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

*Data is available at BBC weather website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results).