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Additional information on international climatic zones can be found in ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2007 Normative Appendix B Building Envelope Climate Criteria. The information below is from Tables B-2, B-3, and B-4 in that appendix.
9000 < CDD50F 6300 < CDD50F 9000 4500 < CDD50F 6300 CDD50F 4500 AND HDD65F 3600 CDD50F 4500 AND 3600 < HDD65F 5400 3600 < HDD65F 5400 5400 < HDD65F 7200 7200 < HDD65F 9000 9000 < HDD65F 12600 12600 < HDD65F
5000 < CDD10C 3500 < CDD10C 5000 2500 < CDD10C < 3500 CDD10C 2500 AND HDD18C 2000 CDD10C 2500 AND HDD18C 3000 2000 < HDD18C 3000 3000 < HDD18C 4000
6A and 6B 7 8
4000 < HDD18C 5000 5000 < HDD18C 7000 7000 < HDD18C
Marine (C) definition Locations meeting all four of the following criteria: 1. Mean temperature of coldest month between 27F (-3C) and 65F (18C) 2. Warmest month mean < 72F (22C) 3. At least four months with mean temperatures over 50F (10C) 4. Dry season in summer. The month with the heaviest precipitation in the cold season has at least three times as much precipitation as the month with the least precipitation in the rest of the year. The cold season is October through March in the Northern Hemisphere and April through September in the Southern Hemisphere. Dry (B) definition Locations meeting the following criteria: Not marine and P < 0.44 (T 19.5) [I-P units] P < 2.0 (T + 7) [SI units] Where: P = annual precipitation in inches (cm) and T = annual mean temperature in F (C). Moist (A) definition Locations that are not marine and not dry.
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