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This dataset provides values for TEMPERATURE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.
The average temperature in December 2024 was 38.25 degrees Fahrenheit in the United States, the fourth-largest country in the world. The country has extremely diverse climates across its expansive landmass. Temperatures in the United States On the continental U.S., the southern regions face warm to extremely hot temperatures all year round, the Pacific Northwest tends to deal with rainy weather, the Mid-Atlantic sees all four seasons, and New England experiences the coldest winters in the country. The North American country has experienced an increase in the daily minimum temperatures since 1970. Consequently, the average annual temperature in the United States has seen a spike in recent years. Climate Change The entire world has seen changes in its average temperature as a result of climate change. Climate change occurs due to increased levels of greenhouse gases which act to trap heat in the atmosphere, preventing it from leaving the Earth. Greenhouse gases are emitted from various sectors but most prominently from burning fossil fuels. Climate change has significantly affected the average temperature across countries worldwide. In the United States, an increasing number of people have stated that they have personally experienced the effects of climate change. Not only are there environmental consequences due to climate change, but also economic ones. In 2022, for instance, extreme temperatures in the United States caused over 5.5 million U.S. dollars in economic damage. These economic ramifications occur for several reasons, which include higher temperatures, changes in regional precipitation, and rising sea levels.
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This dataset provides values for TEMPERATURE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.
The monthly average temperature in the United States between 2020 and 2025 shows distinct seasonal variation, following similar patterns. For instance, in April 2025, the average temperature across the North American country stood at 12.02 degrees Celsius. Rising temperatures Globally, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 2024 were some of the warmest years ever recorded since 1880. Overall, there has been a dramatic increase in the annual temperature since 1895. Within the U.S. annual temperatures show a great deal of variation depending on region. For instance, Florida tends to record the highest maximum temperatures across the North American country, while Wyoming recorded the lowest minimum average temperature in recent years. Carbon dioxide emissions Carbon dioxide is a known driver of climate change, which impacts average temperatures. Global historical carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels have been on the rise since the industrial revolution. In recent years, carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes reached over 37 billion metric tons. Among all countries globally, China was the largest emitter of carbon dioxide in 2023.
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This dataset provides values for TEMPERATURE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.
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This dataset provides values for TEMPERATURE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.
The table Global Temperatures is part of the dataset Climate Change: Earth Surface Temperature Data, available at https://columbia.redivis.com/datasets/1e0a-f4931vvyg. It contains 3192 rows across 9 variables.
Compilation of Earth Surface temperatures historical. Source: https://www.kaggle.com/berkeleyearth/climate-change-earth-surface-temperature-data
Data compiled by the Berkeley Earth project, which is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Study combines 1.6 billion temperature reports from 16 pre-existing archives. It is nicely packaged and allows for slicing into interesting subsets (for example by country). They publish the source data and the code for the transformations they applied. They also use methods that allow weather observations from shorter time series to be included, meaning fewer observations need to be thrown away.
In this dataset, we have include several files:
Global Land and Ocean-and-Land Temperatures (GlobalTemperatures.csv):
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The highest average temperature recorded in 2024 until November was in August, at 16.8 degrees Celsius. Since 2015, the highest average daily temperature in the UK was registered in July 2018, at 18.7 degrees Celsius. The summer of 2018 was the joint hottest since institutions began recording temperatures in 1910. One noticeable anomaly during this period was in December 2015, when the average daily temperature reached 9.5 degrees Celsius. This month also experienced the highest monthly rainfall in the UK since before 2014, with England, Wales, and Scotland suffering widespread flooding. Daily hours of sunshine Unsurprisingly, the heat wave that spread across the British Isles in 2018 was the result of particularly sunny weather. July 2018 saw an average of 8.7 daily sun hours in the United Kingdom. This was more hours of sun than was recorded in July 2024, which only saw 5.8 hours of sun. Temperatures are on the rise Since the 1960s, there has been an increase in regional temperatures across the UK. Between 1961 and 1990, temperatures in England averaged nine degrees Celsius, and from 2013 to 2022, average temperatures in the country had increased to 10.3 degrees Celsius. Due to its relatively southern location, England continues to rank as the warmest country in the UK.
The monthly data sets include all parameters of the CLIMAT reports, which are routinely disseminated by the National Meteorological Services all over the world for their stations. The correctness of month and year has been quality controlled.
The CLIMAT dataset contains a collection of sensor data from weather stations, collected worldwide from 04/2003 to 08/2020. 123 sensor data have been recorded in addition to the year, month, WMO station-identifier, and group index. The raw data consisted of 212 text files. Which were downloaded from the DWD FTP server.
