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

GANGCA, China WMO#: 527540

Lat: 37.33N Long: 100.13E Elev: 10833 StdP: 9.78 Time Zone: 8.00 (CHN) 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 -7.0 -3.8 -29.1 1.6 8.6 -24.7 2.1 8.6 29.6 21.5 25.5 20.6 5.7 340
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

7 16.2 67.1 51.6 64.3 50.1 61.8 48.8 54.5 63.3 52.6 61.1 50.9 59.2 7.6 160
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 55/69

51.0 83.8 59.6 49.1 78.0 57.5 47.2 72.5 55.9 27.8 63.2 26.4 61.0 25.1 59.3 419
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

25.5 21.1 17.5 60.8 -13.1 71.8 3.6 3.2 -15.7 74.1 -17.8 76.0 -19.8 77.8 -22.5 80.1
Monthly Climatic Design Conditions

Annual Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tavg 33.2 10.3 15.6 24.5 34.5 42.0 47.8 52.4 51.7 44.9 34.8 23.3 15.0
Sd 5.84 6.19 6.64 6.23 5.17 3.96 4.34 4.23 4.57 5.27 5.58 5.12
Temperatures, HDD50 6358 1231 963 791 464 251 86 21 29 165 471 800 1086
Degree-Days HDD65 11620 1696 1383 1256 914 712 515 391 413 603 936 1250 1551
and CDD50 215 0 0 0 0 4 21 96 81 13 0 0 0
Degree-Hours CDD65 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
CDH74 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
CDH80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DB 32.6 39.7 50.0 60.1 62.6 66.2 72.9 70.1 64.8 55.0 44.6 35.3
0.4%
Monthly Design
MCWB 22.0 26.1 31.9 38.1 42.1 48.0 54.9 53.0 51.4 38.6 30.1 24.7
Dry Bulb DB 28.3 35.4 44.7 55.2 58.9 62.6 67.8 66.9 60.3 51.6 41.3 31.9
2%
and MCWB 19.5 24.0 29.1 36.4 40.7 46.6 52.8 51.7 47.9 37.0 28.1 22.2
Mean Coincident DB 25.2 31.7 40.7 51.0 56.1 59.9 64.6 64.0 57.1 48.6 38.5 29.3
Wet Bulb 5%
MCWB 17.2 21.6 27.4 34.1 39.8 45.5 51.1 50.6 45.1 35.4 26.6 20.4
Temperatures
DB 22.1 28.0 37.2 47.2 53.2 57.4 61.8 61.2 54.5 45.8 35.5 26.4
10%
MCWB 15.1 19.5 26.1 32.3 38.9 44.8 50.1 49.4 43.7 34.1 25.0 18.4
WB 22.3 26.9 32.9 40.8 45.3 53.0 57.5 56.7 54.3 42.3 31.4 25.3
0.4%
Monthly Design
MCDB 31.5 38.8 46.4 55.2 56.8 61.2 67.9 66.2 60.9 50.4 42.4 34.6
Wet Bulb WB 19.6 24.2 30.4 37.8 43.2 49.9 54.8 54.3 50.1 39.5 28.8 22.5
2%
and MCDB 28.0 34.6 41.9 52.1 54.8 57.8 64.1 62.9 57.7 47.8 39.8 31.2
Mean Coincident WB 17.3 22.0 28.5 35.5 41.5 47.9 53.0 52.3 47.4 37.5 27.1 20.5
Dry Bulb 5%
MCDB 24.7 31.1 38.3 48.3 52.2 56.3 61.9 60.9 55.0 45.6 37.7 28.8
Temperatures
WB 15.2 19.7 26.7 33.2 39.9 46.2 51.3 50.7 45.1 35.5 25.2 18.5
10%
MCDB 21.8 27.7 36.3 45.4 50.1 55.1 59.8 59.0 52.4 43.5 34.7 26.1
MDBR 22.5 23.2 22.4 20.1 18.0 16.5 16.2 17.3 17.3 20.0 22.6 22.5
Mean Daily MCDBR 24.1 26.1 26.1 25.1 22.5 21.2 20.4 20.6 20.4 22.5 24.1 24.1
5% DB
Temperature MCWBR 18.0 18.2 15.6 12.6 10.7 10.4 9.7 10.0 10.4 12.1 15.2 17.5
Range MCDBR 23.4 24.8 22.7 22.3 18.6 16.7 16.1 16.9 16.9 18.9 23.2 23.4
5% WB
MCWBR 17.8 17.6 13.9 12.0 10.0 9.6 8.6 9.2 9.2 11.3 15.1 17.2
taub 0.206 0.230 0.284 0.357 0.392 0.419 0.395 0.386 0.340 0.310 0.257 0.216
Clear Sky
taud 2.681 2.493 2.202 1.938 1.886 1.882 2.034 2.052 2.172 2.171 2.353 2.690
Solar
Irradiance Ebn,noon 326 325 312 292 282 274 279 280 288 287 296 315
Edh,noon 23 30 43 59 63 63 54 52 44 41 31 22

CDDn Cooling degree-days base n°F, °F-day Lat Latitude, ° Period Years used to calculate the design conditions
CDHn Cooling degree-hours base n°F, °F-hour Long Longitude, ° Sd Standard deviation of daily average temperature, °F
DB Dry bulb temperature, °F MCDB Mean coincident dry bulb temperature, °F StdP Standard pressure at station elevation, psi
DP Dew point temperature, °F MCDBR Mean coincident dry bulb temp. range, °F taub Clear sky optical depth for beam irradiance
Ebn,noon } Clear sky beam normal and diffuse hori- MCDP Mean coincident dew point temperature, °F taud Clear sky optical depth for diffuse irradiance
Edh,noon } zontal irradiances at solar noon, Btu/h/ft2 MCWB Mean coincident wet bulb temperature, °F Tavg Average temperature, °F
Elev Elevation, ft MCWBR Mean coincident wet bulb temp. range, °F Time Zone Hours ahead or behind UTC, and time zone code
Enth Enthalpy, Btu/lb MCWS Mean coincident wind speed, mph WB Wet bulb temperature, °F
HDDn Heating degree-days base n°F, °F-day MDBR Mean dry bulb temp. range, °F WBAN Weather Bureau Army Navy number
Hours 8/4 & 55/69 Number of hours between 8 a.m. PCWD Prevailing coincident wind direction, °, WMO# World Meteorological Organization number
and 4 p.m with DB between 55 and 69 °F 0 = North, 90 = East WS Wind speed, mph
HR Humidity ratio, grains of moisture per lb of dry air