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. 2020 Apr 28;729:139090. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139090

Table 2.

Descriptive analysis of the meteorological variables of the Brazilian cities with more cases of Covid-19.

Statistics Temperature (°C)
Relative humidity (%)
Rainfall (mm)
Mean Max Min Mean Max Min
Manaus
Mean 27.3 31.7 24.5 79.4 91.8 58.2 12.9
Median 27.7 32.5 24.6 78.8 93.0 55.0 0.7
Mode 28.2 33.3 25.5 74.4 94.0 61.0 0.0
Minimum 24.6 26.6 22.3 66.5 84.0 41.0 0.0
Maximum 30.0 34.7 27.2 90.8 95.0 83.0 162.6
SD 1.5 2.2 1.3 6.3 2.8 11.0 31.8
Kurtosis −0.9 −0.3 −1.0 −0.5 1.0 0.0 16.5
Asymmetry −0.1 −0.8 0.0 0.1 −1.3 0.8 3.8



Fortaleza
Mean 27.4 31.8 24.5 79.9 91.2 58.7 11.5
Median 27.6 32.5 24.6 79.0 92.0 57.0 3.9
Mode 28.3 32.7 24.6 78.9 92.0 53.0 0.0
Minimum 24.6 27.5 22.9 71.6 87.0 46.0 0.0
Maximum 28.8 33.7 25.6 91.3 93.0 81.0 110.0
SD 1.0 1.4 0.7 4.7 1.4 7.9 20.8
Kurtosis 1.1 1.5 0.1 −0.1 1.6 1.0 16.5
Asymmetry −1.1 −1.3 −0.3 0.5 −1.3 1.1 3.7



Brasília
Mean 22.1 27.8 18.3 77.7 93.5 50.1 7.0
Median 22.1 27.8 18.4 77.4 95.0 49.0 0.9
Mode 21.5 27.4 18.1 95.0 54.0 0.0
Minimum 19.5 23.6 15.4 64.5 84.0 33.0 0.0
Maximum 24.2 30.3 19.7 92.2 96.0 69.0 42.2
SD 1.2 1.7 1.0 8.3 3.3 10.5 11.0
Kurtosis −0.3 −0.2 1.5 −1.2 2.4 −1.1 2.7
Asymmetry −0.4 −0.5 −1.1 0.1 −1.8 0.3 1.8



Rio de Janeiro
Mean 24.2 27.4 22.1 79.7 88.0 67.7 1.9
Median 24.0 27.6 22.0 79.9 88.0 69.0 0.0
Mode 23.8 28.0 22.7 87.5 93.0 75.0 0.0
Minimum 21.6 23.2 19.8 66.2 80.0 41.0 0.0
Maximum 27.1 32.6 25.2 91.5 96.0 83.0 34.4
SD 1.5 2.4 1.2 5.8 4.5 9.3 6.9
Kurtosis −0.2 0.3 0.1 −0.1 −1.2 1.2 17.7
Asymmetry 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.0 0.0 −0.8 4.2



São Paulo
Mean 20.4 26.1 16.9 81.6 95.0 54.2 1.1
Median 20.3 25.7 17.1 81.7 96.0 54.0 0.0
Mode 22.1 27.8 17.0 81.5 97.0 51.0 0.0
Minimum 16.8 19.1 12.6 72.0 86.0 34.0 0.0
Maximum 24.4 32.8 21.2 91.3 97.0 79.0 11.6
SD 2.3 3.6 2.1 4.8 2.7 9.3 2.9
Kurtosis −0.9 −0.8 −0.7 −0.1 3.0 0.9 7.5
Asymmetry 0.2 0.3 −0.1 −0.3 −1.8 0.4 2.9

Max, Min and Cum stand for maximum, minimum and cumulative. SD is the standard deviation.