The station dataset contains extended information about the respective weather station. This contains the id, the name, latitude, longitude, height, and the country.
The section and group index G1, G2, G3, and G4 referring t to the coding of the CLIMAT reports appears several times, within the sequence but is explained only once below. Temperature values consist of sign and absolute value, which are stored in separate entries. The sign sn is below coded as 0 - positive or zero, 1 - negative. In the dataset, sn columns have additionally a numeric identifier. Which is not shown in the table below. |Column identifer|Discription| |---|---| |IIiii|WMO Station-identifer| |G1|Group index within section 1| |Po|Monthly mean pressure at 1/10 hPA station level| |P|Monthly mean sea level pressure or for high located stations (in mountainous regions): meters| |sn|Sign of Monthly mean air temperature| |T|Monthly mean air temperature| |st|Standard deviation of daily mean values| |sn|Sign of mean daily maximum air temperature of the month| |Tx|Mean daily maximum air temperature of the month| |sn|Sign of mean daily minimum air temperature| |Tn|Mean daily minimum air temperature of the month| |e|Mean vapor pressure for the month| |R1|Total precipitation for the month| |Rd|Frequency group (quintile) within which R1 falls nr Number of days in the month with precipitation equal to or greater than 1 mm| |S1|Total sunshine for the month| |ps|Percentage of total sunshine duration relative to the normal| |mP|Number of days missing from the records for pressure| |mT|Number of days missing from the records for air temperature| |mTx|Number of days missing from the record for daily maximum air temperature| |mTn|Number of days missing from the record for daily minimum air temperature| |me|Number of days missing from the records for vapor pressure| |mR|Number of days missing from the records for precipitation| |mS|Number of days missing from the records for sunshine duration| G2|Group index within section| |Yb|Year of beginning of the reference period| |Yc|Year of ending of the reference period| |P0|Monthly mean pressure at station level| |P|Monthly mean sea level pressure or for high located stations (in mountainous regions): meters| |sn|Sign of T| |T|Abs(Monthly mean air temperature)| |st|Standard deviation of daily mean values relative to the monthly mean air temperature| |sn|Sign of Tx| |Tx|abs(Mean daily maximum air temperature of the month)| |sn|Sign of Tn| |Tn|Abs(Mean daily minimum air temperature of the month)| |e|Mean vapor pressure for the month| |R1|Total precipitation for the month| |nr|Number of days in the month with precipitation equal to or greater than 1 mm| |S1|Total sunshine for the month| | |Number of missing years within the reference period from the calculation of normal for ...| |yP|... air pressure| |yR|... precipitation| |yS|... sunshine duration| |yT|... mean air temperature| |yTx|... mean extreme air temperature| |ye|... vapor pressure| |G3|group index within section Number of days in the month with maximum air temperature equal to or more than ...| |T25|... 25°C| |T30|... 30°C| |T35|... 35°C| |T40|... 40°C| | |Number of days in the month with minimum air temperature ...| |Tn0|... less than 0°C Number of days in the Month with maximum air temperature ...| |Tx0|... less than 0°C| | |Number of days in the month with precipitation equal to or more than ...| |R01|... 1.0 mm| |R05|... 5.0 mm| |R10|... 10.0 mm| |R50|... 50.0 mm| |R100|... 100.0 mm| |R150|... 150.0 mm| | |Number of days in the month with snow depth ...| |s00|... more than 0 cm| |s01|... more than 1 cm| |s10|... more than 10 cm| |s50|... more than 50 cm| | |Number of days in the month with observed or recorded wind speed equal to or more than ...| |f10|... 10 meters per second or 20 knots| |f20|... 20 meters per second or 40 knots| |f30|... 30 meters per second or 60 knots| | |Number of days in the month with observed or recorded visibility of ...| |V1|... less than 50 m| |V2|... less than 100 m| |V3|... less than 1000 m| |G4|Group index within section sn sign of Highest daily mean air temperature of the month| |Txd|Abs(Highest daily mean air temperature of the month)| |yx|Day of highest daily mean air temperature during the month| |sn|Sign of Lowest daily mean ...
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The Climatic Research Unit (CRU) Country (CY) data version 4.08 dataset consists of ten climate variables for country averages at a monthly, seasonal and annual frequency: including cloud cover, diurnal temperature range, frost day frequency, precipitation, daily mean temperature, monthly average daily maximum and minimum temperature, vapour pressure, potential evapotranspiration and wet day frequency. This version uses the updated set of country definitions, please see the appropriate Release Notes.
