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Table 1 The 10 local climatic regions and their monthly meteorological factors in Taiwan (2002–2011)

From: Scrub typhus islands in the Taiwan area and the association between scrub typhus disease and forest land use and farmer population density: geographically weighted regression

Local climate regions

Meteorological factors

Mean

Median

Range

Northern Taiwan

surface temperatureb (°C)

20.9

21.3

11.3-28.2

 

precipitationc (mm)

274

225

31-1306

 

relative humidityb (%)

80.7

80.8

69.5-89.8

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

981

982

971-994

 

wet daysd (day)

14.5

14.6

3.8-26.4

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

115

111

13-224

Northwestern Taiwan

surface temperatureb (°C)

22.8

23.2

13.3-30

 

precipitationc (mm)

140

91

0-712

 

relative humidityb (%)

76.3

76

64-86

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

1010

1011

1000-1019

 

wet daysd (day)

9.7

9.5

1-19

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

156

150

29-296

Central western Taiwan

surface temperatureb (°C)

22

22.9

13.7-27.8

 

precipitationc (mm)

155

85

0-935

 

relative humidityb (%)

77.6

77.7

70-85

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

971

972

963-978

 

wet daysd (day)

9.4

8.8

0.3-21

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

163

166

85-245

Southwestern Taiwan

surface temperatureb (°C)

24.7

25.7

16.7-30.1

 

precipitationc (mm)

154

62

0-1091

 

relative humidityb (%)

75.3

75

65.3-83.3

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

1010

1011

1002-1018

 

wet daysd (day)

7.5

5.9

0-21.8

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

186

184

95-285

Northeastern Taiwan

surface temperatureb (°C)

22.8

23.1

13.9-30

 

precipitationc (mm)

277

222

2-1381

 

relative humidityb (%)

78.7

79

68.5-86.5

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

1012

1013

1001-1021

 

wet daysd (day)

16

15.8

1-28

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

123

106

11-314

Southeastern Taiwan

surface temperatureb (°C)

24.3

24.7

17.6-30

 

precipitationc (mm)

172

84

8-859

 

relative humidityb (%)

75.1

75.6

64.8-82

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

1011

1012

1001-1019

 

wet daysd (day)

11.8

11.8

2.5-20.3

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

142

132

24-323

Mountainous Area

surface temperatureb (°C)

11.4

12.2

4.3-15.5

 

precipitationc (mm)

361

160

0-3346

 

relative humidityb (%)

87.4

88.5

71-98

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

764

765

761-767

 

wet daysd (day)

13

12.5

0-28

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

124

121

52-216

Pescadore Islands

surface temperatureb (°C)

23.8

24.5

14-29.7

 

precipitationc (mm)

91

44

0-586

 

relative humidityb (%)

79.3

80

68-86.5

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

1010

1010

1001-1018

 

wet daysd (day)

5.6

5.5

0-15

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

173

176

35-345

Kinmen Islandsa

surface temperatureb (°C)

20.9

21.5

10.6-29.1

 

precipitationc (mm)

90

68

0-487

 

relative humidityb (%)

77.8

77

61-93

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

1011

1012

1000-1021

 

wet daysd (day)

7.8

7

0-20

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

158

156

37-292

Matou Islandsa

surface temperatureb (°C)

19

19.7

7.1-28.1

 

precipitationc (mm)

94

67

0-344

 

relative humidityb (%)

84.2

85

67-92

 

atmospheric pressureb (hecto-Pascal)

1004

1006

994-1016

 

wet daysd (day)

9.5

9

0-19

 

sunshine durationc (hour)

145

139

26-325

  1. a indicates that available data from 2004 to 2011 was used for this variable.
  2. bThe averaged value was calculated for each month.
  3. cThe value was accumulated for every day in a month.
  4. dThe measured value all day long was larger than 0.1 mm (defined as one wet day), and dry otherwise.
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