2025 ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals (IP) © 2025 ASHRAE, Inc.

ALLIANCE AGCM, AB, Canada WMO: 710060

Lat: 52.3154N Lon: 111.7787W Elev: 2418 StdP: 13.46 Time Zone: -7.00 (NAM) Period: 2007-2023 Grade: B 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) 12 -24.0 -18.6 -30.4 1.1 -23.9 -24.8 1.5 -18.4 28.6 32.6 25.8 23.9 7.3 300 0.702 (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) 7 24.0 85.7 62.8 81.9 61.7 78.5 60.8 66.3 78.3 64.3 77.3 62.7 75.3 10.4 180 (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) 62.2 91.6 71.3 60.0 84.7 69.0 58.1 78.9 66.9 32.3 78.1 30.7 77.2 29.5 75.5 73.2 (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) 26.8 23.2 20.1 DB -31.9 91.5 5.1 4.4 -35.6 94.7 -38.5 97.3 -41.4 99.8 -45.1 103.0 (4)
(5) WB -32.2 70.7 5.0 2.2 -35.8 72.3 -38.7 73.6 -41.5 74.8 -45.1 76.4 (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 38.0 14.5 13.0 24.3 37.6 51.2 58.7 63.1 61.6 52.9 39.9 25.0 12.0 (6)
(7) DBStd 21.78 15.81 15.59 13.71 10.06 7.85 6.22 4.88 5.95 8.09 9.84 12.68 14.72 (7)
Temperatures
(8) HDD50 5731 1100 1037 795 383 82 7 0 2 60 334 752 1179 (8)
and
(9)
Degree-Days HDD65 9966 1565 1457 1260 823 430 207 95 138 368 778 1201 1644 (9)
(10) CDD50 1334 0 0 0 11 119 267 406 361 148 21 1 0 (10)
( 11 ) CDD65 93 0 0 0 0 2 17 36 32 6 0 0 0 ( 11 )
(12) Wind WSAvg 9.4 10.2 9.7 9.9 10.8 10.1 9.1 8.0 7.8 8.5 9.6 9.5 9.3 (12)
(13) PrecAvg 16.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.9 3.2 3.0 2.0 1.3 0.7 0.7 0.6 (13)
(14) PrecMax 21.1 1.9 0.9 1.7 2.4 4.7 5.2 6.0 5.6 3.4 1.9 2.3 1.3 (14)
Precipitation
(15) PrecMin 11.7 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 (15)
(16) PrecStd 2.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.3 (16)
(17) DB 44.8 45.9 58.9 71.8 82.6 88.2 90.0 90.5 86.4 74.1 59.1 45.2 (17)
0.4%
(18)
Monthly Design MCWB 37.6 38.2 45.5 49.9 56.6 63.0 65.3 62.8 59.9 54.1 45.4 38.1 (18)
(19) Dry Bulb DB 41.0 40.8 51.9 66.0 77.7 81.5 85.1 85.1 79.9 67.2 50.9 40.1 (19)
2%
(20) and MCWB 35.8 34.9 41.2 47.6 55.4 61.3 64.8 62.6 57.6 51.3 41.4 34.4 (20)
(21) Mean Coincident DB 38.2 37.3 45.6 60.2 73.5 77.3 80.6 81.2 75.2 61.1 44.8 35.8 (21)
Wet Bulb 5%
(22) MCWB 34.1 32.9 38.1 44.4 53.8 60.1 63.3 61.9 56.3 47.7 37.3 31.3 (22)
(23) Temperatures DB 35.2 34.0 41.0 55.0 68.9 73.1 77.0 77.1 70.0 55.5 40.7 31.5 (23)
10%
(24) MCWB 31.5 30.6 35.2 42.0 51.4 57.7 62.5 61.0 54.2 44.8 35.1 28.3 (24)
(25) WB 38.3 38.8 46.4 51.8 59.4 65.7 70.5 68.1 62.1 55.6 46.8 38.8 (25)
0.4%
(26)
Monthly Design MCDB 43.6 45.5 56.9 69.6 77.5 81.9 82.0 78.7 80.9 70.7 58.7 44.2 (26)
(27) Wet Bulb WB 36.1 35.3 41.7 48.1 56.7 63.5 67.2 65.5 59.1 52.1 42.0 34.6 (27)
2%
(28) and MCDB 40.2 39.9 50.5 64.6 73.3 78.0 78.8 77.8 75.9 64.1 50.1 39.4 (28)
(29) Mean Coincident WB 34.3 33.3 38.4 45.2 54.7 61.3 65.2 63.5 57.0 48.8 38.4 31.6 (29)
Dry Bulb 5%
(30) MCDB 38.1 37.2 45.1 58.0 70.9 73.9 77.0 77.1 72.1 59.6 43.8 35.5 (30)
(31) Temperatures WB 31.7 30.6 35.6 42.7 52.5 59.4 63.5 61.8 55.1 45.8 35.6 28.3 (31)
10%
(32) MCDB 34.9 34.0 40.5 53.8 66.7 70.5 75.0 75.1 69.1 54.8 39.7 31.6 (32)
(33) MDBR 17.2 17.9 18.9 22.5 25.5 23.1 24.0 25.4 25.9 22.1 17.9 16.4 (33)
(34) Mean Daily MCDBR 17.7 19.5 24.0 32.3 32.5 29.7 31.5 33.5 35.0 31.1 23.3 18.8 (34)
5% DB
(35) Temperature MCWBR 14.0 15.3 15.1 16.6 14.6 12.6 14.6 14.5 16.2 16.9 15.1 15.0 (35)
(36) Range MCDBR 17.8 19.3 23.4 29.5 30.1 26.2 27.6 29.0 31.8 29.4 21.9 18.6 (36)
5% WB
(37) MCWBR 14.7 15.5 15.2 15.9 14.0 12.4 14.3 14.2 15.3 16.4 14.8 15.1 (37)
(38) taub 0.251 0.256 0.295 0.336 0.360 0.363 0.366 0.368 0.318 0.291 0.274 0.250 (38)
(39) Clear-Sky taud 2.255 2.236 2.170 2.359 2.345 2.371 2.360 2.345 2.483 2.520 2.382 2.258 (39)
Solar
(40)
Irradiance Ebn at Noon 239 275 282 285 281 281 278 270 275 262 231 218 (40)
(41) Edh at Noon 20 27 36 35 37 36 36 35 27 21 18 17 (41)
(42) All-Sky Solar RadAvg 385 743 1215 1551 1833 1916 2005 1641 1174 705 368 276 (42)
(43) Radiation RadStd 29 66 118 162 126 128 109 119 122 91 30 29 (43)
Historical Trends
Heating Cooling Degree-Days
DBAvg
99% DB 99% DP 1% DB 1% WB 1% DP HDD50 HDD65 CDD50 CDD65
(e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n)
(44) Trend N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (44)
Station
(45) Variability N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A (45)
(46) Regional Trend (90 neighbors) N/S N/S N/S N/S N/S N/S N/S N/S +139 N/S (46)

Nomenclature: See separate page