Climatic Data
Excerpt from Town of Creston Bylaw No. 1657
Climatic data for the design of buildings in the Town of Creston shall be:
| DESIGN TEMPERATURE | |
| January 2.5% dry bulb | -26° C |
| January 1.0% dry bulb | -29° C |
| July 2.5% dry bulb | 33° C |
| July 2.5% wet bulb | 20° C |
| Degree Days below 18° C | 3,720 |
| PRECIPITATION | |
| Maximum 15 minute rainfall | 10 mm |
| Maximum one day rainfall | 43 mm |
| Annual total precipitation | 630 mm |
| SNOW LOAD | |
| Ground snow load S(s) 50 yr | 2.8 kPa |
| Associated rain load S(r) 50 yr | 0.1 kPa |
| HOURLY WIND PRESSURE | |
| Probability 1 / 50 | 0.33 kPa |
| SEISMIC DATA | |
| Seismic Spectral Response Accelerations | Sa (0.2) 0.273 |
| MOISTURE INDEX | 0.53 |
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