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Table 2 Spearman’s correlations between daily weather and air pollutants in five Chinese cities from 2004 to 2008

From: The effects of ambient temperature on cerebrovascular mortality: an epidemiologic study in four climatic zones in China

City

Variable

Temperature

Relative humidity

PM10

Beijing

Relative humidity

0.35**

  

PM10

0.00

0.17**

 

NO2

−0.17**

0.21**

0.67**

Tianjin

Relative humidity

0.30**

  

PM10

−0.07*

0.06*

 

NO2

−0.36**

0.08*

0.59**

Shanghai

Relative humidity

0.15**

  

PM10

−0.18**

−0.26**

 

NO2

−0.39**

−0.16**

0.73**

Wuhan

Relative humidity

−0.09*

  

PM10

−0.20**

−0.17**

 

NO2

−0.35**

−0.17**

0.76**

Guangzhou

Relative humidity

0.22**

  

PM10

−0.08*

−0.15**

 

NO2

−0.20**

−0.11**

0.88**

  1. *P < 0.05.
  2. **P < 0.01.