Table 2.

Correlation coefficient between the monthly incidence of human brucellosis and climate variables, 2004–2010

Province	Temperature	Rainfall	HS	RH	WV
Inner Mongolia	L4 = −0.70	L4 = −0.58	L4 = −0.69	L1 = −0.50	L1 = 0.51
Heilongjiang	L4 = −0.76	L4 = −0.59	L4 = −0.53	L1 = −0.34	L1 = 0.28
Shanxi	L4 = −0.71	L3 = −0.63	L5 = −0.56	L2 = −0.57	L2 = 0.53
Jilin	L4 = −0.48	L4 = −0.39	L4 = −0.29	L3 = −0.36	L1 = 0.30

The maximum correlation coefficient were shown in the table.

Lx: the lagged months. HS: monthly hours of sunshine; RH: average relative humidity; WV: average wind velocity.