2021 ASHRAE Handbook - Foundamentals (SI)

RIYADH KING SALMAN AB, SAUDI ARABIA (WMO: 404380)

Lat:24.722N Long:46.725E Elev:635 StdP: 93.92 Time zone:3.00 (E03) Period:94-14 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
1 6.2 8.0 -12.6 1.4 17.4 -10.1 1.7 20.8 9.5 16.9 8.8 17.5 2.0 320 0.477
Annual Cooling, Dehumidification, and Enthalpy Design Conditions
Hottest Cooling DB/MCWB Evaporation WB/MCDB MCWS/PCWD to
Hottest Month 0.4% DB
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
8 13.1 44.9 19.5 44.0 19.1 43.1 18.7 21.4 37.7 20.6 37.9 19.9 38.1 4.4 30
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
18.0 13.9 23.0 16.8 12.9 22.1 15.2 11.6 22.2 65.2 38.3 62.2 37.3 59.8 38.0 27.0
Extreme Annual Design Conditions
Extreme Annual Temperature n-Year Return Period Values of Extreme Temperature
Extreme Annual WS Standard
Mean n=5 years n=10 years n=20 years n=50 years
deviation
1% 2.5% 5% Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max
9.2 8.2 7.2 DB 3.4 46.3 2.1 0.9 1.9 46.9 0.7 47.4 -0.5 47.9 -2.0 48.5
WB -0.4 23.7 1.8 1.5 -1.7 24.8 -2.8 25.7 -3.8 26.5 -5.2 27.6
Monthly Climatic Design Conditions
Annual Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
DBAvg 27.0 15.0 17.9 21.7 27.3 33.0 35.7 36.7 36.8 33.5 28.4 21.5 16.5
DBStd 8.33 3.17 3.60 3.53 3.41 2.51 1.54 1.54 1.51 1.91 2.27 3.23 3.34
Temperatures, HDD10.0 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Degree-Days HDD18.3 254 112 48 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 74
and Degree- CDD10.0 6222 157 221 362 520 712 772 827 829 704 569 344 203
Hours CDD18.3 3429 8 34 113 271 454 522 568 571 454 311 104 19
CDH23.3 55228 72 316 1133 3478 7454 9289 10271 10318 7628 4203 921 145
CDH26.7 38071 9 84 462 1900 5093 6892 7791 7838 5292 2374 317 18
Wind WSAvg 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.4 2.8 2.9
PrecAvg 124 14 7 31 37 8 0 0 0 0 1 7 9
PrecMax 318 111 38 123 132 69 0 11 6 0 27 93 70
Precipitation
PrecMin 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PrecStd 89 22 10 36 40 14 0 2 1 0 5 17 17
DB 27.9 31.8 35.6 40.1 43.8 45.2 46.1 45.8 43.3 39.0 33.6 28.8
0.4%
MCWB 14.3 16.2 16.0 17.7 18.4 19.0 19.9 20.2 19.0 17.3 16.7 15.4
Monthly Design
Dry Bulb and DB 25.2 29.2 33.2 38.1 42.2 44.1 45.0 44.6 42.2 37.4 31.9 26.9
2%
Mean MCWB 13.3 14.6 15.6 17.4 18.3 18.7 19.4 19.7 18.7 16.7 15.7 14.7
Coincident Wet DB 23.2 27.1 31.2 36.8 41.0 43.1 44.0 44.0 41.2 36.2 30.2 24.9
Bulb 5%
MCWB 12.2 13.9 14.9 16.9 18.2 18.4 18.9 19.4 18.3 16.4 15.3 13.7
Temperatures DB 21.2 25.0 29.2 34.8 39.9 42.1 43.0 43.1 40.1 35.1 28.5 23.0
10%
MCWB 11.8 12.8 14.1 16.6 18.0 18.0 18.6 19.1 17.8 16.3 14.9 13.2
WB 17.3 17.7 19.7 21.0 21.6 20.6 22.3 23.5 21.1 20.2 19.9 18.6
0.4%
MCDB 21.6 24.5 26.3 28.5 32.4 41.8 39.5 37.2 35.6 27.6 25.1 23.3
Monthly Design
Wet Bulb and WB 15.7 16.5 17.8 19.8 20.3 19.6 20.8 21.6 19.8 18.8 18.5 17.1
2%
Mean MCDB 20.5 24.1 26.3 29.3 35.0 42.0 41.6 40.4 39.1 30.3 23.9 21.2
Coincident Dry WB 14.5 15.3 16.7 18.9 19.5 19.0 19.8 20.7 19.1 17.9 17.5 15.9
Bulb 5%
MCDB 20.1 23.9 25.6 29.4 35.9 41.7 42.0 40.6 39.1 32.1 24.1 21.7
Temperatures WB 13.2 14.1 15.7 18.0 18.8 18.4 19.1 19.9 18.5 17.2 16.5 14.5
10%
MCDB 19.0 23.2 25.1 30.0 36.2 41.1 41.9 41.0 38.5 32.5 24.6 20.8
 MDBR 10.5 11.4 11.9 12.1 12.5 13.1 12.9 13.1 13.2 13.0 11.1 10.7
Mean Daily MCDBR 13.4 13.7 14.6 14.1 13.6 13.9 13.4 13.3 13.7 13.9 13.3 13.3
5% DB
Temperature MCWBR 6.4 6.0 6.1 5.1 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.5 6.1
Range MCDBR 10.3 11.7 11.5 11.9 11.9 13.0 12.5 12.3 12.7 11.9 9.8 9.6
5% WB
MCWBR 6.0 5.8 5.9 4.8 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.6 4.8 5.2 5.5 6.1
taub 0.427 0.471 0.541 0.622 0.644 0.603 0.583 0.574 0.517 0.450 0.461 0.423
Clear Sky Solar taud 1.980 1.854 1.697 1.572 1.531 1.586 1.655 1.675 1.771 1.923 1.904 1.990
Irradiance Ebn at noon 809 802 767 717 700 724 738 744 776 810 765 792
Edn at noon 160 195 240 277 288 271 253 247 219 179 171 153
All-Sky Solar RadAvg 4.31 5.16 5.93 6.45 7.19 7.83 7.48 7.12 6.55 5.71 4.42 4.08
Radiation RadStd 0.30 0.29 0.33 0.32 0.28 0.24 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.21 0.31 0.27
Historical Trends
Heating Cooling Degree-Days
DBAvg 99% 1%
99% DP 1% WB 1% DP HDD10.0 HDD18.3 CDD10.0 CDD18.3
DB DB
Station Only N/A N/A N/A N/A +0.87 N/A N/A N/A +250 +260
Regional (0 neighbors) +0.33 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A +112 +103

