Table 2.
Average weather variables recorded during all four cycles for 24 h, daytime, and night-time, along with habitat differences
| Season | Period | Variable | Measure | MRC | UCT | Difference | t-statistic | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | 24 h | Temperature (oC) | Max | 42.3 | 38.4 | 3.9 | −2.271 | 0.013 |
| Mean | 23.0 | 22.6 | 0.4 | −0.842 | 0.201 | |||
| Min | 8.2 | 13.5 | 5.3 | 4.266 | < 0.001 | |||
| Rainfall (mm) | Sum | 13.2 | 13.7 | 0.5 | −0.031 | 0.488 | ||
| Humidity (%) | Mean | 70.9 | 71.1 | 0.2 | 0.133 | 0.447 | ||
| Windspeed (km/h) | Mean | 2.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | −5.378 | < 0.001 | ||
| Daytime | Temperature (oC) | Max | 42.3 | 38.4 | 3.9 | −2.271 | 0.013 | |
| Mean | 25.9 | 24.9 | 1.0 | −1.495 | 0.069 | |||
| Min | 8.2 | 13.5 | 5.3 | 3.643 | < 0.001 | |||
| Rainfall (mm) | Sum | 9.1 | 12.7 | 3.5 | 0.313 | 0.377 | ||
| Humidity (%) | Mean | 63.0 | 64.6 | 1.6 | 0.693 | 0.245 | ||
| Windspeed (km/h) | Mean | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.8 | −5.78 | < 0.001 | ||
| Solar Radiation (W/m2) | Mean | 469.3 | 381.3 | 88 | −3.664 | < 0.001 | ||
| Nighttime | Temperature (oC) | Max | 28.7 | 27 | 1.7 | −0.506 | 0.307 | |
| Mean | 18.5 | 19.3 | 0.8 | 1.625 | 0.054 | |||
| Min | 8.2 | 13.7 | 5.5 | 3.559 | < 0.001 | |||
| Rainfall (mm) | Sum | 4.0 | 0.9 | 3.2 | −1.669 | 0.049 | ||
| Humidity (%) | Mean | 83.6 | 80.5 | 3.1 | −2.011 | 0.024 | ||
| Windspeed (km/h) | Mean | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | −3.320 | < 0.001 | ||
| Winter | 24 h | Temperature (oC) | Max | 29.3 | 33.7 | 4.4 | 1.627 | 0.052 |
| Mean | 12.5 | 14.9 | 2.5 | 7.725 | < 0.001 | |||
| Min | 0 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 11.235 | < 0.001 | |||
| Rainfall (mm) | Sum | 247.8 | 459.2 | 211.5 | 0.894 | 0.186 | ||
| Humidity (%) | Mean | 80.6 | 76.5 | 4.1 | −3.706 | < 0.001 | ||
| Windspeed (km/h) | Mean | 2.3 | 3.4 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.067 | ||
| Daytime | Temperature (oC) | Max | 29.3 | 33.7 | 4.4 | 1.567 | 0.059 | |
| Mean | 15.1 | 16.5 | 1.4 | 4.183 | < 0.001 | |||
| Min | 0.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 9.863 | < 0.001 | |||
| Rainfall (mm) | Sum | 126.5 | 244.8 | 118.4 | 0.731 | 0.233 | ||
| Humidity (%) | Mean | 73.3 | 72.1 | 1.2 | −1.169 | 0.122 | ||
| Windspeed (km/h) | Mean | 2.9 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 1.158 | 0.124 | ||
| Solar Radiation (W/m2) | Mean | 304.2 | 252.3 | 51.9 | −4.434 | < 0.001 | ||
| Nighttime | Temperature (oC) | Max | 19.7 | 24.6 | 4.5 | 5.822 | < 0.001 | |
| Mean | 10.0 | 14.4 | 4.4 | 10.66 | < 0.001 | |||
| Min | 0.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 11.127 | < 0.001 | |||
| Rainfall | Sum | 121.3 | 214.5 | 93.2 | 0.664 | 0.254 | ||
| Humidity (%) | Mean | 87.6 | 81.6 | 6.0 | −5.930 | < 0.001 | ||
| Windspeed (km/h) | Mean | 1.8 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.797 | 0.037 |
°C degrees Celsius, mm millimetres, % percentage, W/m2 Watts per square meter, km/h kilometres per hour; t- statistic from Welch two-sample t-test; significant differences (p ≤ 0.05) are denoted by bold type [28]