Climate 3 Studies

LOCATION: NEW YORK CITY/LAGUARDIA
LONGITUDE: -73.88
LATITUDE: 40.78
ELEVATION: 3.0

Slide 5 - The sky cover range during the fall season in New York can be as low as approximately 12 in September and as high as approximately 94 in December.
Slide 9- The fall months require little to no shade need as the months are generally colder. The afternoons in the month of September can become hot requiring the need for shading. Shading devices are not an extreme necessity during the fall months so adjustable shading devices (as discussed in The Green Studio Handbook may be an element to consider when designing buildings in NY. Side lighting will also need to be considered for the fall months based on the angle of the sun during the fall season.

Slide 10 - The Sun chart is consisten with the shade chart above demonstrating sporadic timesin the fall months when shade is needed, but as a general rule of thumb, shade is not needed.

Slide 11 - The daily graph demonstrates that the sky cover has such a large range and varies throughout the months of the season of fall.
The monthly graph helps clarify the percentages. As a rule of the thumb one can base their design so the sky cover percent to be 30-60 before and after sunrise during the fall months. The same range can be utilized for design during sunrise to sunset in the first half of fall, however, once November arrives the sky cover is 60-80 from sunrise to sunset. Throughout the fall season one can expect some amount of sky cover at all times in NY.

Slide 12 - The 3d charts provide the same information as the above slides, however, one can visualize the changes in the sky cover throughout the given months.