Summary of the daily climatic variables and mortality in summer season* (1988–2009)
| Brisbane | Melbourne | Sydney | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | SD | Minimum | Maximum |
| Male | ||||||||||||
| (All) | 12 | 3.9 | 2 | 38 | 27 | 5.7 | 11 | 52 | 32 | 7.1 | 6 | 74 |
| (0–74) | 6 | 2.8 | 0 | 17 | 13 | 4.6 | 1 | 33 | 16 | 5.9 | 2 | 47 |
| (75+) | 6 | 2.8 | 0 | 25 | 14 | 4.4 | 2 | 34 | 15 | 4.5 | 3 | 32 |
| Female | ||||||||||||
| (All) | 12 | 4.1 | 1 | 40 | 26 | 5.7 | 10 | 79 | 30 | 6.7 | 9 | 70 |
| (0–74) | 4 | 2.1 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3.3 | 1 | 21 | 10 | 3.8 | 1 | 32 |
| (75+) | 8 | 3.3 | 0 | 30 | 18 | 5.0 | 3 | 64 | 21 | 5.4 | 5 | 42 |
| Total | 24 | 6.2 | 4 | 68 | 54 | 8.6 | 23 | 127 | 62 | 11.1 | 20 | 136 |
| MaxT† (°C) | 29.3 | 2.3 | 20.1 | 40.1 | 25.6 | 5.8 | 13.9 | 46.7 | 27.1 | 4.0 | 16.6 | 44.0 |
| MeanT‡ (°C) | 24.8 | 1.9 | 18.3 | 33.6 | 19.7 | 3.9 | 10.9 | 35.5 | 22.5 | 2.7 | 15.1 | 33.2 |
| MinT§ (°C) | 20.3 | 2.2 | 11.9 | 27.1 | 13.8 | 3.3 | 5.8 | 27.6 | 18.0 | 2.3 | 9.8 | 25.8 |
| RH¶ (%) | 70.2 | 8.7 | 30.2 | 96.8 | 65.0 | 11.6 | 19.7 | 95.6 | 70.0 | 11.0 | 28.1 | 98.1 |
*1 December to the end of February of next year.
†Maximum temperature.
‡Mean temperature.
§Minimum temperature.
¶Relative humidity.