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 2008
	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	77	52	64	-7	1	0				NW	9.7	27	NW	35.2	469	0
2	78	43	60	-11	5	0				W	4.7	16	WNW	37.2	403	7
3	81	48	64	-6	1	0				W	6.7	24	NW	37.1	483	2
4	82	58	70	0	0	5				NW	7.6	23	NW	35.0	467	4
5	86	52	69	-1	0	4				NW	10.4	33	NW	42.5	433	9
6	84	61	72	+2	0	7				NW	7.9	23	NW	44.9	471	1
7	83	58	70	+1	0	5				NW	7.7	24	NNE	36.2	475	0
8	84	53	68	-1	0	3				NW	7.2	16	ENE	33.3	467	1
9	89	51	70	+2	0	5				NW	7.8	35	NW	31.5	458	1
10	81	54	68	0	0	3				NW	7.4	21	N	30.2	460	0
11	85	44	64	-4	1	0				E	4.0	14	ENE	35.7	446	0
12	92	47	70	+3	0	5				NW	8.7	37	WNW	35.7	439	0
13	82	56	69	+2	0	4				NW	7.7	19	N	29.7	456	0
14	85	49	67	0	0	2				W	5.8	13	NE	29.6	442	0
15	88	46	67	+1	0	3				W	3.9	15	WNW	30.3	431	0
16	91	49	70	+4	0	5				NW	4.5	12	WNW	32.1	409	0
17	90	55	72	+7	0	7				NW	6.0	15	WNW	31.4	386	1
18	90	55	72	+7	0	7				E	4.6	15	WNW	38.8	365	5
19	88	55	72	+8	0	7				W	5.6	22	WNW	36.5	326	8
20	76	58	67	+3	0	2	0.04			SW	9.5	30	SW	71.5	47	10
21	74	55	64	+1	1	0				W	13.4	30	WNW	48.2	266	6
22	68	46	57	-6	8	0				W	12.8	34	NW	45.8	358	2
23	68	36	52	-10	13	0				W	5.3	12	E	47.0	365	7
24	72	48	60	-2	5	0	T			NW	6.2	17	NW	44.4	296	10
25	74	54	64	+2	1	0				SW	12.6	42	WSW	50.9	343	1	KFR 0530
26	71	41	56	-6	9	0				NW	5.4	15	NW	60.7	302	7
27	78	42	60	-2	5	0				SE	4.5	12	SW	56.4	363	2
28	81	45	63	+1	2	0				W	6.9	16	WNW	47.6	369	0
29	81	54	68	+6	0	3				NW	8.0	17	NW	36.0	364	0
30	83	52	68	+7	0	3	T			NW	6.4	16	NW	36.2	321	2
SUM					52	79	0.04
AVG	81.4	50.6	66.0								7.3					2.9

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.04	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.29	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.04	ON	20	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			66.0	>= 0.01	1	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.215
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+0.1	>= 0.10	0	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.27	ON	23
HIGHEST	92	ON	12	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.62	ON	9
LOWEST	36	ON	23	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			389.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	483.0	ON	3
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			4	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	46.8	ON	20
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			7.3	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			0	CLEAR	20	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	WSW @ 42	ON	25	PARTLY CLOUDY	6	THDR	0
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			52	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	4	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-23	DRY BULB (ºF)	66.2	WET BULB (ºF)	52.2	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			57	REL. HUM. (%)	40.3	DEW PT.(ºF)	39.6	HIGHEST	95	ON	26
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-27	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	15	ON	15