This dataset was produced in 2024 by CRU at the University of East Anglia and extends the CRU CY4.07 data to include 2023. The data are available as text files with the extension '.per' and can be opened by most text editors.
Spatial averages are calculated using area-weighted means. CRU CY4.08 is derived directly from the CRU time series (TS) 4.07 dataset. CRU CY version 4.08 spans the period 1901-2023 for 292 countries.
To understand the CRU CY4.08 dataset, it is important to understand the construction and limitations of the underlying dataset, CRU TS4.07. It is therefore recommended that all users read the Harris et al, 2020 paper and the CRU TS4.08 release notes listed in the online documentation on this record.
CRU CY data are available for download to all CEDA users.
Publication of monthly mean temperature, pressure, precipitation, vapor pressure, and hours of sunshine for approximately 2,000 surface data collection stations worldwide, and monthly mean upper air temperatures, dew point depressions, and wind velocities for approximately 500 observing sites.
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This dataset provides high-resolution gridded temperature and precipitation observations from a selection of sources. Additionally the dataset contains daily global average near-surface temperature anomalies. All fields are defined on either daily or monthly frequency. The datasets are regularly updated to incorporate recent observations. The included data sources are commonly known as GISTEMP, Berkeley Earth, CPC and CPC-CONUS, CHIRPS, IMERG, CMORPH, GPCC and CRU, where the abbreviations are explained below. These data have been constructed from high-quality analyses of meteorological station series and rain gauges around the world, and as such provide a reliable source for the analysis of weather extremes and climate trends. The regular update cycle makes these data suitable for a rapid study of recently occurred phenomena or events. The NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies temperature analysis dataset (GISTEMP-v4) combines station data of the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) with the Extended Reconstructed Sea Surface Temperature (ERSST) to construct a global temperature change estimate. The Berkeley Earth Foundation dataset (BERKEARTH) merges temperature records from 16 archives into a single coherent dataset. The NOAA Climate Prediction Center datasets (CPC and CPC-CONUS) define a suite of unified precipitation products with consistent quantity and improved quality by combining all information sources available at CPC and by taking advantage of the optimal interpolation (OI) objective analysis technique. The Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station dataset (CHIRPS-v2) incorporates 0.05° resolution satellite imagery and in-situ station data to create gridded rainfall time series over the African continent, suitable for trend analysis and seasonal drought monitoring. The Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals dataset (IMERG) by NASA uses an algorithm to intercalibrate, merge, and interpolate “all'' satellite microwave precipitation estimates, together with microwave-calibrated infrared (IR) satellite estimates, precipitation gauge analyses, and potentially other precipitation estimators over the entire globe at fine time and space scales for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and its successor, Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) satellite-based precipitation products. The Climate Prediction Center morphing technique dataset (CMORPH) by NOAA has been created using precipitation estimates that have been derived from low orbiter satellite microwave observations exclusively. Then, geostationary IR data are used as a means to transport the microwave-derived precipitation features during periods when microwave data are not available at a location. The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre dataset (GPCC) is a centennial product of monthly global land-surface precipitation based on the ~80,000 stations world-wide that feature record durations of 10 years or longer. The data coverage per month varies from ~6,000 (before 1900) to more than 50,000 stations. The Climatic Research Unit dataset (CRU v4) features an improved interpolation process, which delivers full traceability back to station measurements. The station measurements of temperature and precipitation are public, as well as the gridded dataset and national averages for each country. Cross-validation was performed at a station level, and the results have been published as a guide to the accuracy of the interpolation. This catalogue entry complements the E-OBS record in many aspects, as it intends to provide high-resolution gridded meteorological observations at a global rather than continental scale. These data may be suitable as a baseline for model comparisons or extreme event analysis in the CMIP5 and CMIP6 dataset.
As per the ranking of the global combined land and ocean annually averaged temperature anomaly, 2024 was the warmest year on record, with a warming of almost *** degrees Celsius above the 20th century average. The year 2023 ranked second. An exceptionally strong El Niño event occurred in 2023, which contributed to record global average warming of **** degrees Celsius above the 20th century average. The past ten years were all amongst the warmest on record.
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The CRU CY version 3.26 dataset consists of ten climate variables for country averages at a monthly, seasonal and annual frequency; including cloud cover, diurnal temperature range, frost day frequency, precipitation, daily mean temperature, monthly average daily maximum and minimum temperature, vapour pressure and potential evapotranspiration.
