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Col. 1
CHAPTER 12
Winter Climatic Conditions*^ (Continued) Table 1-
Col. 2 Station1*
c OL. 3 Col. 4
SlevanoNc. 1
FT
Col. 5 Col. 6
Low Avbbest AQE
Temp. An ON nual
Rec? Min. ORHa .Temp.
F *F
Col. 7
Col. 8 Col*. 9' Design]
Col. 10 Col. 11* Design Avo.
Avo. Win ter . Temp.
DryBulb
Temp. ;onTAC
Q7l%
Wind. ,[DVeels.igant|]
DbyBtjlb
Temp. IN
TEMP.h ICommonI
F
Basis*
F Mpb
Use1 F
Wind Vel. Did. Jan.. Feb.1
Mph
Ore.. Pa..
Roseburg.. Erie. Erie..
A .C ..A ..C
1343 98 25 523
..A 2219
..C A
771 736
. C 338'
1 1 1 1 1
18 46.1 44.3
19 46.7 33.7
-3 37.3
3
Harrisburg.
A 339
..C 200
..A 18
..C ..A
929 1284
C 311
...c 877
1940-1947 1875-1947 1935-1947 1913-1947
1901-1947
-11 1
-20 -16 -14
-19
6 42.7 41.4
-2 40.9 38.7 41.2 37.7
...A ' 448
R. I... S. C..
Providence. Charleston...
C a ...c ...A ...C
46 77 59 51 401
...A 227
C 1006*
s. d.:.
...c 1342 ...I 1287
Rapid City..
...c 3309 ...J 3220
Tenn-
Chattanooga..
.. c 952 ...J 675 ...t, 1024
Knoxville........ Memphis.........
Jv 1007 ...c; - 348 . Ji 267
....< ; 714
... JA 610
Abilene..
.......<J3A
1748 1756
Amarillo Amarillo1
....' 3 3686 __ 1 A 3595 ....' 2 625
A 625
| Brownsville.
C 140 A 25
Corpus Christi
3 21 A 45
C 732
1935-1939* 1881-1947 1904-1947 1871-1947 1940-1947 1887-1947 1939-1947
1881-1938 1938-1947 1887-1947 1939-1947 1879-1947 1949-1947 1871-1942 1942-1947. 1872-1941 1941-1947 1871-1947 1939-1947 1885-1944 1940-1947 1892-1941 1941-1947 1897-1942
1942-1947 1922-1943 1943-1947 1887-1942* 1943-1946* 1913-1940
-10 -17 '7
14 -2
9 -5 -43 -30 -34 -27 -10
6 -16
1 -9
1 -13 -15
-16 -7 -1 13 12 30 11 23 -3
40.1 37.5 57.4 55.0 54.4
49.2 28.2
33.4
50.3 47.8 47.9 46.8 51.1 50.0 48.5
53.9
45.2
58.4
66.8
63.7
55.6
Utah
EW*Rio.
C 1020
El Paso............. C 3792
El Paso.............A 3956
Fort Worth................C 708
Fort Worth................A 728
Galveston..................C 128
Galveston............. A
Houston.................C 198
Houston..................A| 73
Palestine................ C 555
Port Arthur...........C 64
Port Arthur...........A 21
San Antonio.......... C 770
San Antonio.......... A 800
Waco...................... A! 513
Wink...................... A 2811
Milford................... A Modena.................. Cl
5095 5472
Salt Lake City.... C Salt Lake City.... A
4346 4254
Burlington.............Cl 409
Burlington.............A Cape Henry.......... Cj
335 24
Lynchburg...........C' 644
Lynchburg............ A 951
Norfolk..................Cl 91
Richmond..............Cl 180
Richmond..............A 172
Wash...| EUensburg ... .a| 1731
1940-1947 1905-1947 1880-1942 1939-1947
1898-1939* 1940-1947 1871-1947 1939-1947 1888-1947 1932-1947 1881-1947 1917-1947 1944-1947
1885-1941 I 1942-1947 1931-1Q47 1935-1939*
1935-1939* 19QI-1947 1874-1947 1928-1947
1884-1943 1943-1944 1874-1947 1874-1944 1944-1947 1871-1947 1897-1947
1929-1947 1935-1939*
1935-1939*
5 12 -5 11
-8 4 8 14 5 5
-6 11 24 4 17 7
-17 -32 -20
-30 -29 -23
5 -7
7 2 -3 -12
60.6 53.5
65.1
61.7
61.0 60.1 57.1 61.2
60.6
-15 36.3 -2 40.0 38.3 31.5
49.2 46.8
49.3 47.0
36.2
4.3 8.0 13.5 12.1 9.0
12.1 7.1
6.9
7.3
3.9
13.6
7.6
n.o
n.6
9.0 . 7.6
20.6 12.1 10.5
10 -20
8.4 10.7
-20
8.0
10 7.7 )
0 7.2 '4
0 9.3
0 9.8 ?
7.3 15 10.1
10.4
-5 -10
12.1 3
12.9 8.3 M'
10.4
20 11.0 .
;0 10.6
8.8 15 8.0 n: 10: 9.0 :
10 10.5 ;
20 11.2
20 10.5
.33
15 20
8.0 10.7
8.3
32 7.6
26 11.6
23 8.5
-2
7.7 7.4
-15 -10
9.0 7.8 ;-y,
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j.
