WeatherFileReader

class iesve.WeatherFileReader

Bases: object

Interface for working with weather files (fwt and epw formats).

Basic usage:

1wea_file = iesve.WeatherFileReader()
2result = wea_file.open_weather_file( 'WashingtonTMY2.fwt' )
3assert result > 0, 'Error opening weather file.'

close() → None

Close weather file

get_results(type: int | weather_variable, start_day: int, end_day: int) → ndarray[Any, dtype[float32]] | None

Read a variable out of the weather file

Parameters:

• type (int | weather_variable) – see enum iesve.weather_variable for units

• start_day (int) – 1 to 365 (inclusive)

• end_day (int) – 1 to 365 (inclusive)

Returns:

Chosen data. See

iesve.weather_variable for unit

Return type:

Optional[npt.NDArray[numpy.float32]]

open_weather_file(filename: str) → int

Load a weather file indicated by filename. Returns > 0 on success, <= 0 on error

feb29: bool

True if year has February 29th (leap year), false otherwise

lat: float

Weather site latitude

long: float

Weather site longitude

site: str

Weather site description

solar_rad_convention: str

Solar rad convention

start_weekday: str

First day of the year

time_convention: str

Time convention

time_zone: float

Weather site time zone (hours ahead of GMT)

year: int

Weather data start year