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. 2021 Mar 19;9:618828. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.618828

Table 3F.

Difference in day-of-admission weather variables in Dubai City between COVID-19 patients' clinical outcomes: Septic shock.

Weather variable Septic Shock p-value
No Yes
Mean SD Mean SD
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily minimum 22.20 4.20 23.34 3.58 0.033
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily maximum 36.95 5.91 39.09 4.80 0.004
Temperature °C 2 m elevation corrected daily mean 28.96 4.88 30.73 3.96 0.005
Relative humidity % 2 m daily minimum 19.00 9.00 16.00 7.00 0.01
Relative humidity % 2 m daily maximum 71.00 18.00 67.00 18.00 0.05
Relative humidity % 2 m daily mean 45.20 14.32 40.63 13.32 0.014
Precipitation total mm sfc daily summation 0.30 1.60 0.14 0.42 ns
Cloud cover total % sfc daily mean 22.44 25.84 15.27 21.35 0.03
Sunshine duration min sfc daily summation 614.95 200.15 659.34 163.76 ns
Shortwave radiation W/m2 sfc daily summation 6933.76 1262.12 7295.28 983.52 0.024
Direct shortwave radiation W/m2 sfc daily summation 4434.43 1072.42 4699.21 889.63 ns
Evapotranspiration mm sfc daily summation 0.35 0.24 0.34 0.20 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily minimum 2.79 2.60 3.31 3.16 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily maximum 15.41 4.62 15.45 5.62 ns
Wind speed km/h 10 m daily mean 8.28 3.28 8.65 3.92 ns
Wind direction dominant ° 10 m daily none 195.87 114.88 190.85 105.41 ns
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily minimum 24.09 5.71 26.10 4.98 0.006
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily maximum 34.68 5.75 36.72 4.80 0.005
Temperature °C 1,000 mb daily mean 29.02 5.66 31.16 4.77 0.003
Temperature °C sfc daily minimum 19.86 3.99 20.76 3.69 ns
Temperature °C sfc daily maximum 44.75 6.72 47.05 5.43 0.007
Temperature °C sfc daily mean 30.67 4.90 32.38 3.97 0.006