This dataset was produced in 2018 by the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia and supersedes version 3.25, additionally however these data are superseded by the CRU CY 4.02 data which has a new processing methodology. This concurrent release of CRU CY 3.26 and CRU CY 4.02 is made to support users during the transition to the CRU CY version 4 data. No further releases of version 3 are planned.
An updated set of country definitions have been introduced with this version. Please see the appropriate Release Notes. The data are available as text files with the extension '.per' and can be opened by most text editors.
Spatial averages are calculated using area-weighted means. CRU CY3.26 is derived directly from the CRU TS3.26 dataset. CRU CY version 3.26 spans the period 1901-2017 for 289 countries.
To understand the CRU-CY3.26 dataset, it is important to understand the construction and limitations of the underlying dataset, CRU TS3.26. It is therefore recommended that all users read the Harris et al, 2014 paper listed in the online documentation on this record.
CRU CY data are available for download to all CEDA users.
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Note: a new time-series dataset from ERA5 has been published — this one won't be updated/maintained anymore
Country averages of meteorological variables generated using the R routines available in the package panas based on the Copernicus Climate Change ERA5 reanalyses. The time-series are at hourly resolution and the included variables are:
2-meter temperature (t2m),
snow depth (snow_depth),
mean sea-level pressure (mslp),
runoff,
surface solar radiation (ssrd),
surface solar radiation with clear-sky (ssrdc),
temperature at 850hPa (t850),
total precipitation (total_prec),
zonal (west-east direction) wind speed at 10m (u10) and 100m (u100),
meridional (north-sud) wind speed at 10m (v10) and 100m (v100),
dew point temperature (dew)
The original gridded data has been averaged considered the national borders of the following countries (European 2-letter country codes are used, i.e. ISO 3166 alpha-2 codes with the exception of GB->UK and GR->EL): AL, AT, BA, BE, BG, BY, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, DZ, EE, EL, ES, FI, FR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MD, ME, MK, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, UA, UK.
The unit measures here used are listed in the official page: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp#!/dataset/era5-hourly-data-on-single-levels-from-2000-to-2017?tab=overview
The script used to generate the files is available on github here
The table Global Temperatures by City is part of the dataset Climate Change: Earth Surface Temperature Data, available at https://columbia.redivis.com/datasets/1e0a-f4931vvyg. It contains 8599212 rows across 7 variables.
The Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resource (POWER) Project gathers NASA Earth Observation data and parameters related to the fields of surface solar irradiance and meteorology to serve the public in several free, easy-to-access, and easy-to-use methods. POWER helps communities become resilient amid observed climate variability by improving data accessibility, aiding research in renewable energy development, building energy efficiency, and agriculture sustainability. POWER is funded through the NASA Earth Action Program within the Earth Science Mission Directorate at NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC).---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This monthly meteorology service provides time-enabled global Analysis Ready Data (ARD) parameters from 1981 to 2023 for POWER’s communities. Time Interval: MonthlyTime Extent: 1981/01/01 to 2023/12/31Time Standard: Local Sidereal Time (LST)Grid Size: 0.5 x 0.5 DegreeProjection: GCS WGS84Extent: GlobalSource: NASA Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER)For questions or issues please email: larc-power-project@mail.nasa.govMeteorology Data Sources:NASA's GMAO MERRA-2 archive (Jan. 1, 1981 – Dec. 31, 2021)Meteorology Data Parameters:CDD10 (Cooling Degree Days Above 10 C): The daily accumulation of degrees when the daily mean temperature is above 10 degrees Celsius.CDD18_3 (Cooling Degree Days Above 18.3 C): The daily accumulation of degrees when the daily mean temperature is above 18.3 degrees Celsius.DISPH (Zero Plane Displacement Height): The height at which the mean velocity is zero due to large obstacles such as buildings/canopy.EVLAND (Evaporation Land): The evaporation over land at the surface of the earth.EVPTRNS (Evapotranspiration Energy Flux): The evapotranspiration energy flux at the surface of the earth.FROST_DAYS (Frost Days): A frost day occurs when the 2m temperature cools to the dew point temperature and both are less than 0 C or 32 F.GWETTOP (Surface Soil Wetness): The percent of soil moisture a value of 0 indicates a completely water-free soil and a value of 1 indicates a completely saturated soil; where surface is the layer from the surface 0 cm to 5 cm below grade.HDD10 (Heating Degree Days Below 10 C): The daily accumulation of degrees when the daily mean temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius.HDD18_3 (Heating Degree Days