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Table 2 Personal, indoor, outdoor, and nearest weather station temperature values and differences at the 5th to 95th percentile for hourly temperature distributions recorded over summer 2020

From: Mixed methods assessment of personal heat exposure, sleep, physical activity, and heat adaptation strategies among urban residents in the Boston area, MA

 

Percentile

5th

25th

50th

75th

95th

Personal temperature (°C)

19.4

22.4

24.5

26.1

28.9

Indoor temperature (°C)

19.5

22.6

24.3

25.8

28.2

Outdoor local temperature (°C)

15.7

19.1

21.5

24.0

27.9

Outdoor NWS temperature (°C)

15.0

18.1

20.6

22.8

27.2

Difference (°C) between personal and indoor temperature (95% CI)a

-0.1 (-0.5, 0.2)

-0.2 (-0.6, 0.2)

0.2 (-0.04, 0.5)

0.4 (0.1, 0.6)

0.8 (0.4, 1.1)

Difference (°C) between personal and local temperature (95% CI)a

3.7 (2.4, 4.9)

3.2 (2.5, 3.9)

2.9 (2.3, 3.5)

1.9 (1.4, 2.4)

0.9 (-0.3, 2.1)

Difference (°C) between personal and NWS temperature (95% CI)a

4.4 (3.1, 5.6)

4.3 (3.7, 5.0)

3.9 (3.3, 4.5)

3.3 (2.8, 3.8)

1.7 (0.5, 2.9)

  1. NWS national weather station, CI confidence interval
  2. aDifferences at various percentiles were calculated using the Wald Test (significant differences are bolded)