Table 1

Events of year 2002 and available observation periods for all considered variables

Variable
Toronto
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago (M)
Chicago (O)
NY (LGA)
NY (JFK)
Montreal

Tmax max (°C)
35.4
35.0
36.1
36.7
35.6
36.7
37.2
35.6
Tmin max (°C)
24.6
23.9
23.3
26.7
25.6
27.8
26.7
24.0
Tave max (°C)
29.3
29.2
29.4
31.7
30.6
31.7
31.9
29.7
Ptot (mm)
513.9
514.4
488.4
621.0
661.9
772.2
760.2
416.3
DD18 (°C)
364.6
607.4
613.1
803.4
626.3
850.0
686.2
518.8
DD20 (°C)
208.1
388.6
398.3
565.6
413.3
593.9
442.5
324.4
DD25 (°C)
30.5
56.1
61.9
115.0
62.8
155.6
88.3
51.2
Tave min (°C)
-14.6
-10.3
-10.6
-13.3
-14.4
-3.1
-3.3
-8.5
DD-5 (°C)
338.6
748.9
650.6
764.4
623.9
1283.9
1082.2
548.6
Available record
1942–2002
1949–2002
1959–2002
1948–2002
1959–2002
1949–2002
1949–2002
1938–2002

El Adlouni et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:40   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-40