2021 ASHRAE Handbook — Fundamentals (IP) © 2021 ASHRAE, Inc.
LOWE AHP, AL, USA WMO: 722239
Lat: 31.356N Lon: 85.751W Elev: 244 StdP: 14.57 Time Zone: -6.00 (NAC) Period: 08-19 WBAN: 53861
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 24.9 28.1 10.2 9.3 36.5 14.9 11.8 38.4 19.3 55.6 17.5 53.2 2.8 330 0.342 (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 19.6 96.5 75.0 94.3 75.3 92.5 75.4 79.3 89.2 78.4 88.1 77.9 87.4 5.8 300 (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) 76.9 141.5 83.0 76.0 137.3 82.2 75.3 133.7 81.6 42.9 89.5 42.1 88.4 41.4 87.7 81.9 (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) 16.1 12.9 11.3 DB 19.7 98.1 3.9 3.0 16.8 100.2 14.5 101.9 12.3 103.6 9.4 105.8 (4)
(5) WB 18.0 80.9 4.2 0.8 15.0 81.5 12.6 82.0 10.2 82.4 7.2 83.0 (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 66.6 48.8 54.0 59.1 65.9 73.5 80.0 81.7 81.0 77.4 67.3 56.7 53.0 (6)
(7) DBStd 13.54 10.62 9.44 8.67 5.82 5.46 3.24 2.69 2.89 4.45 7.64 8.42 9.48 (7)
(8) Temperatures, HDD50 349 154 63 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 79 (8)
(9) Degree-Days HDD65 1850 511 320 223 58 10 0 0 0 1 66 274 387 (9)
(10) and CDD50 6412 118 175 305 478 728 901 983 962 823 537 230 172 (10)
(11) Degree-Hours CDD65 2439 10 13 41 86 273 451 518 497 373 138 24 15 (11)
(12) CDH74 23189 27 69 349 927 2798 4486 5091 4699 3260 1265 162 56 (12)
(13) CDH80 10153 0 4 53 203 1174 2206 2468 2176 1459 390 19 1 (13)
(14) Wind WSAvg 3.8 4.7 4.8 5.1 4.5 3.5 3.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.5 3.5 4.1 (14)
(15) PrecAvg 57.8 5.7 4.8 5.9 4.6 3.0 5.6 6.6 4.8 4.3 3.2 4.5 3.6 (15)
(16) PrecMax 75.2 14.1 9.5 11.9 8.8 9.1 11.1 22.6 8.6 16.1 10.3 12.4 6.0 (16)
Precipitation
(17) PrecMin 37.2 1.9 1.6 0.4 1.0 0.0 2.6 2.7 1.8 0.7 0.5 1.5 1.5 (17)
(18) PrecStd 10.9 2.9 2.4 3.0 2.3 2.0 2.9 4.3 1.9 3.5 2.3 2.8 1.2 (18)
(19) DB 77.3 80.0 84.3 87.3 95.3 99.8 98.0 98.0 96.9 90.5 82.8 78.6 (19)
0.4%
(20)
Monthly Design MCWB 65.9 68.4 64.7 68.9 71.8 73.0 77.1 74.2 73.9 70.9 69.8 69.1 (20)
(21) Dry Bulb DB 73.4 76.0 81.4 84.7 92.0 96.5 95.4 94.8 93.6 87.3 78.2 75.4 (21)
2%
(22) and MCWB 65.2 65.8 65.5 67.7 71.1 74.5 76.6 76.3 73.4 70.9 66.7 67.0 (22)
(23) Mean Coincident DB 69.8 72.4 78.2 82.3 89.1 93.4 93.4 92.7 90.9 84.6 75.3 72.2 (23)
Wet Bulb 5%
(24) MCWB 64.2 63.8 64.1 66.1 70.4 75.0 76.6 76.7 73.9 69.6 65.0 65.9 (24)
(25) Temperatures DB 66.1 69.3 74.5 79.8 86.6 91.0 91.3 90.5 88.4 81.3 72.2 68.8 (25)
10%
(26) MCWB 60.7 62.2 62.4 64.9 70.0 74.9 76.9 76.1 74.2 68.0 63.5 64.4 (26)
(27) WB 69.4 70.4 70.2 73.4 75.9 79.7 80.3 80.4 78.4 77.2 73.7 72.6 (27)
0.4%
(28)
Monthly Design MCDB 72.2 75.7 75.1 81.0 84.5 89.8 90.0 90.1 87.7 83.9 77.8 76.1 (28)
(29) Wet Bulb WB 67.4 68.5 68.6 71.7 74.5 78.3 79.3 79.4 77.4 75.2 71.0 69.7 (29)
2%
(30) and MCDB 71.3 73.4 74.5 78.4 83.4 88.3 89.6 88.9 86.6 80.7 73.9 72.7 (30)
(31) Mean Coincident WB 65.1 66.4 67.3 69.9 73.4 77.4 78.4 78.4 76.6 73.4 68.3 67.6 (31)
Dry Bulb 5%
(32) MCDB 69.0 71.0 73.5 76.5 82.5 87.2 88.6 87.6 85.6 79.8 73.3 70.2 (32)
(33) Temperatures WB 62.2 64.0 65.4 68.0 72.5 76.4 77.8 77.8 75.7 71.6 65.2 65.0 (33)
10%
(34) MCDB 66.3 68.0 72.8 75.0 81.8 85.9 87.9 86.7 84.5 77.4 70.8 68.4 (34)
(35) MDBR 22.8 22.8 24.3 24.7 24.4 20.7 19.6 19.0 20.5 24.7 25.5 21.2 (35)
(36) Mean Daily MCDBR 21.9 23.2 25.3 27.4 27.5 25.2 22.2 22.3 24.3 25.6 25.2 21.6 (36)
5% DB
(37) Temperature MCWBR 14.4 14.1 12.2 11.8 10.1 7.8 7.3 7.6 8.4 11.0 14.8 14.2 (37)
(38) Range MCDBR 18.1 20.0 19.7 19.6 21.0 19.8 19.6 18.4 19.2 19.3 19.8 17.4 (38)
5% WB
(39) MCWBR 13.5 14.0 11.2 11.1 8.8 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.8 9.6 13.3 13.7 (39)
(40) taub 0.325 0.334 0.358 0.383 0.435 0.472 0.517 0.504 0.432 0.373 0.347 0.331 (40)
(41) Clear-Sky taud 2.520 2.496 2.431 2.364 2.253 2.209 2.095 2.127 2.309 2.448 2.468 2.519 (41)
Solar
(42)
Irradiance Ebn at Noon 287 294 293 288 272 261 249 251 266 276 276 278 (42)
(43) Edh at Noon 28 31 35 39 44 46 51 49 39 32 29 26 (43)
(44) All-Sky Solar RadAvg 944 1128 1512 1853 2028 1935 1885 1753 1584 1373 1064 819 (44)
(45) Radiation RadStd 59 141 125 153 141 151 117 115 119 153 90 88 (45)
Historical Trends
Heating Cooling Degree-Days
DBAvg
99% DB 99% DP 1% DB 1% WB 1% DP HDD50 HDD65 CDD50 CDD65
(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 (46 neighbors) +0.86 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A -167 +299 +196 (47)
Nomenclature: See separate page