UFC 3-400-02 Design: Engineering Weather Data

1 UFC 3-400-0228 FEBRUARY 2003 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) design : Engineering WEATHERDATAAPPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE: DISTRIBUTION UNLIMITEDUFC 3-400-0228 FEBRUARY 2003 UNIFIED FACILITIES CRITERIA (UFC) design Engineering Weather DATAAny copyrighted material included in this UFC is identified at its point of of the copyrighted material apart from this UFC must have the permission of thecopyright ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (Preparing Activity)NAVAL FACILITIES Engineering COMMANDAIR FORCE CIVIL ENGINEER SUPPORT AGENCYR ecord of Changes (changes are indicated by \1\ .. /1/)Change No. DateLocation_____This UFC supersedes AFH(I) 32-1163, Engineering Weather data ,Dated 1 July 2000.

2 UFC 3-400-0228 FEBRUARY 2003 FOREWORD The Unified Facilities Criteria (UFC) system is prescribed by MIL-STD 3007 and provides planning, design , construction, sustainment, restoration, and modernization criteria, and applies to the Military Departments, the Defense Agencies, and the DoD Field Activities in accordance with USD(AT&L) Memorandum dated 29 May 2002. UFC will be used for all DoD projects and work for other customers where appropriate. All construction outside of the United States is also governed by Status of forces Agreements (SOFA), Host Nation Funded Construction Agreements (HNFA), and in some instances, Bilateral Infrastructure Agreements (BIA.)

3 Therefore, the acquisition team must ensure compliance with the more stringent of the UFC, the SOFA, the HNFA, and the BIA, as applicable. UFC are living documents and will be periodically reviewed, updated, and made available to users as part of the Services responsibility for providing technical criteria for military construction. Headquarters, Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE), Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), and Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency (AFCESA) are responsible for administration of the UFC system. Defense agencies should contact the preparing service for document interpretation and improvements.

4 Technical content of UFC is the responsibility of the cognizant DoD working group. Recommended changes with supporting rationale should be sent to the respective service proponent office by the following electronic form: Criteria Change Request (CCR). The form is also accessible from the Internet sites listed below. UFC are effective upon issuance and are distributed only in electronic media from the following source: Whole Building design Guide web site Hard copies of UFC printed from electronic media should be checked against the current electronic version prior to use to ensure that they are current. AUTHORIZED BY: _____ DONALD L.

5 BASHAM, Chief, Engineering and Construction Army Corps of Engineers _____DR. JAMES W WRIGHT, Chief Engineer Naval Facilities Engineering Command _____ KATHLEEN I. FERGUSON, The Deputy Civil Engineer DCS/Installations & Logistics Department of the Air Force _____Dr. GET W. MOY, Director, Installations Requirements and Management Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment) UFC 3-400-0228 FEBRUARY 2003iCONTENTSCHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTIONP aragraph 1-1 PURPOSE ..11-2 SCOPE ..11-3 ACCESSING THE data .. data for DOD (.mil Domain) data by World Meteorological Organization (WMO)Number.

6 data for Non-DOD (.mil Domain) Users ..21-4 REFERENCES .. Paragraph SET PAGE 1: CLIMATE SUMMARY .. Information .. Bulb Conditioning/Humid Area Criteria .. Site data .. Use ..82-3 data SET PAGE 2: AVERAGE ANNUAL CLIMATE .. of Graph .. Use ..92-4 data SET PAGE 3: of Graph .. Use ..112-5 data SET PAGE 4: PSYCHROMETRIC DISPLAY OF DESIGNVALUES ..132-6 data SET PAGES 5 THROUGH 9: TEMPERATURE BIN data . Use ..152-7 data SET PAGE 10: ANNUAL TEMPERATURE SUMMARY .. Use .. Considerations ..212-8 data SET PAGE 11: ANNUAL HUMIDITY Use .. Considerations ..232-9 data SET PAGE 12: ANNUAL DRY BULB TEMPERATUREAND HUMIDITY SUMMARY TABLES.

7 252-10 data SET PAGE 13: BUILDING ENVELOPE LOADS .. of Charts .. Use ..272-11 data SET PAGE 14: VENTILATION AND INFILTRATIONLOADS .. Use ..29 UFC 3-400-0228 FEBRUARY ..292-12 data SET PAGES 15 AND 16: SOLAR RADIATION of Charts .. Use ..312-13 data SET PAGES 17 AND18: WIND SUMMARY .. of Charts .. SummaryChart Use ..35 CHAPTER 3 SITE DATA3-1US SITES (50 STATES, TERRITORIES)..383-2 NON-US SITES .. AWEATHER data ACCESS data Set data Set data Set data Set data Set data Set data Set data Set data Set DataSet DataSet DataSet DataSet DataSet DataSet DataSet DataSet DataSet 3-400-0228 FEBRUARY 20031 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION1-1 PURPOSE.

8 The purpose of this document is to provide an overview of andinstructions for access to climatological data available for use by engineers designinggovernment The Air Force Combat Climatology Center (AFCCC) compiled thedata in this document at the request of the Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency(HQ AFCESA). Sites were identified by AFCESA, US Army Corps of Engineers(USACE), and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFACENGCOM). Finalselection of sites was based upon availability of climatological data . Most are located atmilitary installations supporting airfield operations, or at local airports/airfields. (SeeChapter 3 for a listing of sites.)

9 Department of Defense (DOD) agencies and DODcontractors may obtain data for additional sites by providing site coordinates andelevation in written request to AFCCC/DOO, 151 Patton Avenue, Room 120, Asheville,North Carolina, 28801-5002. Non-DOD users should contact the National Climatic DataCenter, Federal Building, Asheville, North Carolina,28801. Nongovernmental site datamay be obtained from a private consulting meteorologist or the following Web site: THE access the data , go to the AFCCC Web follow the instructions in paragraph , , , orAppendix data for DOD (.mil Domain) Users. Follow the proceduresoutlined in Appendix A.

10 Open the data from the site or save it to disk for future site is presented in an 18-page Adobe Acrobat file (PDF) format and will requireAdobe Acrobat Reader to view the file. To comply with Standard ,EnergyStandard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, co-sponsored by theAmerican Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers and theIlluminating Engineering Society of North America (ASHRAE/IESNA) and approved bythe American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the AFCCC has added a separatefile containing all cooling degree-day data based on 50 F for all sites. Paragraph covers the use of this file in more detail.