2017 ASHRAE Handbook - Fundamentals (IP) © 2017 ASHRAE, Inc.

BISMARCK MUNICIPAL, ND, USA WMO#: 727640

Lat: 46.783N Long: 100.757W Elev: 1651 StdP: 13.84 Time Zone: -6.00 (NAC) Period: 90-14 WBAN: 24011
Annual Heating and Humidification Design Conditions
Humidification DP/MCDB and HR Coldest month WS/MCDB MCWS/PCWD
Coldest Heating DB
99.6% 99% 0.4% 1% to 99.6% DB
Month
99.6% 99% DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB WS MCDB WS MCDB MCWS PCWD
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o)
(1) 1 -17.5 -12.2 -24.1 1.5 -16.9 -18.7 2.1 -11.6 31.5 21.3 27.8 18.1 7.6 320 (1)

Annual Cooling, Dehumidification, and Enthalpy Design Conditions

Hottest Cooling DB/MCWB Evaporation WB/MCDB MCWS/PCWD
Hottest
Month 0.4% 1% 2% 0.4% 1% 2% to 0.4% DB
Month
DB Range DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB MCWS PCWD
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p)
(2) 7 24.9 93.1 69.9 89.4 68.9 86.1 67.6 74.5 85.9 72.2 84.1 70.1 82.1 12.3 160 (2)

Dehumidification DP/MCDB and HR Enthalpy/MCDB

Extreme
0.4% 1% 2% 0.4% 1% 2%
Max WB
DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB Enth MCDB Enth MCDB Enth MCDB
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p)
(3) 70.9 121.2 81.8 68.4 110.8 78.7 66.1 102.4 76.1 39.2 85.6 37.0 83.9 35.1 82.5 84.0 (3)

Extreme Annual Design Conditions

Extreme Annual Temperature n-Year Return Period Values of Extreme Temperature
Extreme Annual WS
Mean Standard Deviation n=5 years n=10 years n=20 years n=50 years
1% 2.5% 5% Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max
(n) (o) (p) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m)
(4) 27.1 24.2 20.7 DB -26.6 100.9 6.7 4.5 -31.4 104.2 -35.4 106.8 -39.2 109.4 -44.1 112.7 (4)
(5) WB -26.0 77.9 5.4 2.4 -29.9 79.6 -33.1 81.0 -36.1 82.4 -40.0 84.1 (5)

Monthly Climatic Design Conditions

Annual Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
(d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p)
(6) DBAvg 43.3 13.1 18.2 30.0 43.4 55.3 64.9 71.0 69.9 59.8 45.2 29.7 17.4 (6)
(7) DBStd 22.87 14.40 13.54 13.15 10.31 8.56 7.03 6.31 6.53 8.66 9.59 11.10 13.04 (7)
(8) Temperatures, HDD50 4796 1145 891 625 244 46 1 0 0 16 206 611 1011 (8)
(9) Degree-Days HDD65 8452 1610 1311 1085 648 315 86 17 28 201 615 1060 1476 (9)
(10) and CDD50 2347 0 0 4 47 211 448 652 616 310 57 2 0 (10)
(11)
Degree-Hours CDD65 529 0 0 0 2 15 82 205 179 45 1 0 0 (11)
(12) CDH74 6590 0 0 2 65 272 982 2387 2108 695 79 0 0 (12)
(13) CDH80 2590 0 0 0 15 66 299 1025 907 259 19 0 0 (13)

(14) Wind WSAvg 9.4 9.2 9.1 10.1 10.8 10.7 9.5 8.6 8.7 8.9 9.4 9.0 9.0 (14)

(15) PrecAvg 15.50 0.40 0.40 0.80 1.70 2.20 2.70 2.10 1.70 1.50 0.90 0.50 0.50 (15)
(16) PrecMax 21.50 1.30 1.20 3.20 5.50 5.20 6.50 5.20 5.00 6.90 3.70 1.30 0.90 (16)
Precipitation
(17) PrecMin 11.10 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.80 0.50 0.20 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.00 0.20 (17)
(18) PrecStd 3.30 0.30 0.30 0.70 1.30 1.30 1.70 1.30 1.40 1.50 0.90 0.40 0.30 (18)

