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

GULLFAX (PLATFORM), Norway WMO#: 013755

Lat: 61.03N Long: 2.03E Elev: 10 StdP: 101.2 Time Zone: 0.00 (XXX) Period: 90-06 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

2 -0.9 0.1 -8.5 1.8 1.3 -7.1 2.1 1.9 32.1 4.3 29.5 4.7 14.5 330
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

8 2.2 18.0 14.7 16.9 14.8 15.8 14.2 16.2 17.2 15.2 16.3 14.2 15.3 8.7 170
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

15.9 11.3 16.7 14.8 10.6 15.8 13.9 9.9 14.8 45.4 16.9 42.4 16.0 39.6 15.2 456
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

27.8 25.1 22.8 18.7 -3.4 20.4 1.7 2.3 -4.6 22.1 -5.7 23.5 -6.6 24.8 -7.9 26.5
Monthly Climatic Design Conditions

Annual Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tavg 8.2 5.3 4.5 4.7 6.0 8.0 10.1 12.4 13.2 11.8 9.1 7.0 5.7
Sd 1.87 2.28 2.01 1.78 2.10 2.04 1.80 1.96 1.84 1.97 1.83 2.27
Temperatures, HDD10.0 944 145 155 166 119 69 20 1 0 4 40 91 134
Degree-Days HDD18.3 3709 403 388 424 369 320 246 184 159 196 287 341 392
and CDD10.0 278 0 0 0 1 7 24 75 101 58 12 0 0
Degree-Hours CDD18.3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
CDH23.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CDH26.7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DB 9.2 9.8 9.1 12.1 17.8 19.1 19.0 21.1 18.1 13.2 11.1 10.1
0.4%
Monthly Design
MCWB 8.5 9.2 7.7 8.0 11.4 13.5 14.1 15.5 14.4 11.5 10.1 9.5
Dry Bulb DB 9.0 9.0 8.2 9.9 14.9 16.5 16.9 18.2 16.1 12.8 10.2 9.2
2%
and MCWB 8.3 8.4 7.4 7.4 11.2 12.9 14.8 15.8 14.0 11.3 9.2 8.7
Mean Coincident DB 8.2 8.1 8.0 8.9 11.8 13.9 15.9 17.0 15.0 12.1 10.0 9.1
Wet Bulb 5%
MCWB 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 9.0 11.7 14.6 15.7 13.4 10.8 9.0 8.5
Temperatures
DB 8.0 7.6 7.2 8.1 10.2 12.2 14.9 15.9 14.1 11.8 9.2 8.8
10%
MCWB 7.1 6.6 6.3 6.9 8.8 10.7 13.6 14.7 12.8 10.5 8.3 8.1
WB 8.9 9.2 8.2 9.1 12.9 14.3 16.7 17.7 15.3 12.6 10.7 9.8
0.4%
Monthly Design
MCDB 9.1 9.3 8.3 10.2 15.9 17.1 18.0 18.7 16.6 13.0 10.8 9.9
Wet Bulb WB 8.2 8.3 7.7 8.0 10.7 13.0 15.7 16.7 14.3 11.9 9.9 9.1
2%
and MCDB 8.4 8.5 7.8 8.6 13.7 15.8 16.5 17.8 15.5 12.4 10.1 9.1
Mean Coincident WB 7.6 7.5 7.1 7.6 9.8 12.1 14.9 15.8 13.9 11.4 9.2 8.5
Dry Bulb 5%
MCDB 8.0 7.9 7.4 8.2 10.8 13.9 15.8 16.9 14.9 12.0 9.4 8.7
Temperatures
WB 7.0 6.6 6.6 7.1 9.1 11.3 14.0 14.8 13.2 10.7 8.7 7.8
10%
MCDB 7.6 7.2 7.0 7.7 9.9 12.6 14.8 15.9 14.1 11.5 9.1 8.2
MDBR 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.6
Mean Daily MCDBR 3.1 3.3 3.0 3.1 4.5 4.5 3.6 3.7 3.1 2.3 2.6 2.6
5% DB
Temperature MCWBR 3.6 3.8 3.2 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.4 2.5 3.1 3.6
Range MCDBR 3.0 3.3 2.6 2.6 3.2 3.7 3.0 3.3 2.5 2.2 2.5 2.6
5% WB
MCWBR 3.7 4.1 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.8 3.4 3.7
taub 0.310 0.327 0.364 0.415 0.399 0.387 0.398 0.413 0.394 0.362 0.343 0.306
Clear Sky
taud 2.452 2.267 2.138 1.973 2.069 2.187 2.178 2.103 2.103 2.135 2.295 2.287
Solar
Irradiance Ebn,noon 478 655 743 766 819 839 818 765 698 580 397 303
Edh,noon 47 79 112 151 147 133 131 131 114 85 51 40

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