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Table 2 The descriptive characteristics of weather variables

From: Association between stroke occurrence and changes in atmospheric circulation

Variable

Mean (SD)

Minimum

Percentiles

Maximum

25th

50th

75th

Air temperature, Ā°C

7.5 (8.9)

āˆ’2.52

1.0

7.8

14.8

26.6

Daily change in air temperature

0 (2.4)

āˆ’14.1

āˆ’1.4

0

1.4

17.7

Atmospheric pressure, hPa

1015 (9.6)

976

1009

1015

1021

1050

Daily change in atmospheric pressure

0 (6.0)

āˆ’36.8

āˆ’3.4

0

3.5

32.9

Relative humidity, %

80.4 (12)

37

73

82

89

100

Daily change in relative humidity

0 (7.8)

āˆ’34

āˆ’5

0

4

39

Wind speed, m/s

5.3 (2.0)

1

4

5

6

15

Cloud cover, okta

3.5 (1.6)

0.3

2.4

3.3

4.5

11.5

AO index

āˆ’0.12 (1.5)

āˆ’5.80

āˆ’0.95

āˆ’0.06

0.79

4.70

NAO index

āˆ’0.06 (0.8)

āˆ’3.25

āˆ’0.58

āˆ’ā€‰0.02

0.51

2.39

NINO3.4 index

āˆ’0.07 (0.8)

āˆ’2.20

āˆ’0.60

0.00

0.50

1.90

EA/WR indices

āˆ’0.17 (0.9)

āˆ’2.05

āˆ’0.85

āˆ’ā€‰0.25

0.46

1.79

SCA indices

0.06 (0.9)

āˆ’2.33

āˆ’0.53

0.00

0.68

2.11

  1. AO Arctic Oscillation, EA/WR East Atlantic/West Russia, NAO North Atlantic Oscillation, NINO3.4 Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperature, Scandinavian pattern (SCA)