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MDBR 10.6 10.2 9.9 9.8 9.1 7.4 6.4 6.4 7.6 8.7 9.0 10.2
Mean Daily MCDBR 11.4 11.4 11.1 11.1 10.4 8.8 7.6 7.5 8.6 9.8 9.9 10.9
5% DB
Temperature MCWBR 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.4 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.1
Range MCDBR 9.4 9.9 10.1 9.6 9.1 8.1 7.1 6.8 7.9 9.0 9.0 9.4
5% WB
MCWBR 3.8 4.3 4.9 4.8 5.1 4.1 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.1
taub 0.676 0.731 0.704 0.489 0.435 0.440 0.447 0.427 0.400 0.414 0.501 0.628
Clear Sky
taud 1.665 1.592 1.650 2.200 2.378 2.348 2.307 2.351 2.440 2.414 2.133 1.764
Solar
Ebn at noon 684 660 681 828 854 837 835 869 909 903 820 711
Irradiance
Edn at noon 255 279 264 149 121 123 129 127 118 121 158 228
All-Sky Solar RadAvg 5.17 4.93 4.89 4.97 4.70 3.97 3.67 3.63 4.23 4.43 4.67 4.96
Radiation RadStd 0.28 0.29 0.23 0.16 0.20 0.27 0.25 0.28 0.20 0.14 0.16 0.24
Historical Trends
Heating Cooling Degree-Days
DBAvg 99% 99% 1% 1%
1% DP HDD10.0 HDD18.3 CDD10.0 CDD18.3
DB DP DB WB
Station Only N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Regional (0 neighbors) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cooling degree-days base n°C, °C- Years used to calculate the design
CDDn Lat Latitude, ° Period
day conditions
Cooling degree-hours base n°C, °C- Standard deviation of daily average
CDHn Long Longitude, ° Sd
hour temperature, °C
Mean coincident dry Standard pressure at station elevation,
DB Dry bulb temperature, °C MCDB StdP
bulb temperature, °C kPa
Mean coincident dry Clear sky optical depth for beam
DP Dew point temperature, °C MCDBR taub
bulb temp. range, °C irradiance
Mean coincident dew Clear sky optical depth for diffuse
Ebn,noon Clear sky beam normal and diffuse MCDP taud
point temperature, °C irradiance
horizontal irradiances at solar noon,
Mean coincident wet
Edh,noon W/m2 MCWB Tavg Average temperature, °C
bulb temperature, °C
Mean coincident wet
Elev Elevation, m MCWBR Time Zone Hours ahead or behind UTC
bulb temp. range, °C
Mean coincident wind
Enth Enthalpy, kJ/kg MCWS WB Wet bulb temperature, °C
speed, m/s
Number of hours between 8 a.m. and
Heating degree-days base n°C, °C- Mean dry bulb temp. Hours 8/4 &
HDDn MDBR 4 p.m with DB between 12.8 and
day range, °C 12.8/20.6
20.6 °C
Prevailing coincident wind direction, Humidity ratio, g of moisture per kg
PCWD WS Wind speed, m/s HR
°,0 = North, 90 = East of dry air