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Originally Posted by RobertSmalls
You must have had it set to Moscow, OH, because Moscow RS (UUEE), at 56°N, had 8805 HDD (ref 65°F) last year. That reconciles nicely with the 20" of wall thickness.
56°N... that's awfully close to the arctic circle. It has to be tough to be passive when the sun is 10° above the horizon at noon on the solstice.
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This is the data set I used:
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Description:,"Fahrenheit-based 5-year-average (2006 to 2010) heating degree days for a base temperature of 65F"
Source:,"www.degreedays.net (using temperature data from www.wunderground.com)"
Accuracy:,"No problems detected"
Station:,"Airport: Moscow Vnukovo, RS (37.27E,55.65N)"
Station ID:,"UUWW"
,HDD
Jan,1517
Feb,1376
Mar,1072
Apr,663
May,325
Jun,160
Jul,97
Aug,134
Sep,353
Oct,694
Nov,979
Dec,1253
Total,8623 <===============
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...try something else.
-AC