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Canadian winter design temperatures, 2 1/2% basis

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CANADIAN

WINTER DESIGN TEMPERATURES,

2*$

BASIS

by

Morley

K. Thomas

Deputy

Superintendent,

Clfmatological

Section

Canadian

MeteorologLcal

S e r v i c e s

and

Donald

W

.

Boyd

D. B,

R. Climatologist

Wfnter

deskgn

temperature on

a

22 per

cent basis

is

t h e temperature,

expressed

in degrees F a h r e n h e i t ,

at

_or

below

which

23 p e r

c e n t

of

t h e January

h o u r l y

out-door

temperatures occur. These d e s i g n

temperatures for 190

Canadla!

s t a t i o n s

were prepared from basic material

developed In the preparation of the f i r s t chart in

t h e

ClFrraate

Part

of t h e

N a t i o n a l

B u i l d i n g

Code.

Additlgna,l

w i n t e r

weather

d a t a

_{f o r}

_some

_{of these}

s t a t - i o n s are

contained

I n

Bullding

Note

No.

14. Data

f o r

s t a t i o n s

n o t

L i s t e d can be

o b t a i n e d

by

writing to

the

Building

Code

S e c t i o n , D i v i s i o n of B u i l d i n g

Research,

YatZonal Research

Coimcil,

Ottawa,

Canada.

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