2009 ASHRAE Handbook - Fundamentals (SI) © 2009 ASHRAE, Inc.

KOTA BHARU, Malaysia WMO#: 486150

Lat: 6.17N Long: 102.28E Elev: 5 StdP: 101.26 Time Zone: 8.00 (MLY) Period: 82-06 WBAN: 99999
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

1 21.9 22.5 20.0 14.7 25.5 20.5 15.2 25.6 8.4 27.5 7.9 27.6 0.8 230
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

5 7.0 33.1 26.4 32.6 26.3 32.1 26.2 27.5 31.1 27.1 30.9 26.8 30.6 3.8 80
Dehumidification DP/MCDB and HR Enthalpy/MCDB Hours
0.4% 1% 2% 0.4% 1% 2% 8 to 4 &
DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB Enth MCDB Enth MCDB Enth MCDB 12.8/20.6

26.4 21.9 29.5 26.1 21.5 29.3 25.8 21.1 29.0 87.2 31.5 85.7 31.1 84.4 30.8 1
Extreme Annual Design Conditions

Extreme Extreme Annual DB n-Year Return Period Values of Extreme DB

Extreme Annual WS
Max Mean Standard deviation n=5 years n=10 years n=20 years n=50 years
1% 2.5% 5% WB Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max

7.3 6.4 5.6 31.3 20.8 34.8 0.9 1.0 20.1 35.5 19.6 36.1 19.2 36.7 18.5 37.4
Monthly Climatic Design Conditions

Annual Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tavg 27.3 26.2 26.5 27.4 28.3 28.5 28.2 27.8 27.7 27.5 27.2 26.5 26.3
Sd 0.94 0.91 1.00 0.89 0.82 0.76 0.84 0.75 0.69 0.80 1.06 1.02
Temperatures, HDD10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Degree-Days HDD18.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
and CDD10.0 6332 502 463 538 551 574 547 552 548 524 532 497 504
Degree-Hours CDD18.3 3291 243 229 280 301 316 297 294 290 274 274 247 246
CDH23.3 33058 2132 2144 2937 3471 3638 3249 3048 2917 2628 2591 2158 2146
CDH26.7 10973 377 534 976 1406 1508 1303 1149 1071 919 804 531 394
DB 30.2 31.3 32.5 33.8 33.7 33.2 33.1 33.0 32.3 32.0 31.2 30.6
0.4%
Monthly Design
MCWB 25.4 25.5 26.1 26.5 26.8 26.2 26.1 25.9 25.7 25.8 25.8 26.0
Dry Bulb DB 29.5 30.5 31.7 32.9 33.0 32.6 32.2 32.0 31.7 31.2 30.5 29.7
2%
and MCWB 24.9 25.2 25.8 26.3 26.6 26.3 26.0 25.8 25.8 25.8 25.8 25.4
Mean Coincident DB 29.0 30.0 31.1 32.2 32.4 32.1 31.7 31.4 31.1 30.7 30.0 29.1
Wet Bulb 5%
MCWB 24.6 24.9 25.7 26.2 26.5 26.3 26.0 25.9 25.8 25.8 25.7 25.0
Temperatures
DB 28.5 29.3 30.6 31.7 31.9 31.6 31.1 30.9 30.6 30.2 29.3 28.6
10%
MCWB 24.4 24.7 25.5 26.2 26.4 26.2 25.9 25.9 25.7 25.7 25.5 24.8
WB 26.2 26.5 27.1 27.7 28.0 27.7 27.4 27.2 27.2 27.2 26.9 26.7
0.4%
Monthly Design
MCDB 29.1 30.1 30.9 31.8 31.7 31.5 31.0 30.5 30.5 30.2 29.7 29.4
Wet Bulb WB 25.6 25.8 26.6 27.1 27.4 27.2 26.9 26.7 26.7 26.6 26.3 26.0
2%
and MCDB 28.5 29.3 30.4 31.3 31.3 31.0 30.6 30.2 30.2 29.9 29.2 28.7
Mean Coincident WB 25.2 25.5 26.2 26.7 27.1 26.8 26.6 26.5 26.3 26.2 26.0 25.6
Dry Bulb 5%
MCDB 28.0 28.8 29.9 30.8 31.0 30.6 30.2 30.0 29.9 29.5 28.9 28.2
Temperatures
WB 24.9 25.1 25.9 26.5 26.7 26.5 26.2 26.1 26.0 25.9 25.7 25.2
10%
MCDB 27.6 28.4 29.5 30.5 30.6 30.3 29.9 29.7 29.7 29.2 28.4 27.7
MDBR 4.9 6.0 6.5 7.0 7.0 7.3 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.1 5.0 4.4
Mean Daily MCDBR 5.5 6.7 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.4 6.8 6.2 5.3
5% DB
Temperature MCWBR 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.7 2.4 2.1
Range MCDBR 4.8 6.0 6.5 7.2 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.3 5.7 4.8
5% WB
MCWBR 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.2 2.8 2.4 2.3
taub 0.466 0.465 0.480 0.472 0.479 0.520 0.502 0.504 0.501 0.503 0.474 0.466
Clear Sky
taud 2.122 2.146 2.102 2.153 2.127 1.968 2.036 2.036 2.053 2.033 2.128 2.131
Solar
Irradiance Ebn,noon 854 865 851 843 818 774 793 806 820 820 840 846
Edh,noon 160 160 168 157 157 180 170 174 174 176 158 156

CDDn Cooling degree-days base n°C, °C-day Lat Latitude, ° Period Years used to calculate the design conditions
CDHn Cooling degree-hours base n°C, °C-hour Long Longitude, ° Sd Standard deviation of daily average temperature, °C
DB Dry bulb temperature, °C MCDB Mean coincident dry bulb temperature, °C StdP Standard pressure at station elevation, kPa
DP Dew point temperature, °C MCDBR Mean coincident dry bulb temp. range, °C taub Clear sky optical depth for beam irradiance
Ebn,noon } Clear sky beam normal and diffuse hori- MCDP Mean coincident dew point temperature, °C taud Clear sky optical depth for diffuse irradiance
Edh,noon } zontal irradiances at solar noon, W/m2 MCWB Mean coincident wet bulb temperature, °C Tavg Average temperature, °C
Elev Elevation, m MCWBR Mean coincident wet bulb temp. range, °C Time Zone Hours ahead or behind UTC, and time zone code
Enth Enthalpy, kJ/kg MCWS Mean coincident wind speed, m/s WB Wet bulb temperature, °C
HDDn Heating degree-days base n°C, °C-day MDBR Mean dry bulb temp. range, °C WBAN Weather Bureau Army Navy number
Hours 8/4 & 12.8/20.6 Number of hours between 8 a.m. PCWD Prevailing coincident wind direction, °, WMO# World Meteorological Organization number
and 4 p.m with DB between 12.8 and 20.6 °C 0 = North, 90 = East WS Wind speed, m/s
HR Humidity ratio, g of moisture per kg of dry air