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

BARCELONA AP, Spain WMO: 081810

Lat: 41.2928N Lon: 2.0700E Elev: 4 StdP: 101.28 Time Zone: 1.00 (EUC) Period: 94-19 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 1.9 3.1 -9.1 1.7 6.5 -5.9 2.3 6.6 11.6 12.3 10.2 11.7 5.3 350 0.452 (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) 8 7.0 30.9 23.5 29.8 23.4 28.9 23.1 25.4 29.2 24.6 28.5 23.9 27.8 4.9 220 (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) 24.1 19.0 28.2 23.2 18.0 27.6 22.6 17.3 27.1 77.5 29.2 74.5 28.5 71.7 27.9 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) 10.2 8.8 7.8 DB -0.1 32.8 1.6 1.6 -1.3 33.9 -2.2 34.8 -3.1 35.7 -4.3 36.8 (4)
(5) WB -2.4 26.1 1.9 1.3 -3.7 27.1 -4.9 27.9 -5.9 28.6 -7.3 29.6 (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 16.9 9.9 10.3 12.3 14.6 17.9 22.0 24.8 25.2 22.1 18.7 13.5 10.6 (6)
(7) DBStd 5.96 2.49 2.53 2.12 1.99 2.25 2.50 2.00 2.00 2.27 2.52 2.88 2.70 (7)
(8) Temperatures, HDD10.0 91 31 24 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 25 (8)
(9) Degree-Days HDD18.3 1234 260 226 186 112 35 2 0 0 2 26 146 241 (9)
(10) and CDD10.0 2598 29 32 78 139 244 360 458 472 363 269 111 43 (10)
(11) Degree-Hours CDD18.3 699 0 0 0 1 21 112 199 214 114 37 1 0 (11)
(12) CDH23.3 4776 0 0 0 1 41 590 1629 1840 597 78 1 0 (12)
(13) CDH26.7 1041 0 0 0 0 2 98 376 489 72 3 0 0 (13)
(14) Wind WSAvg 3.9 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 4.0 4.3 (14)
(15) PrecAvg 623 42 34 40 48 49 42 22 58 80 100 62 56 (15)
(16) PrecMax 1052 208 153 125 174 232 107 94 177 277 411 291 254 (16)
Precipitation
(17) PrecMin 405 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (17)
(18) PrecStd 163 43 35 31 31 41 29 28 40 67 85 66 56 (18)
(19) DB 19.1 19.2 20.9 22.6 26.2 30.9 31.8 33.5 29.9 27.0 22.1 18.9 (19)
0.4%
(20)
Monthly Design MCWB 13.2 12.2 12.4 14.4 17.7 21.6 23.3 24.2 22.3 20.4 17.2 13.5 (20)
(21) Dry Bulb DB 16.8 17.1 18.8 21.0 24.3 29.1 30.5 31.5 28.4 25.1 20.6 17.1 (21)
2%
(22) and MCWB 11.7 11.6 12.6 14.6 17.5 22.1 23.6 23.8 22.5 20.4 16.2 13.0 (22)
(23) Mean Coincident DB 15.2 15.7 17.2 19.7 23.0 27.7 29.5 30.1 27.3 24.1 19.3 16.0 (23)
Wet Bulb 5%
(24) MCWB 11.2 11.2 12.4 14.5 17.2 21.2 23.4 23.7 22.0 19.7 15.3 12.5 (24)
(25) Temperatures DB 14.1 14.6 16.2 18.6 22.0 26.3 28.7 29.1 26.4 23.0 18.2 15.0 (25)
10%
(26) MCWB 10.7 10.8 12.2 14.1 17.1 20.7 23.1 23.5 21.2 19.0 14.6 11.9 (26)
(27) WB 14.2 13.9 15.1 16.9 20.0 24.6 26.0 26.7 24.9 22.7 18.6 15.2 (27)
0.4%
(28)
Monthly Design MCDB 17.1 17.0 17.9 19.7 23.3 28.4 29.7 30.5 27.9 24.8 20.7 17.0 (28)
(29) Wet Bulb WB 13.2 12.9 14.2 16.0 19.1 23.5 25.1 25.7 23.7 21.5 17.5 14.2 (29)
2%
(30) and MCDB 15.6 15.5 16.8 19.0 22.4 27.3 29.0 29.6 27.1 24.0 19.8 16.3 (30)
(31) Mean Coincident WB 12.4 12.1 13.6 15.3 18.4 22.5 24.4 25.0 22.9 20.6 16.4 13.2 (31)
Dry Bulb 5%
(32) MCDB 14.7 14.7 16.1 18.4 21.8 26.3 28.4 28.8 26.6 23.3 18.6 15.5 (32)
(33) Temperatures WB 11.3 11.4 12.9 14.7 17.6 21.5 23.7 24.2 22.1 19.6 15.3 12.2 (33)
10%
(34) MCDB 13.7 14.0 15.4 17.8 21.0 25.4 27.8 28.1 25.7 22.4 17.6 14.6 (34)
(35) MDBR 7.9 8.0 7.7 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.7 7.0 7.3 7.2 7.8 7.8 (35)
(36) Mean Daily MCDBR 8.6 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.1 7.8 7.3 7.7 7.7 7.8 8.3 8.2 (36)
5% DB
(37) Temperature MCWBR 6.0 6.1 5.7 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.5 5.1 5.4 6.0 5.9 (37)
(38) Range MCDBR 7.5 8.0 7.7 7.4 7.1 7.0 6.9 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.3 7.3 (38)
5% WB
(39) MCWBR 5.8 5.9 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.2 5.4 5.6 5.2 5.4 6.0 5.9 (39)
(40) taub 0.326 0.350 0.395 0.411 0.432 0.445 0.453 0.450 0.428 0.403 0.356 0.328 (40)
(41) Clear-Sky taud 2.507 2.439 2.316 2.290 2.273 2.273 2.272 2.284 2.335 2.385 2.467 2.504 (41)
Solar
(42)
Irradiance Ebn at Noon 828 856 850 861 848 835 824 815 807 783 780 792 (42)
(43) Edh at Noon 74 92 116 127 133 133 132 127 113 96 77 69 (43)
(44) All-Sky Solar RadAvg 2.09 2.99 4.33 5.40 6.39 7.17 7.09 6.14 4.67 3.31 2.27 1.83 (44)
(45) Radiation RadStd 0.17 0.31 0.32 0.38 0.44 0.27 0.31 0.29 0.23 0.27 0.20 0.14 (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 +0.35 N/A -1.46 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A +117 +89 (46)
(47) Regional (5 neighbors) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A +83 +59 (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).