Research Article
The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus
Table 2
A summary of the meteorological data of 2005 in average weather conditions*.
| Month | Average sunlight (hours) | Temperature | Discomfort from heat and humidity | Relative humidity | Min | Max | am | pm |
| (a) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Jan | 6 | 22 | 32 | High | 97 | 60 | Feb | 7 | 22 | 33 | High | 97 | 60 | March | 7 | 23 | 33 | High | 97 | 58 | April | 6 | 23 | 33 | High | 97 | 63 | May | 6 | 23 | 33 | High | 97 | 66 | June | 7 | 22 | 33 | High | 96 | 63 | July | 7 | 23 | 32 | High | 95 | 63 | Aug | 6 | 23 | 32 | High | 96 | 62 | Sept | 6 | 23 | 32 | High | 96 | 64 | Oct | 5 | 23 | 32 | High | 96 | 65 | Nov | 5 | 23 | 32 | High | 97 | 66 | Dec | 5 | 22 | 32 | High | 97 | 61 |
| (b) Jakarta, Indonesia | Jan | 5 | 23 | 29 | High | 95 | 75 | Feb | 5 | 23 | 29 | High | 95 | 75 | March | 6 | 23 | 30 | High | 94 | 73 | April | 7 | 24 | 31 | High | 94 | 71 | May | 7 | 24 | 31 | High | 94 | 69 | June | 7 | 23 | 31 | High | 93 | 67 | July | 7 | 23 | 31 | High | 92 | 64 | Aug | 8 | 23 | 31 | High | 90 | 61 | Sept | 8 | 23 | 31 | High | 90 | 62 | Oct | 7 | 23 | 31 | High | 90 | 64 | Nov | 6 | 23 | 30 | High | 92 | 68 | Dec | 5 | 23 | 29 | High | 92 | 71 |
| (c) Bangkok, Thailand | Jan | 9 | 20 | 32 | High | 91 | 53 | Feb | 8 | 22 | 33 | High | 92 | 55 | March | 9 | 24 | 34 | High | 92 | 56 | April | 8 | 25 | 35 | Extreme | 90 | 58 | May | 8 | 25 | 34 | Extreme | 91 | 64 | June | 6 | 24 | 33 | Extreme | 90 | 67 | July | 5 | 24 | 32 | High | 91 | 66 | Aug | 5 | 24 | 32 | High | 92 | 66 | Sept | 5 | 24 | 32 | High | 94 | 70 | Oct | 6 | 24 | 31 | High | 93 | 70 | Nov | 8 | 22 | 31 | High | 92 | 65 | Dec | 9 | 20 | 31 | High | 91 | 56 |
| (d) Singapore | Jan | 5 | 23 | 30 | High | 82 | 78 | Feb | 7 | 23 | 31 | High | 77 | 71 | March | 6 | 24 | 31 | High | 76 | 70 | April | 6 | 24 | 31 | High | 77 | 74 | May | 6 | 24 | 32 | Extreme | 79 | 73 | June | 6 | 24 | 31 | High | 79 | 73 | July | 6 | 24 | 31 | High | 79 | 72 | Aug | 6 | 24 | 31 | High | 78 | 72 | Sept | 5 | 24 | 31 | High | 79 | 72 | Oct | 5 | 23 | 31 | High | 78 | 72 | Nov | 5 | 23 | 31 | High | 79 | 75 | Dec | 4 | 23 | 31 | High | 82 | 78 |
| (e) Hong Kong | Jan | 5 | 13 | 18 | — | 77 | 66 | Feb | 4 | 13 | 17 | — | 82 | 73 | March | 3 | 16 | 19 | — | 84 | 74 | April | 4 | 19 | 24 | Medium | 87 | 77 | May | 5 | 23 | 28 | Medium | 87 | 78 | June | 5 | 26 | 29 | High | 86 | 77 | July | 8 | 26 | 31 | High | 87 | 77 | Aug | 6 | 26 | 31 | High | 87 | 77 | Sept | 6 | 25 | 29 | High | 83 | 72 | Oct | 7 | 23 | 27 | Medium | 75 | 63 | Nov | 7 | 18 | 23 | Moderate | 73 | 60 | Dec | 6 | 15 | 20 | — | 74 | 63 |
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*Data is available at BBC weather website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results).
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