Table 1.
Weather exposure | Rainy season (June-September) | Cool dry season (October-January) | Hot dry season (February-May) |
Mean air temperature (°C; SD) | 27.6 (3.8) | 26.8 (6.4) | 31.1 (6.0) |
Mean WBGTa estimate (°C; SD) | 25.9 (2.5) | 20.5 (5.6) | 23.4 (4.9) |
Number of days with maximum daily air temperature of ≥35 °C | 24 | 73 | 104 |
Number of days with maximum daily WBGT estimate of ≥30 °C | 46 | 33 | 42 |
Number of days with rainfall of ≥20 mm | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Number of nightsb with minimum air temperature of ≥20 °C | 91 | 48 | 98 |
Number of nightsb with minimum HIc of ≥25 °C | 40 | 15 | 63 |
aWBGT: wet-bulb globe temperature.
bNights were defined as 10 PM to 6 AM (median sleep onset–median sleep offset).
cHI: heat index.