2005 ASHRAE Handbook - Fundamentals (IP) © 2005 ASHRAE, Inc.

Design conditions for KARACHI INTL ARPT, Pakistan

Station Information

Hours +/- Time zone

Station name WMO# Lat Long Elev StdP Period
UTC code
1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 1g 1h 1i

KARACHI INTL ARPT 417800 24.90N 67.13E 72 14.658 5.00 ASW 8201
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
2 3a 3b 4a 4b 4c 4d 4e 4f 5a 5b 5c 5d 6a 6b

1 49.7 52.0 17.5 13.3 73.7 23.7 18.0 71.5 23.0 68.1 19.1 68.5 3.2 50
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 8 9a 9b 9c 9d 9e 9f 10a 10b 10c 10d 10e 10f 11a 11b

6 11.3 101.9 73.3 98.7 74.4 96.6 75.3 82.8 91.8 82.1 90.8 81.5 89.9 9.2 230
Dehumidification DP/MCDB and HR Enthalpy/MCDB
0.4% 1% 2% 0.4% 1% 2%
DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB Enth MCDB Enth MCDB Enth MCDB
12a 12b 12c 12d 12e 12f 12g 12h 12i 13a 13b 13c 13d 13e 13f

80.8 160.6 87.3 80.0 156.1 87.0 79.1 151.7 86.7 47.1 92.4 46.2 91.2 45.5 90.5
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 Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min
14a 14b 14c 15 16a 16b 16c 16d 17a 17b 17c 17d 17e 17f 17g 17h

20.4 18.1 16.3 91.8 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Monthly Design Dry Bulb and Mean Coincident Wet Bulb Temperatures

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

% DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB
18a 18b 18c 18d 18e 18f 18g 18h 18i 18j 18k 18l

0.4% 83.9 61.6 90.1 64.3 98.8 70.1 103.9 69.1 105.6 71.5 104.4 77.6
1% 82.5 61.2 88.1 64.1 96.2 67.1 100.5 69.7 102.7 72.0 101.1 80.5
2% 81.0 60.4 87.0 63.4 94.1 67.6 98.3 70.8 100.7 73.6 98.5 80.1
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
% DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB
18m 18n 18o 18p 18q 18r 18s 18t 18u 18v 18w 18x

0.4% 98.5 81.3 97.0 81.1 99.9 76.4 103.8 71.1 95.3 65.3 88.1 65.1
1% 96.7 81.2 94.6 80.2 96.8 77.7 102.0 70.4 94.7 65.2 86.4 64.6
2% 95.0 80.7 92.6 79.6 94.2 77.8 100.3 70.3 93.2 65.5 85.7 64.2
Monthly Design Wet Bulb and Mean Coincident Dry Bulb Temperatures

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

% WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB
19a 19b 19c 19d 19e 19f 19g 19h 19i 19j 19k 19l

0.4% 69.1 77.4 72.2 82.4 76.2 86.6 80.9 91.7 83.3 94.7 84.5 94.6
1% 68.1 76.0 71.0 80.4 75.4 85.8 80.0 90.5 82.5 93.2 83.6 93.6
2% 67.0 75.0 70.2 79.0 74.4 84.9 79.1 89.4 81.8 92.0 83.0 92.8
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
% WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB
19m 19n 19o 19p 19q 19r 19s 19t 19u 19v 19w 19x

0.4% 83.7 90.7 83.1 90.2 81.8 88.6 80.2 89.5 75.6 85.1 72.8 80.9
1% 82.9 90.3 82.3 89.2 80.9 88.4 79.7 89.3 74.6 84.1 71.8 80.3
2% 82.4 90.1 81.5 88.1 80.1 88.0 79.1 89.1 73.8 83.5 70.7 79.3
Monthly Mean Daily Temperature Range

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
20a 20b 20c 20d 20e 20f 20g 20h 20i 20j 20k 20l

23.8 23.4 21.8 19.2 15.1 11.3 9.0 8.4 11.5 21.8 25.2 25.0

WMO# World Meteorological Organization number Lat Latitude, ° Long Longitude, °

Elev Elevation, ft StdP Standard pressure at station elevation, psi
DB Dry bulb temperature, °F DP Dew point temperature, °F WB Wet bulb temperature, °F
WS Wind speed, mph Enth Enthalpy, Btu/lb HR Humidity ratio, grains of moisture per lb of dry air
MCDB Mean coincident dry bulb temperature, °F MCWB Mean coincident wet bulb temperature, °F MCWS Mean coincident wind speed, mph
PCWD Prevailing coincident wind direction, °, 0 = North, 90 = East