Kansas design temperatures
Outdoor heating and cooling design conditions for 10 Kansas weather stations. Choose the station nearest to you in distance and elevation, and check whether your building department specifies its own values.
| Station | Elevation | 99.6 % heating | 99 % heating | 1 % cooling / MCWB | 0.4 % cooling / MCWB | Use it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chanute/Martin JohnWMO 724507 · 1973–1996 | 1,001 ft | 2 °F | 8 °F | 95 / 75 °F | 98 / 76 °F | Load calculator |
| Dodge City(Awos)WMO 724510 · 1973–1996 | 2,592 ft | 0 °F | 6 °F | 97 / 70 °F | 100 / 70 °F | Load calculator |
| Ft Riley/Marshall AAFWMO 724550 · 1967–1996 | 1,066 ft | −1 °F | 5 °F | 96 / 75 °F | 100 / 76 °F | Load calculator |
| Goodland/RennerWMO 724650 · 1973–1996 | 3,688 ft | −3 °F | 2 °F | 94 / 66 °F | 97 / 66 °F | Load calculator |
| HutchinsonWMO 724506 · 1973–1996 | 1,542 ft | 2 °F | 7 °F | 99 / 73 °F | 102 / 72 °F | Load calculator |
| McConnell AFBWMO 724505 · 1967–1996 | 1,371 ft | 4 °F | 9 °F | 97 / 73 °F | 100 / 74 °F | Load calculator |
| SalinaWMO 724586 · 1973–1996 | 1,273 ft | −2 °F | 5 °F | 98 / 74 °F | 101 / 74 °F | Load calculator |
| Topeka/BillardWMO 724560 · 1973–1996 | 886 ft | −3 °F | 4 °F | 93 / 76 °F | 96 / 76 °F | Load calculator |
| Topeka/Forbes FieldWMO 724565 · 1967–1996 | 1,079 ft | 1 °F | 7 °F | 93 / 75 °F | 97 / 75 °F | Load calculator |
| Wichita/ContineWMO 724500 · 1973–1996 | 1,339 ft | 1 °F | 8 °F | 98 / 73 °F | 101 / 73 °F | Load calculator |
Using these values
- Heat-loss calculations for homes commonly use the 99 % heating value, and cooling loads the 1 % dry bulb with its mean coincident wet bulb (MCWB). The 99.6 % and 0.4 % values are more conservative.
- “Load calculator” opens the heating and cooling load calculator with that station’s 99 % and 1 % temperatures and its design moisture difference (outdoor air at the 1 % condition versus 75 °F, 50 % RH indoors, at the station’s elevation).
- Source: U.S. Air Force Combat Climatology Center and NOAA National Climatic Data Center, Engineering Weather Data (1999; public domain). Each station’s period of record is shown under its name; they end by 1996, and the climate has warmed since, so check local requirements before relying on a value for a permit.