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 10.229 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 12.539 WSW 52 332 8
SUM 24 174 0.790
AVG 85.054.970.0 6.9 2.9
NOTES: PRECIPITATION (IN.) MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0.79 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 MAX0.51ON6-7 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) >= T7 >= 0.251 BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH70.0 >= 0.014 >= 0.500 AVERAGE STATION29.165
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL+4.3 >= 0.103 >= 1.000 MAX SEA-LEVEL30.41ON21
HIGHEST101ON2 SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.) MIN SEA-LEVEL29.65ON26
LOWEST42 ON23 TOTAL FOR THE MONTH0 SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH: 24HR MAXna ONna AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL387.1
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 MAX ON GRNDna ONna MAX DAILY495ON1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE12 WIND (50-FT LEVEL) MIN DAILY137ON28
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW0 AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)6.9 MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW0 DEPARTURE FROM NORM-0.5 CLEAR19FOG1
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF) PEAK GUSTWSW @ 39ON30 PARTLY CLOUDY5 THDR2
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH24 AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA CLOUDY6 DUST0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL-54 DRY BULB (ºF)70.0WET BULB (ºF)56.2 RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)25. REL. HUM. (%)45.4DEW PT.(ºF)45.2 HIGHEST100ON7
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM-63 + DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS LOWEST10 ON21