Heating and Wind Design Conditions for Greenland
City | Lat. | Long. | Elev. | Std. Pres. | Heating Dry Bulb, °C | Extreme Wind Speed, m/s | Coldest Month WS / MCDB | MCWS / MCWD to DB | Annual Extreme Daily | ||||||||||||
0.4% | 1% | 99.6% | 0.4% | Mean DB | Std. DB | ||||||||||||||||
°N | °W | Meters | kPa | 99.6% | 99% | 1% | 2.5% | 5% | WS | MCDB | WS | MCDB | MCWS | PWD | MCWS | PWD | Max | Min | Max | Min | |
Dundas, Thule Ab | 76.53 N | 68.50 W | 59 | 100.62 | -37.1 | -35.9 | 13.5 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 13.3 | -19.1 | 10.8 | -18.0 | 3.0 | 80 | 4.0 | 310 | 17.2 | -38.5 | 4.2 | 1.8 |
Godthab | 64.17 N | 51.75 W | 70 | 100.49 | -24.5 | -22.4 | 20.3 | 16.1 | 13.4 | 18.5 | -7.0 | 14.8 | -7.0 | 5.9 | 350 | 4.6 | 20 | 17.8 | -22.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
Kangerlussuaq | 67.00 N | 50.80 W | 53 | 100.69 | -41.0 | -39.0 | 10.0 | 8.4 | 7.2 | 10.3 | -5.7 | 8.4 | -6.7 | 3.8 | 60 | 4.9 | 70 | 20.5 | -40.6 | 1.4 | 4.5 |
Narsarsuaq | 61.18 N | 45.42 W | 26 | 101.01 | -27.8 | -24.7 | 20.9 | 17.4 | 13.7 | 23.6 | 1.0 | 20.6 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 60 | 7.5 | 70 | 20.0 | -26.1 | 1.4 | 6.0 |