Years used to calculate the design

CDDn Cooling degree-days base n°C, °C-day Lat Latitude, ° Period
conditions
Standard deviation of daily average
CDHn Cooling degree-hours base n°C, °C-hour Long Longitude, ° Sd
temperature, °C
Mean coincident dry bulb
DB Dry bulb temperature, °C MCDB StdP Standard pressure at station elevation, kPa
temperature, °C
Mean coincident dry bulb
DP Dew point temperature, °C MCDBR taub Clear sky optical depth for beam irradiance
temp. range, °C
Mean coincident dew Clear sky optical depth for diffuse
Ebn,noon MCDP taud
Clear sky beam normal and diffuse point temperature, °C irradiance
horizontal irradiances at solar noon, W/m2 Mean coincident wet bulb
Edh,noon MCWB Tavg Average temperature, °C
temperature, °C
Mean coincident wet bulb
Elev Elevation, m MCWBR Time Zone Hours ahead or behind UTC
temp. range, °C
Mean coincident wind
Enth Enthalpy, kJ/kg MCWS WB Wet bulb temperature, °C
speed, m/s
Mean dry bulb temp. Hours 8/4 & Number of hours between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m
HDDn Heating degree-days base n°C, °C-day MDBR
range, °C 12.8/20.6 with DB between 12.8 and 20.6 °C
Prevailing coincident wind direction, °,0 = Humidity ratio, g of moisture per kg of dry
PCWD WS Wind speed, m/s HR
North, 90 = East air