2021 ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals (SI) © 2021 ASHRAE, Inc.

GALLE, Sri Lanka WMO: 434950

Lat: 6.0296N Lon: 80.2143E Elev: 13 StdP: 101.17 Time Zone: 5.50 (IND) Period: 05-19 WBAN: 99999
Annual Heating, Humidification, and Ventilation 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 WSF
Month
99.6% 99% DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB WS MCDB WS MCDB MCWS PCWD
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p)
(1) 1 23.4 23.9 20.1 14.8 26.5 21.0 15.6 25.9 6.0 28.3 5.0 28.0 1.5 50 N/A (1)
Annual Cooling, Dehumidification, and Enthalpy Design Conditions
Hottest Cooling DB/MCWB Evaporation WB/MCDB MCWS/PCWD
Hottest to 0.4% DB
Month 0.4% 1% 2% 0.4% 1% 2%
Month
DB Range DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB MCWS PCWD
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p)
(2) 5 2.9 32.0 26.6 31.4 26.7 30.9 26.7 27.8 30.4 27.6 30.1 27.3 29.8 2.6 180 (2)
Dehumidification DP/MCDB and HR Enthalpy/MCDB
Extreme
0.4% 1% 2% 0.4% 1% 2%
Max WB
DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB Enth MCDB Enth MCDB Enth MCDB
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p)
(3) 27.1 22.9 29.7 26.8 22.5 29.4 26.6 22.2 29.3 89.2 30.8 87.8 30.2 86.8 29.9 29.5 (3)
Extreme Annual Design Conditions
Extreme Annual Temperature n-Year Return Period Values of Extreme Temperature
Extreme Annual WS
Mean Standard Deviation n=5 years n=10 years n=20 years n=50 years
1% 2.5% 5% Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max
(a) (b) (c) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p)
(4) 8.7 7.6 6.4 DB 21.3 33.5 1.1 0.7 20.5 34.0 19.8 34.4 19.2 34.8 18.4 35.3 (4)
(5) WB 19.6 28.4 1.4 0.5 18.6 28.8 17.8 29.1 17.0 29.4 16.0 29.8 (5)
Monthly Climatic Design Conditions
Annual Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
(d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p)
(6) DBAvg 27.6 26.8 27.2 28.2 28.5 28.4 28.0 27.6 27.4 27.5 27.4 27.2 26.9 (6)
(7) DBStd 1.00 0.86 0.77 0.81 0.97 0.88 0.83 0.88 0.84 0.83 0.87 0.75 0.85 (7)
(8) Temperatures, HDD10.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (8)
(9) Degree-Days HDD18.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (9)
(10) and CDD10.0 6420 521 481 563 554 571 539 546 541 525 540 515 525 (10)
(11) Degree-Hours CDD18.3 3378 262 247 305 304 312 289 287 282 275 282 265 267 (11)
(12) CDH23.3 37025 2562 2559 3546 3711 3825 3366 3161 3067 2995 3019 2639 2574 (12)
(13) CDH26.7 10636 578 672 1267 1448 1399 1014 784 703 719 791 656 604 (13)
(14) Wind WSAvg 2.5 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.9 3.0 4.0 3.9 3.3 3.5 2.5 1.9 1.6 (14)
(15) PrecAvg 2432 80 80 105 210 296 168 194 180 266 352 316 185 (15)
(16) PrecMax 3864 167 266 224 408 589 362 467 392 610 637 750 553 (16)
Precipitation
(17) PrecMin 1883 1 5 24 74 49 87 50 37 51 45 121 29 (17)
(18) PrecStd 411 41 62 57 95 135 72 126 88 150 153 156 119 (18)
(19) DB 31.4 32.1 33.0 33.2 31.6 30.6 30.2 29.9 30.0 30.7 31.6 31.6 (19)
0.4%
(20)
Monthly Design MCWB 25.6 25.5 26.4 28.2 27.7 27.1 26.7 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.4 26.0 (20)
(21) Dry Bulb DB 30.2 30.8 32.1 31.9 30.8 30.0 29.7 29.4 29.6 30.1 30.5 30.5 (21)
2%
(22) and MCWB 25.5 25.9 26.2 27.4 27.4 27.1 26.5 26.4 26.4 26.4 26.3 26.0 (22)
(23) Mean Coincident DB 29.5 30.1 31.4 31.3 30.4 29.6 29.3 29.1 29.2 29.6 29.9 29.7 (23)
Wet Bulb 5%
(24) MCWB 25.4 25.7 26.3 27.1 27.2 26.9 26.4 26.3 26.3 26.2 26.2 25.8 (24)
(25) Temperatures DB 29.0 29.5 30.7 30.7 30.0 29.2 29.0 28.7 28.8 29.2 29.3 29.2 (25)
10%
(26) MCWB 25.3 25.6 26.3 27.0 27.0 26.8 26.3 26.2 26.1 26.1 25.9 25.6 (26)
(27) WB 26.8 27.1 27.7 28.6 28.2 27.7 27.2 27.2 27.2 27.2 27.1 27.0 (27)
0.4%
(28)
Monthly Design MCDB 29.7 30.1 31.6 32.2 30.4 29.5 29.2 29.1 29.1 29.6 30.4 30.0 (28)
(29) Wet Bulb WB 26.3 26.6 27.2 27.9 27.9 27.5 27.0 26.8 26.8 26.7 26.7 26.6 (29)
2%
(30) and MCDB 29.1 29.6 30.8 30.9 30.1 29.2 28.9 28.7 28.8 29.2 29.6 29.5 (30)
(31) Mean Coincident WB 26.0 26.2 26.9 27.6 27.6 27.2 26.7 26.6 26.6 26.6 26.4 26.2 (31)
Dry Bulb 5%
(32) MCDB 28.8 29.1 30.4 30.6 29.8 29.0 28.6 28.6 28.6 29.0 29.2 29.1 (32)
(33) Temperatures WB 25.7 26.0 26.6 27.3 27.4 27.0 26.6 26.4 26.4 26.3 26.1 25.9 (33)
10%
(34) MCDB 28.4 28.9 30.0 30.2 29.5 28.9 28.5 28.4 28.4 28.7 28.9 28.7 (34)
(35) MDBR 4.9 5.0 5.6 4.6 2.9 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.5 3.4 4.7 4.8 (35)
(36) Mean Daily MCDBR 5.5 5.7 6.5 5.2 3.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.7 3.9 5.4 5.6 (36)
5% DB
(37) Temperature MCWBR 2.6 2.8 3.1 2.6 2.1 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.6 2.1 2.7 2.8 (37)
(38) Range MCDBR 4.9 5.1 5.7 4.9 3.1 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.7 3.7 5.1 5.1 (38)
5% WB
(39) MCWBR 2.7 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.7 2.2 2.8 2.9 (39)
(40) taub 0.441 0.458 0.487 0.476 0.499 0.490 0.509 0.485 0.455 0.456 0.465 0.453 (40)
(41) Clear-Sky taud 2.372 2.309 2.246 2.308 2.228 2.258 2.174 2.264 2.368 2.367 2.326 2.350 (41)
Solar
(42)
Irradiance Ebn at Noon 879 871 845 840 802 798 787 821 859 862 849 859 (42)
(43) Edh at Noon 125 136 145 134 142 135 148 139 127 126 130 126 (43)
(44) All-Sky Solar RadAvg 5.37 5.95 6.21 5.84 5.31 5.27 5.37 5.46 5.53 5.33 4.70 4.82 (44)
(45) Radiation RadStd 0.34 0.35 0.34 0.32 0.42 0.34 0.24 0.29 0.41 0.34 0.35 0.42 (45)
Historical Trends
Heating Cooling Degree-Days
DBAvg
99% DB 99% DP 1% DB 1% WB 1% DP HDD10.0 HDD18.3 CDD10.0 CDD18.3
(d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m)
(46) Station Only N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (46)
(47) Regional (7 neighbors) +0.17 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (47)
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Nomenclature — Tables of Climate Design Conditions

