2017 ASHRAE Handbook - Foundamentals (IP)

BAHRAIN INTL, BAHRAIN (WMO: 411500)

Lat:26.271N Long:50.634E Elev:6 StdP: 14.69 Time zone:3.00 Period:90-14 WBAN:99999

Annual Heating and Humidification Design Conditions
Humidification DP/MCDB and HR Coldest month WS/MCDB MCWS/PCWD to 99.6%
Heating DB
Coldest Month 99.6% 99% 0.4% 1% DB
99.6% 99% DP HR MCDB DP HR MCDB WS MCDB WS MCDB MCWS PCWD

1 53.4 55.4 34.6 29.3 66.3 38.0 33.6 66.3 28.0 58.8 26.3 60.0 13.7 300

Annual Cooling, Dehumidification, and Enthalpy Design Conditions

Cooling DB/MCWB Evaporation WB/MCDB MCWS/PCWD to 0.4%
Hottest Month DB
Hottest Month 0.4% 1% 2% 0.4% 1% 2%
DB Range
DB MCWB DB MCWB DB MCWB WB MCDB WB MCDB WB MCDB MCWS PCWD

7 12.5 105.7 74.1 103.6 76.0 101.8 77.2 87.9 95.8 86.9 95.0 85.8 94.2 10.1 330

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

86.1 191.1 94.0 84.6 181.6 93.5 83.9 177.4 93.2 53.2 95.8 51.9 94.9 50.6 93.8 93.4

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

25.2 22.9 20.9 DB 49.9 111.8 3.0 2.1 47.8 113.3 46.1 114.5 44.4 115.7 42.2 117.2
WB 43.9 89.2 3.4 1.8 41.4 90.5 39.5 91.5 37.6 92.5 35.1 93.8

Monthly Climatic Design Conditions

Annual Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
DBAvg 81.0 63.1 65.3 70.6 79.1 88.3 93.0 95.3 95.2 91.7 85.8 76.3 67.4
DBStd 12.30 4.45 4.31 4.83 4.74 4.26 3.19 2.68 2.73 2.93 3.15 4.83 4.52
HDD50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temperatures, Degree-Days HDD65 165 88 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 27
and Degree-Hours CDD50 11323 407 429 640 874 1188 1291 1405 1402 1252 1108 788 539
CDD65 6013 30 51 182 424 723 841 940 937 802 643 339 101
CDH74 82256 16 72 639 3663 10158 13395 15450 15365 12440 8478 2426 154
CDH80 51011 0 7 142 1218 5841 9078 10986 10901 8124 4182 526 6

Wind WSAvg 10.2 11.1 11.6 11.1 10.0 10.4 11.4 10.3 8.7 8.7 8.4 10.1 10.5

PrecAvg 2.30 0.70 0.60 0.40 0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.40
PrecMax 6.50 3.50 4.20 2.80 2.00 0.40 0.00 0.20 0.00 0.00 1.20 2.40 3.80
Precipitation
PrecMin 0.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
PrecStd 1.60 0.80 0.90 0.60 0.40 0.10 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.80

DB 75.6 80.3 89.8 97.1 105.7 107.7 109.2 107.9 104.1 98.3 90.0 80.6
0.4%
MCWB 63.0 63.1 65.2 68.3 70.2 69.9 73.4 76.5 75.6 73.0 71.5 67.8
DB 73.3 75.6 83.9 92.8 100.8 104.1 105.4 104.4 100.8 95.1 86.7 77.3
Monthly Design Dry Bulb and 2%
MCWB 63.2 62.9 64.2 68.8 70.8 72.0 74.8 78.9 77.7 74.9 72.2 67.9
Mean Coincident Wet Bulb
Temperatures DB 71.3 73.2 80.0 89.3 98.4 101.8 102.6 102.4 99.0 93.2 84.6 75.4
5%
MCWB 63.6 62.8 64.4 68.4 71.6 73.5 77.2 80.1 78.6 75.8 72.1 67.6
DB 69.5 71.2 77.1 86.2 95.3 99.0 100.7 100.6 97.2 91.4 82.7 73.7
10%
MCWB 62.5 62.6 64.5 68.6 72.3 75.1 78.1 81.5 79.0 76.1 71.8 66.5