14.0
8.1 ^ ~,1>~
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' 8.1* -V.)
7 8.2 3.8
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Heating Load
Table 1. Winter Climatic Conditions*--(Concluded)
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Col. 1 Stats
Col. 2 Station1*
Col. 3 Col. 4
Ele ction0
Period
of
Record4
FT
Col. 5
Low
est
Temp. ON Rec
ord4
F ;
Col. 6
Aver
age
An nual . Min. Temp.
^ ...
Col. 7 Col. 8 Col. 9 Col. 10 Col. 11
Design
Design
Avg. wTM..
TER Temp/
Dby-Bulb Temp. on.TAC
97J%
Wind Vel.-at
Design Temp1*
DbyBni.n.
Temp. ' IN . Common
Basis*
Use'
Avg.
Wind. vel. Dec. Jan.. Feb.j
*F . F A Mph
F
Mph
Wash.. North Head... O 199 1884-1947 Seattle .......... ...O 104 * 1890-1947
Seattle.. ........ A 47 1928-1947
Spokane..
...C 2030 1881-1941
Spokane......... ...A 1974 1641-1947 ..
Tacoma............ <) 279 1897-1947
Tatoosh Is....... ...C 110 1883-1947
Yakima............ C 1160 1938-1946
Yftkimft
...A 1066; 1944-1947
W. Va.. Elkins............... Parkersburg...
<5 1969 .1898-1944 C 685 ` 1888-1947
Wise... Green Bay___
598 1886-1947
La Crosse........
725 1872^1947
La Crosse........ A 677 1943-1947
Madison........... ...C 1008 1858-1947
Madison........... ...A 884 1935-1939**
Milwaukee....... ....C '744 1870-1947
Milwaukee....; ...:A -707., 1927-1647
Wyo... Chevenne........ ...C 6144 1873-1935
Cheyenne........ A 6161 1935-1947
Lander......... ...C 5448 1891-1946
lender
.. :A 5568 1946-1947
Rock Springs.. ....A 6746 1932-1942
11 3 3 -30 -7 7 7
-24 -4
-28 -27 -36 -43 -28
-29
24 20 -5
-8 -1 -18 -21
-25 -29 -38 -34
-40. -14
-33
-12 -18 .--12
46.4 46.3 45.1 37.7
44.9 45.4 39.8
39.4 42.9 29.8 31.7 30.5 31.4
33.4 29.0 33.6
30.0
30.1
24 6.3 4 5.1
-17 -8 ' -6 --3
6.9 9.1 11.9 11.1
--7 9.1
20
--15
15 15 ' --5
-10 -10 -20 -25
-15
-15
-18
6.8
6.2
8.0 18.9 4.1
6.2 7.2 10.5 9.3
12.1
13.3
3.9
Alta.. B. C...
Han. . N.B...
Ont...
Edmonton.. Vancouver.... Victoria.......
Fredericton... Yarmouth.'-... London.....................
P.E.I.. Que....
Toronto...........
Montreal......... Quebec............ Prince Albert.' Dawson.......... St. Johns.-...
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2219 22 '
. 228 786
. 164 136 912-
294
644 379 186
187c 296 1414 1062. 428
Up to 1943 -57
Up to 1943
2
Up to 1943 -2
Ud to l943 i. -35 Up to 1943
--27
Up to 1943 -26
Up to 1943 Ud to 1943
Up to 1943 Up to 1943
-29 -34
--70 -68 -21
. -41 13 19
-25
-11 -18 -23 -54
-5
22.8 42.6 44.0 27.5
`32.7 27.9 24.5 .1.9 31.5
-40 7.5 10 4.5 5 12.6
--20 9.1
-10
-15 -20
-45 -10.
13.6
11.3 13.3
3.7 12
j . United States Data compiled from U. S. Weather Bureau Records for years indicated, and Canadian uaia from Meteorological Serviced Canada corrected to 1946.
followed*^ 1 j^e
followed by letter A are airport stations, ail others are city office stations and are
c Col. 3. The elevations marked c are ground elevations of the station. All other elevations given are the actual elevations of the thermometer bulb above mean sea level. p d Col. 4. The periods of record indicated apply only to the lowest temperature ever recorded shown in-
5, and generally extend from a summer month of the first year indicated through the spring months of the last year indicated. The periods marked by * terminated in December of.the year indicated.
* Average of readings of one lowest temperature obtained for each year.
For period October to April, inclusive.
... * ^ should be noted that Col. 8 applies only to'airports, as these data for city stations are not available at time. The temperature shown is the minimum hourly.out-door temperature which has been equalled or
deeded 97 percent of the total hours in December, January and February for the period of record,. It pointed out that in most cases the airport stations are outside of the city and.these data would apply primarily *o rural areas.
than nPi* . indicates the maximum wind velocity which occurred at temperatures the same as, and lower the temperatures shown in Col. 8.
for thevn^ record8 design temperatures in use by A S.H.VJ5. Members as reported by Chapter Secretaries tion . -Us stations. Where these were not available the design temperatures from an ACRMA publics-
sna various other sources have been inserted.
^idicated in Col. 11 were furnished by the U. S. Weather Bureau and corrected
^dicateaR*6^ prePared by A.S.H.V.E. and U. S. Weather Bureau for annual weather data of city of Detroit . ^ o as design temperature based on Dec. to March, inclusive. imputed for Reading by Karl Shelley and O. F. Smith.