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Location CALIFORNIA, USA

Latitude N 33' 55"


Longitude W 118' 24"
Altitude 32m
Climate Type HOT AND DRY
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Sunshine hoursa 193.08 200.08 225.04 228.83 236.08 227.92 284.42 275.17 235.5 196.71 185.04 177.71 222.13
Cloud cover (%)c 48.95 61.25 47.66 44.2 48.08 53 40 35.7 39.41 46.25 34.12 40.37 44.916
Solar irradiation daily avg. (Wh/m2)a
global 2975 3879 5179 6021 6725 6709 7233 6694 5554 4115 3146 2689 5077
diffuse 865 1343 1748 2125 2378 2481 2018 1809 1600 1321 974 840 1625
Relative Humidity (%)
Maxm. 100 100 100 97 100 100 93 100 100 100 100 100 99.2
Minm. 10 5 13 6 39 56 41 27 46 13 19 5 23.3
Air Temperature oC
mean max. 17.2 16.6 16.5 18.4 20.5 20.7 22.3 24.6 23.6 21.4 19.5 18.9 20.0
mean min. 10.2 10.1 10.7 12.3 14.5 15.5 17.8 17.7 16.8 14.7 11.5 9.2 13.4
Diurnal range 7 6.5 5.8 6.1 6 5.2 4.5 6.9 6.8 6.7 8 9.7 6.6
mean 13.7 13.4 13.6 15.4 17.5 18.1 20.1 21.2 20.2 18.1 15.5 14.1 16.7
Thermal Neutrality 22.0 21.9 22.0 22.6 23.2 23.4 24.0 24.4 24.1 23.4 22.6 22.2 23.0
Upper limit 24.5 24.4 24.5 25.1 25.7 25.9 26.5 26.9 26.6 25.9 25.1 24.7 25.5
Lower limit 19.547 19.439 19.516 20.059 20.725 20.911 21.516 21.857 21.562 20.896 20.105 19.656 20.5
Precipitation (mm)b 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.1 0.9 16.3
Wind Speed (m/s) 11.3 7.2 11.3 12.4 8.8 7.7 8.2 11.8 9.8 11.8 14.4 9.8 10.4

300
Sunshine

Average diurnal range of temperature (oK)


Hours

200 6.6
100 Annual mean range of temprature (oK) 15.4
0
8
(kWh/sqm)
Radiation

6
Solar

global
4
diffuse
2
0
100 morning
80
RH (%)

60
40
evening
20
0
50
Temperature

40
(ºC)

30 mean max.
20
mean
10
0 mean min.
2
Rainfall (mm)

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

a
Source of data: ISHRAE (2014) http://www.wmo.int/datastat/wmodata_en.htm
b
Indian Meteorological Department
45.0
40.0
35.0
30.0
25.0
20.0
15.0
10.0
5.0
0.0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
comfort zone mean min. mean max. mean
1424
3130

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