(19) DB 47.9 53.1 69.4 81.5 86.9 91.4 100.1 98.5 93.0 82.2 64.4 49.9 (19)
0.4%
(20)
Monthly Design MCWB 39.6 42.5 51.8 58.3 65.1 71.3 71.2 71.0 67.7 60.0 49.5 40.5 (20)
(21) Dry Bulb DB 41.8 45.2 60.3 73.7 80.7 86.8 93.6 92.7 86.9 74.0 56.2 43.2 (21)
2%
(22) and MCWB 36.2 37.9 47.2 54.9 62.5 68.9 71.4 68.9 65.3 56.7 44.5 36.6 (22)
(23) Mean Coincident DB 37.8 40.1 53.3 67.5 76.4 83.3 89.4 89.0 82.1 67.7 50.3 38.7 (23)
Wet Bulb 5%
(24) MCWB 33.8 35.2 43.8 51.0 59.6 66.8 69.8 68.5 63.2 53.1 41.7 33.7 (24)
Temperatures
(25) DB 33.8 36.2 47.9 62.0 72.2 79.8 85.7 85.1 77.0 61.6 44.9 34.6 (25)
10%
(26) MCWB 31.0 32.9 40.5 48.3 57.5 64.6 68.8 67.0 61.0 50.4 38.3 31.0 (26)

(27) WB 39.7 43.2 53.8 59.8 68.7 75.9 78.3 76.7 71.3 62.7 50.8 41.1 (27)
0.4%
(28)
Monthly Design
MCDB 47.1 52.2 66.7 77.2 81.3 87.1 88.9 86.8 85.9 76.6 62.5 48.7 (28)
(29) Wet Bulb WB 36.4 38.5 48.2 55.3 65.3 72.0 75.3 73.2 68.4 58.2 45.3 37.1 (29)
2%
(30) and MCDB 41.2 44.2 58.8 71.3 77.3 82.6 86.8 84.9 81.1 70.3 55.3 42.9 (30)
(31) Mean Coincident WB 33.9 35.5 44.1 52.3 61.9 69.1 73.1 71.0 65.6 54.5 41.8 33.9 (31)
Dry Bulb 5%
(32) MCDB 37.7 39.4 52.8 65.1 72.5 80.3 84.7 84.3 76.5 65.7 49.8 38.3 (32)
Temperatures
(33) WB 31.0 33.1 40.6 49.4 59.2 66.7 70.8 69.0 62.9 51.3 38.5 31.3 (33)
10%
(34) MCDB 33.9 36.2 47.4 61.1 69.5 77.1 82.2 81.4 74.5 60.6 44.7 34.5 (34)

(35) MDBR 19.4 19.3 20.3 23.9 23.8 22.7 24.9 26.1 26.0 23.3 19.6 18.3 (35)
(36) Mean Daily MCDBR 24.2 24.5 30.9 34.5 30.7 28.3 31.2 32.1 34.5 35.8 28.9 24.4 (36)
5% DB
(37) Temperature MCWBR 19.4 18.2 19.3 18.3 15.3 13.6 12.8 12.7 15.6 19.8 18.6 18.6 (37)
(38) Range MCDBR 23.6 23.9 29.7 31.4 26.9 25.1 25.7 27.2 27.9 32.4 27.8 24.3 (38)
5% WB
(39) MCWBR 19.1 18.1 19.2 17.1 14.7 13.5 12.9 12.9 13.9 18.6 18.4 19.0 (39)

(40) taub 0.264 0.270 0.294 0.333 0.355 0.376 0.382 0.389 0.345 0.317 0.282 0.261 (40)
Clear-Sky
(41) taud 2.430 2.442 2.462 2.381 2.390 2.374 2.385 2.339 2.443 2.484 2.472 2.451 (41)
Solar
(42) Irradiance Ebn,noon 269 291 298 293 288 282 278 271 276 268 258 256 (42)
(43) Edh,noon 21 26 30 36 36 37 36 37 30 25 20 18 (43)

(44) All-Sky Solar RadAvg 561 899 1241 1557 1759 1992 2088 1749 1364 853 548 406 (44)
(45) Radiation RadStd 62 95 96 91 138 115 88 133 85 102 67 33 (45)

Nomenclature: See separate page