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 1996
	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	82	54	68	-3	0	3				W	8.2	27	WNW	38	452	2
2	82	54	68	-3	0	3				S	6.6	24	NW	38	334	6
3	84	52	68	-2	0	3				W	10.0	35	NW	43	397	7
4	77	47	62	-8	3	0				W	9.8	29	WNW	43	397	5
5	73	49	61	-9	4	0				W	10.2	30	WNW	43	308	7
6	76	41	58	-12	7	0				E	5.7	16	E	49	375	9
7	85	52	68	-1	0	3	T			NW	6.4	23	WNW	44	426	5
8	89	60	74	+5	0	9				NW	9.7	29	NW	44	435	2
9	86	55	70	+2	0	5				W	6.5	25	E	46	443	0
10	90	52	71	+4	0	6				NW	7.1	17	N	42	436	0
11	94	64	79	+12	0	14				NW	9.6	19	WNW	31	403	3	DL
12	91	64	78	+12	0	13				NW	9.3	28	NW	40	311	6	DL,T
13	83	52	68	+2	0	3	T			W	9.9	33	WSW	51	376	7	DL,T
14	78	56	67	+2	0	2	0.14			SW	10.0	30	WSW	56	227	8
15	73	51	62	-3	3	0	0.04			W	12.4	33	WSW	62	367	4	KFR 0530
16	74	46	60	-5	5	0	0.02			W	8.4	29	WSW	52	353	6
17	74	44	59	-6	6	0				W	6.8	16	WSW	51	418	0
18	70	44	57	-7	8	0	0.01			SW	5.9	15	W	51	244	7
19	76	52	64	0	1	0				NW	11.7	33	WNW	58	322	7	KFR 0500
20	71	46	58	-6	7	0				NW	8.2	29	NW	51	257	9
21	71	40	56	-7	9	0	0.01			W	7.9	49	NW	56	361	5	KFR 1630
22	69	37	53	-10	12	0				W	5.8	16	W	50	319	1
23	68	36	52	-11	13	0				NE	8.0	21	ENE	46	332	9
24	68	44	56	-7	9	0				NW	6.5	14	S	42	266	10
25	75	34	54	-9	11	0				NE	5.2	13	WSW	43	379	1
26	79	48	64	+2	1	0				SE	5.7	18	SSE	39	342	7
27	86	44	65	+3	0	0				NE	4.8	12	WSW	48	371	2
28	91	48	70	+8	0	5				E	6.2	27	WNW	36	370	0
29	92	51	72	+11	0	7				NW	6.7	21	WNW	30	366	0
30	86	51	68	+7	0	3				NW	9.2	33	WNW	34	359	2
SUM					99	79	0.22	0
AVG	79.8	48.9	64.4								8.0					4.6

NOTES:				PRECIPITATION (IN.)				MISC. PHENOM. KEY
Daily summary period is midnight to midnight PST				TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0.22	A-Hail, BD-Blowing Dust, BS-Blowing Snow
"T" in columns 7-9 denotes a trace				DEPARTURE FROM NORM			-0.09	D-Dust, AU-Aurora, DL-Distant Lightning
Snow in columns 8-9 is all frozen precipitation				24HR MAX	0.18	ON	14-15	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	0	BAROMETRIC PRESSURE (IN.)
AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH			64.4	>= 0.01	5	>= 0.50	0	AVERAGE STATION			29.134
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			-1.3	>= 0.10	1	>= 1.00	0	MAX SEA-LEVEL	30.26	ON	23
HIGHEST	94	ON	11	SNOW (FROZEN PRECIP.) (IN.)				MIN SEA-LEVEL	29.43	ON	15
LOWEST	34	ON	25	TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			0	SOLAR RADIATION (LANGLEYS)
NUMBER OF DAYS WITH:				24HR MAX	na	ON	na	AVERAGE DAILY TOTAL			2
MAXIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	MAX ON GRND	na	ON	na	MAX DAILY	452	ON	1
MAXIMUM 90 OR ABOVE			5	WIND (50-FT LEVEL)				MIN DAILY	227	ON	14
MINIMUM 32 OR BELOW			0	AVERAGE SPEED (MPH)			8.0	MISCELLANEOUS NUMBER OF DAYS
MINIMUM 0 OR BELOW			0	DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+0.6	CLEAR	12	FOG	0
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (BASE 65ºF)				PEAK GUST	NW @ 49	ON	21	PARTLY CLOUDY	13	THDR	2
TOTAL FOR THE MONTH			99	AVERAGE PSYCHROMETRIC DATA				CLOUDY	5	DUST	0
DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL			+21	DRY BULB (ºF)	64.9	WET BULB (ºF)	52.3	RELATIVE HUMIDITY EXTREMES (%)
SEASON TOTAL (SINCE JULY 1)			102	REL. HUM. (%)	45.2	DEW PT.(ºF)	41.3	HIGHEST	98	ON	15
SEASON DEPARTURE FROM NORM			+14	+ DENOTES LATEST OF MULTIPLE DAYS				LOWEST	14	ON	30