|  | VIRGINIA 
              / SterlingLatitude (N): 38.95
 Longitude 
              (W): 77.45
 Elevation (feet): 269
 Annual Precipitation (inches): 39
 Annual heating degree days (base 65 deg. F): 5,010
 APPROXIMATE 
              SUN ANGLE (at noon facing due south)  
              
                 
                  | Mar 
                      21 | June 
                      21 | Sept 
                      21 | Dec 
                      21 |   
                  |  
                      51 deg. |  
                      75 deg. |  
                      51 deg. |  
                      27 deg. |   
              
 AVERAGE DAILY SOLAR RADIATION
 
 
               
                |  | March | June | September | December |   
                | On 
                  horizontal surface |   
                | kWh/m2 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 1.8 |   
                | BTU/ft2 | 1,269 | 1,998 | 1,396 | 571 |   
                | On 
                  vertical surface |   
                | kWh/m2 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 3.0 |   
                | BTU/ft2 | 1,110 | 793 | 1,047 | 952 |  AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 
              AND WIND SPEED
  
              
                 
                  |  | March | June | September | December |   
                  | Daily 
                    Min. - Degrees F | 32 | 59 | 55 | 26 |   
                  | Daily 
                    Max. - Degrees F | 55 | 83 | 79 | 45 |   
                  | Wind 
                    Speed - miles/hour | 9.2 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 7.8 |    [Select 
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