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Table 1 Characteristics of meteorological variables and air pollutants in Hefei, China, from 2014 to 2017

From: Effect of ambient temperature on outpatient admission for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis in a subtropical Chinese city

Indicator

Mean ± SD

Percentile

5

25

50

75

95

Mean temperature (°C)

16.8 ± 9.0

2.4

8.8

17.8

24.5

30.1

Relative humidity (%)

75.5 ± 12.9

52.0

67.0

76.0

85.0

95.0

Rainfall (mm)

3.4 ± 10.1

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

19.8

Barometric pressure (hpa)

1015 ± 60.0

1000.1

1005.5

1013.3

1021.1

1029.1

Wind velocity (m/s)

1.9 ± 0.7

0.9

1.4

1.8

2.3

3.3

PM10 (ug/m3)

95.0 ± 49.1

31.0

62.0

89.0

118.0

181.9

PM2.5 (ug/m3)

64.6 ± 39.9

20.0

38.5

56.0

81.0

136.0

SO2 (ug/m3)

15.7 ± 7.2

8.0

10.0

14.0

19.0

29.0

NO2 (ug/m3)

39.5 ± 18.8

17.1

27.0

35.0

48.0

77.0

CO (mg/m3)

1.0 ± 0.3

0.6

0.8

0.9

1.1

1.6

O3 (ug/m3)

77.9 ± 41.9

25.0

46.0

68.0

103.0

160.0