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. 2020 Aug 1:728:138835.
doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138835. Epub 2020 Apr 20.

Correlation between climate indicators and COVID-19 pandemic in New York, USA

Muhammad Farhan Bashir  1 , Benjiang Ma  2 , Bilal  3 , Bushra Komal  4 , Muhammad Adnan Bashir  5 , Duojiao Tan  6 , Madiha Bashir  7
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Correlation between climate indicators and COVID-19 pandemic in New York, USA

Muhammad Farhan Bashir et al. Sci Total Environ. .

Abstract

This study analyzed the association between COVID-19 and climate indicators in New York City, USA. We used secondary published data from New York city health services and National weather service, USA. The climate indicators included in the study are average temperature, minimum temperature, maximum temperature, rainfall, average humidity, wind speed, and air quality. Kendall and Spearman rank correlation tests were chosen for data analysis. We find that average temperature, minimum temperature, and air quality were significantly associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings of this study will help World Health Organization and health regulators such as Center for Disease Control (CDC) to combat COVID-19 in New York and the rest of the world.

Keywords: COVID-19; Coronavirus; Humidity; New York; Rainfall; Temperature.

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COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S.A. (Source: USA Today).
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Cases of COVID-19 in New York.
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Variations in minimum, maximum, and average temperatures.
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