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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Biometeorol. 2015 May 10;60(1):85–98. doi: 10.1007/s00484-015-1007-9

Table 3.

King County, Washington meteorological descriptive data, 1980–2010

Meteorological data (1980–2010, May–Sept.)
 County-wide humidex range (across all years; °C (°F))
  Minimum 6.66 °C (44.0 °F)
  Maximum 22.4 °C (72.3 °F)
 Heat days above relative risk threshold (n days (% of total days))
  99th percentile 36.1 °C (97.0 °F) 114 (2.40 %)
 County-wide maximum humidex range
  Average (°C (°F))
   Humidex 38.7 °C (101.7 °F)
   Temperature 30.9 °C (87.6 °F)
  Minimum (°C (°F))
   Humidex 36.1 °C (97 °F)
   Temperature 28.0 °C (82.4 °F)
  Maximum (°C (°F))
   Humidex 46.3 °C (115.3 °F)
   Temperature 34.9 °C (94.8 °F)
 Heat days above time series threshold (n days (% of total days))
  36.0 °C (96.8 °F) 117 (2.47 %)
 County-wide maximum humidex range
  Average (°C (°F))
   Humidex 38.6 °C (101.4 °F)
   Temperature 30.8 °C (87.4 °F)
  Minimum (°C (°F))
   Humidex 36.0 °C (96.8 °F)
   Temperature 28.0 °C (82.4 °F)
  Maximum (°C (°F))
   Humidex 46.3 °C (115.3 °F)
   Temperature 34.9 °C (94.8 °F)
 Heat day duration
  Relative risk threshold 36.1 °C (97.0 °F) Time series threshold 36.0 °C (96.8 °F)
Heat duration (No. of days) No. of events Cumulative % Heat duration (No. of days) No. of events Cumulative %
1 51 44.7 % 1 52 44.4 %
2 35 75.4 % 2 35 74.4 %
3 15 88.6 % 3 17 88.9 %
4 7 94.7 % 4 7 94.9 %
5 3 97.4 % 5 3 97.4 %
6 2 99.1 % 6 2 99.1 %
7 1 100.0 % 7 1 100.0 %