| 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 1995 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 96 | 63 | 80 | +9 | 0 | 15 | NW | 6.7 | 13 | N | 29 | 495 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 101 | 58 | 80 | +9 | 0 | 15 | NW | 6.6 | 16 | NNE | 28 | 489 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | 99 | 71 | 85 | +15 | 0 | 20 | NW | 7.2 | 18 | NNW | 27 | 430 | 6 | DL | |||
| 4 | 92 | 60 | 76 | +9 | 0 | 11 | W | 8.9 | 27 | WNW | 44 | 440 | 0 | DL | |||
| 5 | 82 | 60 | 71 | +1 | 0 | 6 | W | 10.2 | 29 | SSW | 41 | 466 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | 80 | 50 | 65 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0.48 | W | 8.6 | 27 | NW | 59 | 335 | 9 | T,DL | ||
| 7 | 69 | 54 | 62 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0.19 | E | 3.8 | 13 | E | 90 | 175 | 10 | F,DL | ||
| 8 | 79 | 56 | 68 | -1 | 0 | 3 | T | SE | 3.9 | 13 | NE | 74 | 421 | 4 | |||
| 9 | 84 | 55 | 70 | +2 | 0 | 5 | W | 4.4 | 11 | WSW | 62 | 449 | 2 | ||||
| 10 | 93 | 54 | 74 | +7 | 0 | 9 | W | 5.5 | 15 | WNW | 51 | 450 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | 91 | 58 | 74 | +7 | 0 | 9 | NW | 5.0 | 16 | WNW | 40 | 446 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | 92 | 54 | 73 | +7 | 0 | 8 | W | 4.8 | 13 | WNW | 40 | 452 | 0 | ||||
| 13 | 93 | 58 | 76 | +10 | 0 | 11 | W | 5.5 | 14 | WNW | 40 | 437 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | 94 | 55 | 74 | +9 | 0 | 9 | W | 5.0 | 13 | ENE | 42 | 429 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | 94 | 55 | 74 | +9 | 0 | 9 | N | 4.8 | 16 | NE | 42 | 416 | 0 | ||||
| 16 | 93 | 61 | 77 | +12 | 0 | 12 | NW | 5.7 | 13 | N | 38 | 406 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | 93 | 59 | 76 | +11 | 0 | 11 | NW | 7.3 | 28 | WNW | 41 | 412 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | 88 | 59 | 74 | +10 | 0 | 9 | NW | 8.0 | 26 | NW | 40 | 409 | 2 | ||||
| 19 | 83 | 57 | 70 | +6 | 0 | 5 | NW | 8.1 | 26 | NNE | 43 | 388 | 4 | ||||
| 20 | 80 | 48 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | NE | 9.3 | 26 | ENE | 41 | 408 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | 78 | 47 | 62 | -1 | 3 | 0 | NW | 7.2 | 20 | NE | 30 | 419 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | 79 | 43 | 61 | -2 | 4 | 0 | W | 5.3 | 12 | WNW | 34 | 377 | 7 | ||||
| 23 | 82 | 42 | 62 | -1 | 3 | 0 | W | 6.4 | 18 | N | 36 | 392 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | 84 | 50 | 67 | +4 | 0 | 2 | N | 6.5 | 18 | NW | 32 | 385 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | 81 | 57 | 69 | +6 | 0 | 4 | NW | 6.9 | 24 | NW | 36 | 295 | 9 | ||||
| 26 | 77 | 49 | 63 | +1 | 2 | 0 | T | SW | 6.9 | 25 | SW | 47 | 343 | 5 | |||
| 27 | 76 | 57 | 66 | +4 | 0 | 1 | 0.10 | SW | 9.2 | 27 | SSW | 64 | 204 | 8 | |||
| 28 | 69 | 53 | 61 | -1 | 4 | 0 | T | W | 8.4 | 23 | WSW | 64 | 137 | 9 | T,DL | ||
| 29 | 74 | 48 | 61 | 0 | 4 | 0 | SW | 8.3 | 23 | WSW | 51 | 376 | 1 | ||||
| 30 | 75 | 55 | 65 | +4 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | SW | 12.5 | 39 | WSW | 52 | 332 | 8 | |||
| SUM | 24 | 174 | 0.79 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| AVG | 85.0 | 54.9 | 70.0 | 6.9 | 2.9 | ||||||||||||
| NOTES: | PRECIPITATION (IN.) | MISC. PHENOM. KEY | |||||||||
| Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0.79 | A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow | ||||||||
| "T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | +0.48 | D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning | ||||||||
| Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation | 24HR MAX | 0.51 | ON | 6-7 | F-Fog, IC-Ice Crystals, K-Smoke | ||||||
| Solrad in coluns 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 | 7 | >= 0.25 | 1 | BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.) | ||||||
| AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH | 70.0 | >= 0.01 | 4 | >= 0.50 | 0 | AVERAGE STATION | 29.165 | ||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | +4.3 | >= 0.10 | 3 | >= 1.00 | 0 | MAX SEA-LEVEL | 30.41 | ON | 21 | ||
| HIGHEST | 101 | ON | 2 | SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) | MIN SEA-LEVEL | 29.65 | ON | 26 | |||
| LOWEST | 42 | ON | 23 | TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 0 | SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS) | |||||
| NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: | 24HR MAX | na | ON | na | AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL | 387.1 | |||||
| MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 0 | MAX ON GRND | na | ON | na | MAX DAILY | 495 | ON | 1 | ||
| MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE | 12 | WIND (50-FT LEVEL) | MIN DAILY | 137 | ON | 28 | |||||
| MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW | 0 | AVERAGE SPEED (MPH) | 6.9 | MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS | |||||||
| MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW | 0 | DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -0.5 | CLEAR | 19 | FOG | 1 | ||||
| HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) | PEAK GUST | WSW @ 39 | ON | 30 | PARTLY CLOUDY | 5 | THDR | 2 | |||
| TOTAL FOR THE MONTH | 24 | AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA | CLOUDY | 6 | DUST | 0 | |||||
| DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL | -54 | DRY BULB (ºF) | 70.0 | WET BULB (ºF) | 56.2 | RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%) | |||||
| SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1) | 25. | REL. HUM. (%) | 45.4 | DEW PT.(ºF) | 45.2 | HIGHEST | 100 | ON | 7 | ||
| SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM | -63 | + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS | LOWEST | 10 | ON | 21 | |||||