Winter design temperature data for sixty-six Canadian stations

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Winter design temperature data for sixty-six Canadian stations

Thomas, M. K.; Boyd, D. W.

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Ser

T r n

B92

no.

a4

c .

2 m-

46'

MINT?33

DESIGM

TENPERATITRE DATA

by

Harley

K,

Thomas

Depuky

Superintendent, Clfmatology

S e c t 1

on,

Me

t e o r o l o g l c a l

Dl

vXsf

on.

D e p a r t m e n t

of

_{T r a n s p o r t ,}

_Toronto,

_{O n t a r l a *}

and

Donald W,

Boyd

Clfmatologfst,

D,B,R,,

w i t h C1Xma

t o l o g y

S e c t l a n ,

Meteorological Dfvision,

Deparhnent o f

Transport,

T o r o n t o , O n t a r i o ,

NOV

19 1954

I

T h e s e

d a t a

were

p r e p a m d

f o r the

Dlvision of Bulldfng

Research from basic

m a t e r i a l

developed

in

the

p r e p a r a t i o n

of

_{the maps}

_{f a r}

_the

_Climate

_{S e c t i o n}

cf

_the

_{N a t i o n a l B u i l d i n g}

Code

and

f o r the

ClXmatologica3 A t l a s of Canada,

Engineers

and

others

i n t e r e s t e d in

selecting

wfnter

d e s i g n temperatures f o r the

estimation

of buflding

h e a t

losses may

f l n d

thla tabular

presentation

mare

e o n v e n i e ~ t

than the maps,

although

r e f e r e n c e

may

still

have

to

be

_made

to them

f o p

stations

not

i n c l u d e d ,

-3 3

3 #tU

DIVISION

O F

BUILDING

R E S E A R C H

a NATIONAL

R E S E A R C H C O U N C I L

0 O T T A W A ,

CANADA

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WINTER

TEkPEHATtJHE DATA FOR BUILDIPIG D E S I G N IN CANADA

Prov

.

S t a t i o n Loca- tfon Elevz- tion

Ft.

Period

of

Lowest Mean Record Temp.

in

Annual

lised Period hln. Temp.

O F OF Winter D e a i ~ n Temps. 1% 2 53 10&7 Lean Winter Wind Speed m. p. h .

ALTA.

C a l ~ a r y Edrontan Gracde Prairie LethSridec? Kcl:urray M ~ d i c i n e Hat B.C. Estevan Point F o r t Nelson Penticton Prince C e m r g e Prince Rupert Va3couver V i c t o r i a Erandon Churchill T h e P a s H f n n l q e g Campbellton Fredeslctan Koncton Saint John Corner Brook Gander Goose Bay St. John's A k l a v i k F o r t Iiorman Frobisher R e s o l u t e Yel?owknif e H a l i r a x H a l i f a x Svdney Y a m o u t h

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Fmv. S t a t i o n h c a - Eleva- Period of Loarest Mean Winter Design Temps. Mean

t i o n tion Record Temp. in Annual I F 2 t % 546 1& Winter

Ft. Used Period

Mn.

Temp. Wind Speed

O F O F "F O F OF O F _{m. p.} h.

ONT,

Fort William Hamilton Kapuskasing Klnpston Kitchener London North Bay O t t a w a Petsrbrough Sioux lookouk S u d b u q Tim- i n s T o r o n t o Toronto Windsor

P.E.I.

Charlottetown Ca

74

1921-1950 -23 -11

-6

-3 0 ₄ _11.3

QUE.

Arvlda Knob Lake Mant J o l i N o n t r e d Montreal Port H~rrsson Quebec City Seven I s l a n d s Sherbmoke Three Rivers SASK. Prince Albert Regina Sa skatoon Swift C u r r e n t Y.T. Dawsan C6 ₁₀₆₂ _1921-1950

_-73

_-54

_-62 -56 -50 _-39 Whitehorse AP 2289 19L1-1950 -62 -51

-49

-43

_-37

_-26 _8.7 NOTES :

[ a ) Location: AP i n d i c a t e s t h a t the o b s e r v a t i ~ n e were takan a t the a f r p r t at l e a s t f o r the ten y e a r s

9941

to 1950. cQ f n d i c a t e s t;hat all the obsel-vations used were

taken at an o f f i c e in the c i t y , town

or

settlement ( b ) E l e v a t i o n : ground elevation above mean sea l e v e l .

( c } Period: where avaihabla the standard t h i r t y - y e a r period 1921 t o 1950 has been w e d

f o r t h e temp~rature

in

the next tvfo c o l m c r ,

In

some casea records for more

than one location have been used.

I d ) The

winter

desim temoeratures are all based an the January temperatures i n the t e n

years

19W-

to 1950.

l e ) Winter wind apeed: n o s t of t h e wind speeds are based on pefiods ending in

1947

which are somewhat shorter than the periods for t h e mintmum tmperatwes. The