Temperature representative curves applied to energy management

Energy storage and management systems require the best possible forecast regarding temperature behavior. Heating depends almost directly on outside temperature and cost to Canadian people as much as 20% of energy resources. The following paper presents the analysis done on 27 years of meteorologic datas provided by Environment Canada. By using extensive computer calculations, the following results are produced: typical curves of hourly average temperature given on a daily, monthly or yearly basis, spectral representations of daily average temperature and daily amplitude, and some observations about the lack of weather prediction using degree-days. The analysis show how a digital temperature generator can be implemented with a limited size data memory.