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. 2013 Apr 29;13:191. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-191

Table 1.

The 10 local climatic regions and their monthly meteorological factors in Taiwan (2002–2011)

Local climate regions Meteorological factors Mean Median Range
Northern Taiwan
surface temperatureb (°C)
20.9
21.3
11.3-28.2
 
precipitationc (mm)
274
225
31-1306
 
relative humidityb (%)
80.7
80.8
69.5-89.8
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
981
982
971-994
 
wet daysd (day)
14.5
14.6
3.8-26.4
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
115
111
13-224
Northwestern Taiwan
surface temperatureb (°C)
22.8
23.2
13.3-30
 
precipitationc (mm)
140
91
0-712
 
relative humidityb (%)
76.3
76
64-86
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
1010
1011
1000-1019
 
wet daysd (day)
9.7
9.5
1-19
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
156
150
29-296
Central western Taiwan
surface temperatureb (°C)
22
22.9
13.7-27.8
 
precipitationc (mm)
155
85
0-935
 
relative humidityb (%)
77.6
77.7
70-85
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
971
972
963-978
 
wet daysd (day)
9.4
8.8
0.3-21
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
163
166
85-245
Southwestern Taiwan
surface temperatureb (°C)
24.7
25.7
16.7-30.1
 
precipitationc (mm)
154
62
0-1091
 
relative humidityb (%)
75.3
75
65.3-83.3
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
1010
1011
1002-1018
 
wet daysd (day)
7.5
5.9
0-21.8
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
186
184
95-285
Northeastern Taiwan
surface temperatureb (°C)
22.8
23.1
13.9-30
 
precipitationc (mm)
277
222
2-1381
 
relative humidityb (%)
78.7
79
68.5-86.5
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
1012
1013
1001-1021
 
wet daysd (day)
16
15.8
1-28
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
123
106
11-314
Southeastern Taiwan
surface temperatureb (°C)
24.3
24.7
17.6-30
 
precipitationc (mm)
172
84
8-859
 
relative humidityb (%)
75.1
75.6
64.8-82
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
1011
1012
1001-1019
 
wet daysd (day)
11.8
11.8
2.5-20.3
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
142
132
24-323
Mountainous Area
surface temperatureb (°C)
11.4
12.2
4.3-15.5
 
precipitationc (mm)
361
160
0-3346
 
relative humidityb (%)
87.4
88.5
71-98
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
764
765
761-767
 
wet daysd (day)
13
12.5
0-28
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
124
121
52-216
Pescadore Islands
surface temperatureb (°C)
23.8
24.5
14-29.7
 
precipitationc (mm)
91
44
0-586
 
relative humidityb (%)
79.3
80
68-86.5
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
1010
1010
1001-1018
 
wet daysd (day)
5.6
5.5
0-15
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
173
176
35-345
Kinmen Islandsa
surface temperatureb (°C)
20.9
21.5
10.6-29.1
 
precipitationc (mm)
90
68
0-487
 
relative humidityb (%)
77.8
77
61-93
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
1011
1012
1000-1021
 
wet daysd (day)
7.8
7
0-20
 
sunshine durationc (hour)
158
156
37-292
Matou Islandsa
surface temperatureb (°C)
19
19.7
7.1-28.1
 
precipitationc (mm)
94
67
0-344
 
relative humidityb (%)
84.2
85
67-92
 
atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)
1004
1006
994-1016
 
wet daysd (day)
9.5
9
0-19
  sunshine durationc (hour) 145 139 26-325

a indicates that available data from 2004 to 2011 was used for this variable.

bThe averaged value was calculated for each month.

cThe value was accumulated for every day in a month.

dThe measured value all day long was larger than 0.1 mm (defined as one wet day), and dry otherwise.