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 2007
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 85 51 68 -3 0 3    NE 5.4 20 WNW 39.2 501 2  
2 92 55 74 +3 0 9    SW 7.8 31 WSW 37.8 476 6  
3 93 56 74 +4 0 9    W 6.2 19 SSE 38.0 481 0 DL
4 84 64 74 +4 0 9 0.13   W 11.4 33 WNW 55.3 271 7 T, DL
5 88 64 76 +6 0 11    NW 13.4 40 WNW 39.1 484 0  
6 86 63 74 +4 0 9    NW 10.7 30 NW 33.8 480 2  
7 84 55 70 +1 0 5    NW 9.2 25 NW 29.1 485 0 KFR 1710
8 80 53 66 -3 0 1    NW 8.8 23 NE 29.5 473 3  
9 83 58 70 +2 0 5    NW 7.9 22 NNE 24.6 475 0  
10 87 50 68 0 0 3    W 5.4 17 ENE 23.9 471 0  
11 90 47 68 0 0 3    SE 5.1 19 W 26.7 459 0  
12 92 64 78 +11 0 13    NW 7.8 26 WNW 28.2 401 2  
13 88 62 75 +8 0 10    N 9.3 20 N 30.3 405 3  
14 88 63 76 +9 0 11    NW 6.5 19 NW 29.2 388 7  
15 85 51 68 +2 0 3    NW 5.8 20 NW 49.3 360 6  
16 78 51 64 -2 1 0    NW 11.8 34 NW 49.3 370 2 KFR 2100
17 77 55 66 +1 0 1    NW 10.8 30 WNW 47.3 299 7  
18 72 43 58 -7 7 0    W 7.4 27 WNW 44.7 356 6  
19 74 46 60 -4 5 0    NW 9.5 33 NNE 47.2 383 2  
20 76 45 60 -4 5 0    NW 9.8 33 NW 47.4 287 8  
21 80 42 61 -2 4 0    SE 5.4 21 SE 51.1 407 2  
22 72 53 62 -1 3 0    NW 16.9 34 WNW 42.0 367 8 KFR 0500
23 73 50 62 0 3 0    NW 12.0 31 WNW 39.8 413 1  
24 73 42 58 -4 7 0    W 6.3 16 WSW 43.0 398 0  
25 79 40 60 -2 5 0    NW 8.2 35 NW 44.6 386 3  
26 80 43 62 0 3 0    SE 4.8 15 NE 50.0 381 0  
27 78 48 63 +1 2 0    NW 5.6 20 WNW 52.5 312 7  
28 63 46 54 -8 11 0 0.17   W 12.7 42 WNW 60.0 161 9 KFR 0530
29 64 38 51 -11 14 0    SW 6.6 22 SE 49.6 337 3  
30 54 48 51 -10 14 0 0.27   SE 5.3 21 S 89.4 83 10  
SUM 84 105 0.57
AVG 79.9 51.6 65.8 8.5 3.6
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.57 A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace DEPARTURE FROM NORM+0.24 D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation 24HR MAX0.27ON30 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) >= T3 >= 0.251 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH65.8 >= 0.013 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.156
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-0.1 >= 0.102 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.24ON9
HIGHEST93 ON3 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.53ON28
LOWEST38 ON29 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL385.0
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY501ON1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE4 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY82.ON30
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)8.5 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM+1.2 CLEAR19FOG0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTWNW @ 42ON28 PARTLY CLOUDY7 THDR1
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH84 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY4 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+9 DRY BULB (ºF)65.6WET BULB (ºF)52.2 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)85 REL. HUM. (%)42.4DEW PT.(ºF)39.9 HIGHEST98 ON30
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM+5 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST11 ON10