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

MINOT AFB, ND, USA WMO#: 727675

Lat: 48.417N Long: 101.350W Elev: 1667 StdP: 13.83 Time Zone: -6.00 (NAC) Period: 90-14 WBAN: 94011
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 -22.3 -17.3 -26.1 1.4 -22.0 -21.2 1.8 -16.6 34.8 16.2 32.3 18.6 10.6 300 (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 23.2 90.5 68.9 87.0 68.1 83.7 66.3 73.2 84.2 70.9 81.6 68.9 79.6 12.0 160 (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) 70.1 117.6 78.8 67.6 107.8 76.7 65.2 99.3 74.5 38.0 84.9 35.8 81.5 34.0 79.8 84.7 (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) 29.4 26.3 23.4 DB -28.5 98.3 5.0 4.0 -32.1 101.2 -35.0 103.5 -37.8 105.7 -41.4 108.6 (4)
(5) WB -28.3 78.5 4.8 2.7 -31.8 80.4 -34.5 82.0 -37.2 83.5 -40.7 85.5 (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 40.4 8.6 15.1 26.4 40.3 54.1 63.3 67.8 67.8 57.6 42.9 26.1 12.8 (6)
(7) DBStd 23.79 15.26 14.48 13.95 10.80 8.59 7.03 5.83 6.44 8.51 10.00 11.89 14.35 (7)
(8) Temperatures, HDD50 5536 1283 977 734 323 55 3 0 0 26 265 718 1152 (8)
(9) Degree-Days HDD65 9348 1748 1397 1197 743 350 111 36 46 249 687 1167 1617 (9)
(10) and CDD50 2017 0 0 2 30 182 401 552 551 254 44 1 0 (10)
(11)
Degree-Hours CDD65 355 0 0 0 1 12 59 123 132 27 1 0 0 (11)
(12) CDH74 4720 0 0 0 41 243 751 1412 1670 553 49 1 0 (12)
(13) CDH80 1641 0 0 0 6 68 229 459 675 190 14 0 0 (13)

(14) Wind WSAvg 10.8 11.8 11.4 11.4 11.4 11.7 10.3 8.9 8.9 10.0 11.1 11.3 11.3 (14)

(15) PrecAvg 17.70 0.60 0.50 0.80 1.20 2.60 3.60 2.60 2.00 1.40 1.30 0.70 0.50 (15)
(16) PrecMax 23.50 1.80 2.60 2.10 5.50 6.80 10.10 7.80 5.10 3.40 6.20 2.70 1.40 (16)
Precipitation
(17) PrecMin 10.90 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.00 0.10 1.20 0.60 0.50 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 (17)
(18) PrecStd 3.50 0.40 0.50 0.50 1.10 1.60 1.60 1.40 1.10 0.80 1.30 0.70 0.30 (18)

(19) DB 43.4 51.8 65.8 80.2 87.7 91.3 94.4 96.5 91.3 79.8 60.7 45.9 (19)
0.4%
(20)
Monthly Design MCWB 38.2 43.2 50.2 57.3 65.3 70.5 73.2 69.2 66.7 57.6 47.1 38.4 (20)
(21) Dry Bulb DB 39.0 42.7 56.5 71.1 80.5 86.2 88.4 91.1 85.2 71.6 52.4 39.7 (21)
2%
(22) and MCWB 35.0 37.5 45.6 53.1 61.1 67.6 72.0 68.0 63.0 55.1 41.8 34.9 (22)
(23) Mean Coincident DB 35.7 37.7 49.7 64.5 75.3 81.8 85.0 87.5 81.0 65.6 46.4 36.1 (23)
Wet Bulb 5%
(24) MCWB 32.8 34.3 41.8 49.4 57.8 65.4 69.8 66.9 61.6 51.4 39.2 32.6 (24)
Temperatures
(25) DB 31.5 34.4 43.8 58.8 71.5 78.2 81.7 83.3 75.3 59.2 41.8 32.3 (25)
10%
(26) MCWB 29.4 31.9 38.8 46.9 56.1 63.8 67.7 66.1 59.0 48.3 36.5 29.9 (26)

(27) WB 38.4 43.8 52.3 58.2 67.7 75.1 78.0 73.8 70.4 60.7 48.6 39.1 (27)
0.4%
(28)
Monthly Design
MCDB 42.8 50.7 63.8 76.4 83.0 84.9 86.5 86.4 85.8 74.8 59.8 45.3 (28)
(29) Wet Bulb WB 35.1 37.5 46.8 54.0 63.5 70.8 74.7 71.4 66.5 56.1 42.7 35.4 (29)
2%
(30) and MCDB 38.6 41.3 54.7 66.9 74.7 80.9 84.9 83.6 79.2 68.9 50.5 39.4 (30)
(31) Mean Coincident WB 32.7 34.7 42.0 50.8 60.1 67.9 71.9 69.7 63.6 53.0 39.6 32.7 (31)
Dry Bulb 5%
(32) MCDB 35.6 37.9 48.9 62.6 71.6 77.9 81.3 81.3 74.8 62.6 45.8 35.8 (32)
Temperatures
(33) WB 29.2 32.1 38.8 47.8 57.4 65.6 69.6 67.9 60.8 49.9 36.8 29.9 (33)
10%
(34) MCDB 31.3 34.3 43.7 57.9 67.8 75.6 79.7 79.7 73.1 58.8 41.7 32.3 (34)

(35) MDBR 18.3 18.1 19.0 22.9 23.7 22.0 23.2 26.4 26.3 22.6 18.0 17.1 (35)
(36) Mean Daily MCDBR 21.5 21.2 28.4 33.8 30.8 28.2 27.9 33.1 35.4 33.7 26.4 20.3 (36)
5% DB
(37) Temperature MCWBR 18.2 17.0 18.2 18.2 15.0 13.9 13.5 14.1 16.5 18.6 17.5 16.5 (37)
(38) Range MCDBR 21.4 20.7 26.6 30.9 27.4 23.9 24.7 27.5 30.4 31.2 23.8 19.9 (38)
5% WB
(39) MCWBR 18.5 16.9 17.9 17.5 14.9 13.7 13.7 13.8 15.6 17.9 16.3 16.7 (39)

(40) taub 0.250 0.257 0.291 0.329 0.345 0.366 0.376 0.384 0.341 0.298 0.265 0.243 (40)
Clear-Sky
(41) taud 2.402 2.424 2.450 2.400 2.408 2.394 2.382 2.337 2.428 2.526 2.494 2.447 (41)
Solar
(42) Irradiance Ebn,noon 267 292 296 293 291 284 279 271 274 272 260 257 (42)
(43) Edh,noon 20 25 29 34 36 36 36 36 30 23 19 17 (43)

(44) All-Sky Solar RadAvg 530 892 1279 1567 1739 1898 2057 1685 1282 806 481 366 (44)
(45) Radiation RadStd 59 86 111 113 109 105 66 131 81 84 56 46 (45)

Nomenclature: See separate page