Table 2.
Spearman's correlation between COVID-19 and meteorological factors.
| S | T | TM | Tm | TD | SLP | H | PP | VV | V | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | |||||||||
| T | 0.484** | 1 | ||||||||
| TM | 0.463** | 0.987** | 1 | |||||||
| Tm | 0.493** | 0.987** | 0.960** | 1 | ||||||
| TD | − 0.492** | − 0.752** | − 0.673** | − 0.824** | 1 | |||||
| SLP | − 0.207 | − 0.770** | − 0.785** | − 0.739** | 0.399 | 1 | ||||
| RH | 0.530** | 0.636** | 0.610** | 0.683** | − 0.789** | − 0.478* | 1 | |||
| PP | 0.487** | 0.453* | 0.429* | 0.518** | − 0.583** | − 0.210 | 0.637** | 1 | ||
| VV | − 0.305 | − 0.009 | 0.006 | − 0.002 | 0.040 | − 0.225 | − 0.121 | 0.084 | 1 | |
| V | 0.036 | 0.185 | 0.214 | 0.163 | 0.003 | − 0.333 | 0.347 | 0.217 | 0.101 | 1 |
S sum of COVID-19 cases, T average temperature, TM maximum temperature, Tm minimum temperature, TD diurnal temperature variation, SLP atmospheric pressure at sea level, RH relative humidity, PP precipitation, VV average visibility, V average wind speed.
**P < 0.01; *P < 0.05.