358	0
27	90	60	75	+13	0	10				NW	7.0	18	NE	31	360	0
28	89	60	74	+12	0	9				NW	7.6	16	NW	36	355	0
29	88	61	74	+12	0	9				N	9.7	27	NNE	32	311	2	D
30	83	57	70	+9	0	5				N	8.5	24	N	30	343	0
SUM					47	174	0.24	0
AVG	84.4	53.9	69.2								7.4					3.6

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.24	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.09	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.24	ON	7-8	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	4	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			69.2	>= 0.01	2	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.175
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+3.3	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.33	ON	13
HIGHEST	102	ON	4	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.61	ON	6
LOWEST	41	ON	14	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			355.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	482	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			9	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	137	ON	8
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.4	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.1	CLEAR	16	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WNW @ 44	ON	12	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			47	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	7	DUST	1
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-28	DRY BULB (ºF)	69.3	WET BULB (ºF)	54.0	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			47	REL. HUM. (%)	38.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	41.1	HIGHEST	88	ON	10+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-37	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	13	ON	3