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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of daily new cases of COVID-19 and the weather variables

From: The effects of weather on the spread of COVID-19: evidence from Ghana

Variable

Minimum

LQ

Median

Mean ± SD

UQ

Maximum

Daily new cases

1.00

117.00

271.00

328.80 ± 286

465.00

1513.00

Average Temperature (°C)

24.90

26.10

26.90

27.21 ± 1.38

28.60

29.70

Humidity (%)

72.50

77.60

81.00

80.15 ± 2.86

82.50

85.20

Wind speed (km/h)

10.10

13.00

14.50

14.63 ± 2.14

16.10

19.80

Pressure (hpa)

1010.00

1011.00

1012.00

1013.00 ± 1.68

1014.00

1015.00

  1. SD represents standard deviation; LQ and UQ represent the lower and upper quartile respectively