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 2006
	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	88	51	70	-1	0	5				NW	7.3	26	NE	32	513	0
2	92	58	75	+4	0	10				NW	7.3	17	NW	26	487	1
3	96	55	76	+6	0	6				NW	7.5	17	W	23	434	4	DL
4	100	62	81	+11	0	16				W	6.0	15	W	27	454	2
5	100	62	81	+11	0	16				NW	5.9	17	WNW	31	423	0
6	100	61	80	+10	0	15				W	5.9	25	W	34	442	0
7	95	57	76	+7	0	11				NW	5.3	16	WNW	39	437	3
8	92	54	73	+4	0	8				E	6.8	27	WNW	44	420	0
9	82	58	70	+2	0	5				NW	10.7	32	NW	42	466	4
10	82	48	65	-3	0	0				E	4.9	17	ESE	46	467	1
11	89	50	70	+2	0	5				N	4.5	11	N	38	433	4
12	92	52	72	+5	0	7				W	7.4	36	WNW	35	451	1
13	83	52	68	+1	0	3	T			NW	12.9	37	NW	38	300	10	KFR 1445
14	66	47	56	-11	9	0	0.04			W	7.7	25	W	53	237	6
15	62	46	54	-12	11	0	0.05			W	6.5	16	W	79	244	9	KFR 0300
16	71	44	58	-8	7	0				W	8.7	25	NW	49	365	2
17	75	38	56	-9	9	0				E	4.7	16	E	49	377	2
18	78	54	66	+1	0	1	T			W	6.0	18	SW	51	334	8
19	74	47	60	-4	5	0	0.05			NW	8.3	23	NW	61	298	6	KFR 0930
20	67	49	58	-6	7	0	0.07			SW	7.5	23	W	64	158	10
21	70	45	58	-5	7	0				NW	13.5	35	WNW	55	350	6	DL,KFR 0500
22	73	45	59	-3	6	0				W	7.7	22	NW	48	410	3
23	78	44	61	-1	4	0				SE	3.9	10	SSE	53	368	7
24	80	42	61	-1	4	0				W	5.1	13	N	50	403	0
25	82	45	64	+2	1	0				SE	4.8	14	SE	49	400	0
26	85	44	64	+2	1	0				NE	3.6	10	ENE	50	381	3
27	88	50	69	+7	0	4				W	4.7	13	ESE	45	380	0
28	88	48	68	+6	0	3				SE	4.4	13	WSW	48	380	0
29	89	50	70	+8	0	5				SE	4.7	12	SE	45	381	0
30	88	48	68	+7	0	3				NW	7.1	28	WNW	41	319	2
SUM					71	128	0.21	0
AVG	83.5	50.2	66.8								6.7					3.1

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.21	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.12	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.08	ON	14-15	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	6	>= 0.25	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			66.8	>= 0.01	4	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.179
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.9	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.29	ON	23
HIGHEST	100	ON	6+	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.55	ON	8
LOWEST	38	ON	17	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			383.6
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	513	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			8	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	158	ON	20
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			6.7	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.6	CLEAR	19	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 37	ON	13	PARTLY CLOUDY	7	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			71	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	4	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-4	DRY BULB (ºF)	66.7	WET BULB (ºF)	53.3	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			78	REL. HUM. (%)	44.8	DEW PT.(ºF)	42.1	HIGHEST	98	ON	21+
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-6	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	10	ON	1