CDDn Cooling degree-days base n°C, °C-day

CDHn Cooling degree-hours base n°C, °C-hour
DB Dry bulb temperature, °C
DBAvg Average daily dry bulb temperature, °C
DBStd Standard deviation of daily average dry bulb temperature, °C
DP Dew point temperature, °C
Ebn at Noon Clear sky beam normal irradiance at solar noon, W/m²
Edh at Noon Clear sky diffuse horizontal irradiance at solar noon, W/m²
Elev Elevation, m
Enth Enthalpy, kJ/kg
HDDn Heating degree-days base n°C, °C-day
HR Humidity ratio, g of moisture per kg of dry air
Lat Latitude, °
Long Longitude, °
MCDB Mean coincident dry bulb temperature, °C
MCDBR Mean coincident dry bulb temperature range, °C
MCWB Mean coincident wet bulb temperature, °C
MCWBR Mean coincident wet bulb temperature range, °C
MCWS Mean coincident wind speed, m/s
MDBR Mean dry bulb temperature range, °C
PCWD Prevailing coincident wind direction, °, 0 = North, 90 = East
Period Range of years used to calculate design conditions
PrecAvg Average precipitation, mm
PrecMax Maximum precipitation, mm
PrecMin Minimum precipitation, mm
PrecStd Standard deviation of precipitation, mm
RadAvg Average daily all sky solar radiation, kWh/m²
RadStd Standard deviation of average daily all sky solar radiation, kWh/m²
StdP Standard pressure at station elevation, kPa
taub Clear sky optical depth for beam irradiance
taud Clear sky optical depth for diffuse irradiance
Time Zone Hours ahead or behind UTC, and time zone code
WB Wet bulb temperature, °C
WBAN Weather Bureau Army Navy number
WMO Station identifier derived from the World Meteorological Organziation
WS Wind speed, m/s
WSAvg Average wind speed, m/s
WSF Weather and shielding factor

Numbers (1) to (47) and letters (a) to (p) are row and column references to quickly point to an element in the table.
For example, the 5% design wet bulb temperature for July can be found in row (31), column (k).