Angle of the sun
All of the site that we have found to build our passive solar home all have the same angle of the sun.I found this diagram from NASA that shows the angles of the sun.In June the Northern hemisphere has the most amount of sun but during December in the northern hemisphere has the lest amount of sun.Between 1pm and 2pm the sun angle for june: 70, May: 65, April: 60, March: 50, February: 36, January: 30, And December: 23.
Globe wind patterns
Globe wind patterns are produced by altitude. From the South the wind is blowing down toward the East. From the North the wind is blowing down towards the West. The warm winds are marked in red and the cold winds are marked in blue.
Globe wind patterns
this diagram shows how the wind is blowing due to the hot air coming from the equator
local wind patterns
Here in Novato we are close to the coast and because we are 38 degrees North we get all of our wind from the ocean. San Marin is located in the valley and all the wind blows down the valley from Stafford Lake right by San Marin, the strongest wind is in the afternoon.
Novato climate
climate is an average weather over a long pirod of time.
Rainfall: 35.5 in
Snowfall: 0 in
Percipitation days: 65
Sunny days: 262
Average July high: 82
Average January low: 41
Elevation: 139 ft
Rainfall: 35.5 in
Snowfall: 0 in
Percipitation days: 65
Sunny days: 262
Average July high: 82
Average January low: 41
Elevation: 139 ft
site 1
dry temp: 12 c
wet temp: 12 c
humidity: 100 %
wet temp: 12 c
humidity: 100 %
site 2
dry temp: 12 c
wet temp: 9 c
humidity: 68 %
wet temp: 9 c
humidity: 68 %
site 3
dry temp: 13 c
wet temp: 8 c
humidity : 25 %
wet temp: 8 c
humidity : 25 %
Our decision
we have decided on site 2 because its gets great sunlight, not to cold ,not to hot and there is a lot of opened space.