Climatic Data for Frost Protected Shallow FoundationsPublications and Data 676K). The data
table publication contains a listing of cities with the specific 100-year return
period value located in the far right column. Other columns in the table contain
lesser return periods and are listed for comparison purposes or other
applications. Only the 100-year return period in this publication should be used
for FPSF.
Another publication provides the 29 winter season values that were used to
compute the 100-year return period of the AFI. Data tables ( Finding a station: To find a station in the publications use the "Find" capability (binocular icon in PDF files; in Excel files, Click Edit and then Find) and enter a city or place name. All cities do not have Air Freezing Index values located in these files. If your city is not available, you can locate a nearby city by using a station locator system called Web Cliserv.
2) Then choose one of the Cleveland stations, possibly Burke Lakefront. 3) Then under the station name Cleveland Burke Lakefront you will see other options such as:
b) Surrounding Stations (+/-30 minutes) 5) See if one of these nearby stations has AFI values Cautionary Note when using Air Freezing Index values: Topographic variability, proximity to bodies of water, and urban heat effects should be considered when using these data. For those locations or if the planned construction site is not located nearby a station that has AFI data, using a combination of the AFI map and the most representative city(s) AFI value(s) is advisable.
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