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Table 1 Summary statistics of weather variables, Sydney, Australia from 16 June to 10 September, 2021, used in a study of an outbreak of COVID-19 caused by the B.1.617.2 (delta) variant of SARS-CoV-2

From: Challenges in the control of COVID-19 outbreaks caused by the delta variant during periods of low humidity: an observational study in Sydney, Australia

Variables

Minimum

2.5th percentile

Median

Mean

97.5th percentile

Maximum

9:00 am humidity, %

32.7

49.6

69.8

72.1

96.6

98.2

3:00 pm humidity, %

21.3

27.8

47.2

50.9

91.7

98.4

9:00 am temperature, °C

7.1

7.3

11.8

12.1

18.1

21.0

3:00 pm temperature, °C

9.1

11.6

17.1

17.2

23.0

26.3

Humidity difference, %

0.3

3.0

24.8

23.1

43.1

53.6

Temperature difference, °C

0.1

0.5

5.0

5.2

9.2

11.4