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. 2014 Sep 11;11(9):9409–9428. doi: 10.3390/ijerph110909409

Table 2.

The Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Indices.

ID Indicator Name Indicator Dentitions Units
TN10p Cool nights Percentage of time when daily min temperature < 10th percentile %
TX10p Cool days Percentage of time when daily max temperature < 10th percentile %
TN90p Warm nights Percentage of time when daily min temperature > 90th Percentile %
TX90p Warm days Percentage of time when daily max temperature > 90th percentile %
WSDI Warm spell duration indicator Annual count when at least six consecutive days of max temperature > 90th percentile days
CSDIN Cold spell duration indicator Annual count when at least six consecutive days of min temperature < 10th percentile days
CSDIX Cold spell duration indicator Annual count when at least six consecutive days of max temperature < 10th percentile days
PRCPTOT Annual total wet-day precipitation Annual total precipitation from days ≥ 1 mm mm
R10 Number of heavy precipitation days Annual count when precipitation ≥ 10 mm days
R20 Number of very heavy precipitation days Annual count when precipitation ≥ 20 mm days
CDD Consecutive dry days Maximum number of consecutive days when precipitation < 1 mm days
CWD Consecutive wet days Maximum number of consecutive days when precipitation ≥ 1 mm days
R95p Very wet days Annual total precipitation from days > 95th percentile mm
R99p Extremely wet days Annual total precipitation from days > 99th percentile mm