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NASA Surface meteorology and Solar Energy Available Tables

Latitude 40.625 / Longitude -8.603 was chosen.
Elevation: 243 meters
taken from the
NASA GEOS-4
model elevation

Geometry Information
Northern boundary
41
Western boundary
-9

Center
Latitude 40.5
Longitude -8.5

Eastern boundary
-8

Southern boundary
40

Parameters for Solar Cooking:

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Monthly Averaged Insolation Incident On A Horizontal Surface (kWh/m /day)

Lat 40.625
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lon -8.603
22-year Average

2.02 2.90 4.26 5.52 6.35 7.09 7.01 6.27 4.84 3.25 2.18 1.68
Parameter Definition
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Monthly Averaged Midday Insolation Incident On A Horizontal Surface (kW/m )

Lat 40.625
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lon -8.603
22-year Average

0.32 0.42 0.55 0.67 0.72 0.77 0.77 0.73 0.62 0.45 0.34 0.28
Parameter Definition
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Monthly Averaged Clear Sky Insolation Incident On A Horizontal Surface (kWh/m /day)
Lat 40.625
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lon -8.603
22-year Average

2.93 4.04 5.62 7.21 8.28 8.73 8.44 7.48 6.08 4.51 3.21 2.54
Parameter Definition
Monthly Averaged Clear Sky Days (days)

Lat 40.625
Lon -8.603
22-year Average

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2

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2
2
2
3
Parameter Definition

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Solar Geometry:
Monthly Averaged Daylight Hours (hours)
Lat 40.625
Lon -8.603
Average

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

9.63 10.7 11.9 13.2 14.4 15.0 14.7 13.7 12.5 11.1 9.98 9.35
Parameter Definition

Cloud Information:
Monthly Averaged Daylight Cloud Amount (%)
Lat 40.625
Lon -8.603

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul

Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

22-year Average 60.1 59.6 59.4 60.8 60.5 54.6 47.0 45.9 53.3 58.9 63.5 64.9
Parameter Definition

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