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. 2017 Jul 27;8:30–37. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.07.002

Table 1.

Impact of weather factors on hourly trip counts in Greater Boston.

Weekday
Weekend
Season Variable All trips All weekday Commute Transit (commute) Non-commute
All Temperature (°C) 1.009 * 1.008 * 1.006 * 1.005 * 1.011 * 1.013 *
Humidity (%) 0.995 * 0.996 * 0.998 * 0.998 * 0.995 * 0.993 *
Wind speed (km/h) 1.004 * 1.003 * 1.004 * 1.005 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 1.023 * 1.029 * 1.041 *
Snow 0.845 * 0.730 * 0.708 * 0.773 0.728 *
Thunder 2.071 * 1.527
Cloud cover 1.120 * 1.129 * 1.126 * 1.063 *
Heavy cloud cover 1.045 * 1.069 * 1.079 * 1.085 * 1.076 *
Fog 1.083 1.121 1.188 1.191
Winter Temperature (°C) 1.017 * 1.015 * 1.004 1.026 * 1.027 *
Humidity (%) 0.996 * 0.997 * 0.995 * 0.994 *
Wind speed (km/h) 0.998 * 0.998 0.994 * 0.997
Precipitation (mm/h) 0.861 *
Snow 0.890 * 0.844 * 0.783 * 0.801 * 1.141
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.139 * 1.179 * 1.117 * 1.078
Heavy cloud cover
Fog 0.486 * 1.192
Spring Temperature (°C) 1.025 * 1.021 * 1.018 * 1.018 * 1.022 * 1.043 *
Humidity (%) 0.997 * 0.997 * 0.998 * 0.997 *
Wind speed (km/h) 1.004 * 1.003 1.003 1.007 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 0.929 0.869 *
Snow
Thunder 0.311 * 0.261 *
Cloud cover 1.078 * 1.112 * 1.198 *
Heavy cloud cover 1.080 * 1.138 * 1.143 * 1.214 * 1.106 * 0.869 *
Fog 2.291 *
Summer Temperature (°C) 1.012 * 1.014 * 1.021
Humidity (%) 0.993 * 0.993 * 0.997 0.992 * 0.994 *
Wind speed (km/h) 1.008 * 1.004 1.011 * 1.010 1.017 *
Precipitation (mm/h)
Snow
Thunder
Cloud cover 1.070 * 1.089 1.108
Heavy cloud cover 1.094 * 1.145 * 1.116 * 1.169 1.114 *
Fog
Autumn Temperature (°C) 1.019 * 1.015 * 1.010 * 1.008 * 1.018 * 1.025 *
Humidity (%) 0.993 * 0.995 * 0.997 * 0.997 * 0.994 * 0.986 *
Wind speed (km/h) 1.005 * 1.006 * 1.003 * 1.007 * 1.005 *
Precipitation (mm/h) 1.087 * 1.070 * 1.079 * 1.151 *
Snow 0.862 0.340 * 0.012 * 0.448 *
Thunder 1.828 0.624
Cloud cover 1.190 * 1.232 * 1.214 *
Heavy cloud cover
Fog 1.674 * 1.465 * 2.604 *

Note: Coefficients indicated with no asterisk are significant at α = 0.05 and coefficients indicated with an asterisk (*) are significant at α = 0.01. Variables corresponding to all insignificant coefficients were omitted during the model estimation process.