WB 68.8 68.8 71.6 75.8 82.4 85.4 88.9 89.7 87.7 83.2 78.4 73.0
0.4%
MCDB 71.7 73.0 78.5 85.5 90.2 93.6 95.8 97.4 95.7 90.1 84.4 76.5
WB 66.8 67.0 69.6 74.3 80.0 83.4 87.3 88.4 85.9 81.6 76.4 70.9
Monthly Design Wet Bulb and 2%
MCDB 70.7 71.4 75.9 84.2 89.4 92.1 94.9 96.3 94.3 88.6 83.3 74.7
Mean Coincident Dry Bulb
Temperatures WB 64.9 65.6 68.3 72.9 78.4 81.8 86.2 87.4 84.6 80.4 74.8 69.2
5%
MCDB 69.5 70.3 74.9 82.9 88.8 91.4 93.9 95.5 93.1 87.8 81.9 73.7
WB 63.3 64.2 66.8 71.8 76.9 80.5 85.0 86.5 83.5 79.6 73.5 67.4
10%
MCDB 68.0 69.4 74.1 81.7 88.7 91.7 93.6 94.9 92.2 87.2 80.5 72.6

MDBR 8.9 9.7 11.1 12.5 13.7 13.0 12.5 12.0 12.2 11.4 9.5 9.1
MCDBR 10.8 12.8 16.0 17.0 17.9 16.5 15.3 14.2 13.6 13.6 11.0 10.3
Mean Daily Temperature 5% DB
MCWBR 6.3 6.5 7.4 8.2 9.5 10.3 10.6 9.6 9.1 8.4 7.4 6.4
Range
MCDBR 9.1 10.5 12.6 14.5 15.3 14.6 13.2 12.2 12.1 12.2 10.3 9.1
5% WB
MCWBR 6.6 6.8 7.5 8.2 9.5 10.0 9.9 8.4 9.1 8.4 7.4 6.4

taub 0.509 0.557 0.619 0.678 0.669 0.630 0.676 0.633 0.559 0.520 0.522 0.492
taud 1.937 1.827 1.694 1.625 1.630 1.698 1.657 1.753 1.879 1.963 1.959 1.995
Clear Sky Solar Irradiance
Ebn,noon 228 228 223 214 216 223 213 222 235 236 223 227
Edn,noon 53 63 76 83 83 77 80 72 62 54 51 48

RadAvg 1153 1433 1708 1895 2187 2337 2227 2093 1935 1610 1230 1094
All-Sky Solar Radiation
RadStd 82 89 84 117 69 92 72 49 36 30 83 87
CDDn Cooling degree-days base n°F, °F-day Lat Latitude, ° Period Years used to calculate the design conditions
CDHn Cooling degree-hours base n°F, °F-hour Long Longitude, ° Sd Standard deviation of daily average temperature, °F
Mean coincident dry bulb temperature,
DB Dry bulb temperature, °F MCDB StdP Standard pressure at station elevation, psi
°F
Mean coincident dry bulb temp. range,
DP Dew point temperature, °F MCDBR taub Clear sky optical depth for beam irradiance
°F
Mean coincident dew point
Ebn,noon MCDP taud Clear sky optical depth for diffuse irradiance
Clear sky beam normal and diffuse horizontal irradiances at solar noon, temperature, °F
Btu/h/ft2 Mean coincident wet bulb temperature,
Edh,noon MCWB Tavg Average temperature, °F
°F
Mean coincident wet bulb temp. range,
Elev Elevation, ft MCWBR Time Zone Hours ahead or behind UTC
°F
Enth Enthalpy, Btu/lb MCWS Mean coincident wind speed, mph WB Wet bulb temperature, °F
Hours 8/4 & Number of hours between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m with DB between 55
HDDn Heating degree-days base n°F, °F-day MDBR Mean dry bulb temp. range, °F
55/69 and 69 °F
PCWD Prevailing coincident wind direction, °,0 = North, 90 = East WS Wind speed, mph HR Humidity ratio, grains of moisture per lb of dry air