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

MINOT INTL, ND, USA WMO#: 727676

Lat: 48.255N Long: 101.273W Elev: 1665 StdP: 13.83 Time Zone: -6.00 (NAC) Period: 90-14 WBAN: 24013
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 -18.1 -13.2 -25.4 1.4 -17.8 -20.2 1.9 -12.7 33.3 20.9 30.9 18.8 11.5 290 (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 21.6 90.5 69.3 86.9 68.2 83.7 66.2 73.5 84.0 71.1 81.9 68.9 79.8 12.4 150 (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) 70.2 118.4 79.9 67.6 107.9 77.6 65.0 98.4 74.8 38.4 83.9 36.0 82.4 34.1 79.8 83.3 (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) 27.9 24.9 21.9 DB -22.5 97.6 5.8 3.4 -26.6 100.1 -30.0 102.1 -33.2 104.1 -37.4 106.6 (4)
(5) WB -22.8 77.8 5.6 2.9 -26.8 79.9 -30.1 81.6 -33.3 83.3 -37.4 85.4 (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 42.1 12.3 16.8 27.6 42.3 54.3 63.7 69.4 68.7 59.1 44.7 28.5 16.0 (6)
(7) DBStd 23.10 15.08 13.88 13.63 10.89 8.73 6.97 6.12 6.54 8.52 10.03 11.99 13.86 (7)
(8) Temperatures, HDD50 5073 1169 930 698 275 56 2 0 0 18 224 647 1054 (8)
(9) Degree-Days HDD65 8794 1634 1350 1160 681 343 103 27 38 214 631 1094 1519 (9)
(10) and CDD50 2183 0 0 3 45 189 413 601 579 291 60 2 0 (10)
(11)
Degree-Hours CDD65 431 0 0 0 1 12 64 164 151 37 2 0 0 (11)
(12) CDH74 4739 0 0 0 36 198 680 1637 1616 522 50 0 0 (12)
(13) CDH80 1636 0 0 0 6 49 191 570 636 172 12 0 0 (13)

(14) Wind WSAvg 11.1 12.2 11.7 11.6 11.6 11.7 10.4 9.5 9.6 10.4 11.5 11.9 11.8 (14)

(15) PrecAvg 18.00 0.70 0.50 0.80 1.70 2.40 3.10 2.60 2.00 1.70 1.00 0.70 0.60 (15)
(16) PrecMax 28.40 2.10 1.50 2.80 8.10 6.80 8.00 7.40 6.30 6.10 4.60 2.70 1.90 (16)
Precipitation
(17) PrecMin 10.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.10 0.10 0.30 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 (17)
(18) PrecStd 4.60 0.50 0.40 0.70 1.80 1.60 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.30 1.10 0.60 0.50 (18)

(19) DB 45.3 50.6 65.1 79.1 86.1 90.3 94.6 95.2 90.9 80.0 62.8 47.1 (19)
0.4%
(20)
Monthly Design MCWB 38.6 42.3 49.6 55.8 62.8 71.2 71.9 71.1 65.8 58.1 48.2 39.2 (20)
(21) Dry Bulb DB 41.0 43.3 56.1 71.7 79.2 85.4 89.8 90.9 84.5 72.0 54.5 42.1 (21)
2%
(22) and MCWB 35.9 37.5 45.2 53.0 59.3 67.1 71.5 68.2 63.1 55.0 43.0 36.3 (22)
(23) Mean Coincident DB 37.6 39.1 49.9 66.1 74.6 81.4 86.1 86.9 80.4 65.8 49.0 38.0 (23)
Wet Bulb 5%
(24) MCWB 33.8 35.2 41.6 49.9 57.3 65.5 70.2 67.5 61.7 51.4 40.3 33.5 (24)
Temperatures
(25) DB 33.8 35.7 44.8 60.6 70.4 77.5 82.5 82.9 75.1 60.2 44.4 34.4 (25)
10%
(26) MCWB 30.9 32.6 39.0 47.6 55.6 63.3 67.6 66.0 59.3 48.8 38.0 31.0 (26)

(27) WB 39.1 42.5 52.0 58.1 66.2 75.2 77.5 75.5 69.7 60.4 49.3 40.1 (27)
0.4%
(28)
Monthly Design
MCDB 44.6 49.0 62.8 75.4 79.4 84.6 87.3 86.0 84.0 75.1 62.3 45.7 (28)
(29) Wet Bulb WB 36.3 38.4 46.2 54.5 62.4 70.5 74.5 71.7 66.4 56.1 44.0 36.8 (29)
2%
(30) and MCDB 40.5 42.7 54.9 68.8 74.3 80.2 84.8 84.0 78.8 68.6 52.9 41.7 (30)
(31) Mean Coincident WB 33.9 35.4 42.0 51.3 59.4 67.7 72.2 69.6 63.6 53.2 41.0 33.9 (31)
Dry Bulb 5%
(32) MCDB 37.5 39.1 49.1 62.8 70.3 77.7 82.2 82.1 75.1 63.2 48.1 38.0 (32)
Temperatures
(33) WB 31.0 32.7 39.0 48.4 57.1 65.2 69.9 67.8 60.9 50.1 38.1 31.2 (33)
10%
(34) MCDB 33.8 35.4 44.4 59.4 67.4 74.9 80.0 79.3 73.1 59.5 44.1 34.4 (34)

(35) MDBR 16.2 16.4 17.4 21.1 21.8 20.0 21.6 23.9 23.2 19.7 16.1 15.1 (35)
(36) Mean Daily MCDBR 18.4 18.9 24.7 30.0 28.6 25.7 26.3 29.4 31.2 29.4 23.8 18.7 (36)
5% DB
(37) Temperature MCWBR 14.9 14.3 15.7 15.5 13.9 12.2 12.3 12.3 14.2 15.4 14.8 14.7 (37)
(38) Range MCDBR 18.1 17.6 23.7 27.5 24.3 22.5 23.4 26.2 27.3 27.3 22.4 18.8 (38)
5% WB
(39) MCWBR 14.9 13.7 15.7 15.1 13.0 12.6 12.9 12.6 14.0 15.2 14.6 15.3 (39)

(40) taub 0.251 0.258 0.292 0.329 0.346 0.367 0.376 0.385 0.341 0.299 0.266 0.244 (40)
Clear-Sky
(41) taud 2.406 2.427 2.452 2.401 2.409 2.394 2.383 2.338 2.432 2.525 2.493 2.449 (41)
Solar
(42) Irradiance Ebn,noon 268 292 297 293 291 284 279 271 274 272 260 257 (42)
(43) Edh,noon 20 25 29 34 36 36 36 36 30 23 19 17 (43)

(44) All-Sky Solar RadAvg 533 893 1275 1566 1737 1905 2059 1692 1289 809 487 369 (44)
(45) Radiation RadStd 61 88 111 107 113 106 69 129 81 85 57 45 (45)

Nomenclature: See separate page