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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atmos Environ (1994). 2020 Jan 20;224:117292. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117292

Table 2:

Mean, standard deviation (SD), and range of temperature, RH, PM2.5, Delta-C, mass at IR, and Delta-C:PM2.5 by season for time periods with both PM2.5 and co-located aethalometer data.

Temperature (°C) (BAM) Mean SD Min Max n hours
Winter 5.3 4.1 −4.6 17.2 841
Spring 15.6 6.5 −0.2 31.7 1851
Summer – wildfire 22.2 6.0 9.7 38.1 794
Summer – no wildfire 19.4 7.9 5.1 37.7 431
Fall 12.2 5.6 0.8 26.6 690
RH (%) (AgWeatherNet) Mean SD Min Max n hours
Winter 74.5 23.7 21.8 99.5 842
Spring 50.9 19.2 14.8 99.4 1851
Summer – wildfire 53.0 21.7 16.8 93.8 765
Summer – no wildfire 56.8 20.7 14.9 94.1 302
Fall 63.8 23.8 16.6 99.3 690
PM2.5 (μg/m3) Mean SD Min Max n hours
Winter (BAM, Toppenish) 7.7 6.0 −4.0 39.0 843
Spring (BAM, Toppenish) 4.0 3.7 −4.0 43.0 1853
Summer – wildfire (BAM, Toppenish) 19.6 17.9 −1.0 95.0 794
Summer- wildfire (low-cost monitor, Harrah) 19.7 14.7 2.6 79.1 765
Summer – no wildfire (BAM, Toppenish) 8.8 4.9 0.0 26.0 432
Summer – no wildfire (low-cost monitor, Harrah) 5.8 1.8 3.0 16.5 302
Fall (BAM, Toppenish) 11.1 6.6 −1.0 43.0 687
Fall (low-cost monitor, Harrah) 9.1 5.2 2.2 24.8 691
Delta-C (μg/m3) Mean SD Min Max n hours
Winter 0.27 0.32 −0.25 2.76 843
Spring 0.048 0.11 −0.53 1.83 1853
Summer – wildfire 0.34 0.52 −1.48 5.09 765
Summer – no wildfire 0.035 0.14 −0.41 0.40 302
Fall 0.096 0.22 −0.63 2.07 691
Mass at IR (μg/m3) Mean SD Min Max n hours
Winter 0.50 0.42 −0.021 2.53 843
Spring 0.23 0.30 −0.035 6.13 1853
Summer – wildfire 0.74 0.84 −0.16 8.34 765
Summer – no wildfire 0.21 0.20 −0.16 0.96 302
Fall 0.41 0.38 −0.13 3.10 691
Note that PM2.5 <1 μg/m3 were excluded when calculating Delta-C:PM 2.5.
Delta-C:PM2.5 Mean SD Min Max n hours
Winter 0.033 0.034 −0.12 0.27 768
Spring 0.013 0.024 −0.075 0.37 1587
Summer – wildfire 0.017 0.023 −0.093 0.12 765
Summer – no wildfire 0.007 0.024 −0.060 0.060 302
Fall 0.011 0.025 −0.079 0.17 691