Below 18.3 C): The daily accumulation of degrees when the daily mean temperature is below 15.3 degrees Celsius.PBLTOP (Planetary Boundary Layer Top Pressure): The pressure at the top of the planet boundary layer.PRECSNOLAND_SUM (Snow Precipitation Land Sum): The snow precipitation sum over land at the surface of the earth.PRECTOTCORR_SUM (Precipitation Corrected Sum): The bias corrected sum of total precipitation at the surface of the earth.PS (Surface Pressure): The average of surface pressure at the surface of the earth.QV10M (Specific Humidity at 10 Meters): The ratio of the mass of water vapor to the total mass of air at 10 meters (kg water/kg total air).QV2M (Specific Humidity at 2 Meters): The ratio of the mass of water vapor to the total mass of air at 2 meters (kg water/kg total air).RH2M (Relative Humidity at 2 Meters): The ratio of actual partial pressure of water vapor to the partial pressure at saturation, expressed in percent.T10M (Temperature at 10 Meters): The air (dry bulb) temperature at 10 meters above the surface of the earth.T2M (Temperature at 2 Meters): The average air (dry bulb) temperature at 2 meters above the surface of the earth.T2MDEW (Dew/Frost Point at 2 Meters): The dew/frost point temperature at 2 meters above the surface of the earth.T2MWET (Wet Bulb Temperature at 2 Meters): The adiabatic saturation temperature which can be measured by a thermometer covered in a water-soaked cloth over which air is passed at 2 meters above the surface of the earth.TO3 (Total Column Ozone): The total amount of ozone in a column extending vertically from the earth's surface to the top of the atmosphere.TQV (Total Column Precipitable Water): The total atmospheric water vapor contained in a vertical column of unit cross-sectional area extending from the surface to the top of the atmosphere.TS (Earth Skin Temperature): The average temperature at the earth's surface.WD10M (Wind Direction at 10 Meters): The average of the wind direction at 10 meters above the surface of the earth.WD2M (Wind Direction at 2 Meters): The average of the wind direction at 2 meters above the surface of the earth.WD50M (Wind Direction at 50 Meters): The average of the wind direction at 50 meters above the surface of the earth.WS10M (Wind Speed at 10 Meters): The average of wind speed at 10 meters above the surface of the earth.WS2M (Wind Speed at 2 Meters): The average of wind speed at 2 meters above the surface of the earth.WS50M (Wind Speed at 50 Meters): The average of wind speed at 50 meters above the surface of the earth.
Global Surface Summary of the Day is derived from The Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH) dataset. The ISH dataset includes global data obtained from the USAF Climatology Center, located in the Federal Climate Complex with NCDC. The latest daily summary data are normally available 1-2 days after the date-time of the observations used in the daily summaries. The online data files begin with 1929 and are at the time of this writing at the Version 8 software level. Over 9000 stations' data are typically available. The daily elements included in the dataset (as available from each station) are: Mean temperature (.1 Fahrenheit) Mean dew point (.1 Fahrenheit) Mean sea level pressure (.1 mb) Mean station pressure (.1 mb) Mean visibility (.1 miles) Mean wind speed (.1 knots) Maximum sustained wind speed (.1 knots) Maximum wind gust (.1 knots) Maximum temperature (.1 Fahrenheit) Minimum temperature (.1 Fahrenheit) Precipitation amount (.01 inches) Snow depth (.1 inches) Indicator for occurrence of: Fog, Rain or Drizzle, Snow or Ice Pellets, Hail, Thunder, Tornado/Funnel Cloud Global summary of day data for 18 surface meteorological elements are derived from the synoptic/hourly observations contained in USAF DATSAV3 Surface data and Federal Climate Complex Integrated Surface Hourly (ISH). Historical data are generally available for 1929 to the present, with data from 1973 to the present being the most complete. For some periods, one or more countries' data may not be available due to data restrictions or communications problems. In deriving the summary of day data, a minimum of 4 observations for the day must be present (allows for stations which report 4 synoptic observations/day). Since the data are converted to constant units (e.g, knots), slight rounding error from the originally reported values may occur (e.g, 9.9 instead of 10.0). The mean daily values described below are based on the hours of operation for the station. For some stations/countries, the visibility will sometimes 'cluster' around a value (such as 10 miles) due to the practice of not reporting visibilities greater than certain distances. The daily extremes and totals--maximum wind gust, precipitation amount, and snow depth--will only appear if the station reports the data sufficiently to provide a valid value. Therefore, these three elements will appear less frequently than other values. Also, these elements are derived from the stations' reports during the day, and may comprise a 24-hour period which includes a portion of the previous day. The data are reported and summarized based on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, 0000Z - 2359Z) since the original synoptic/hourly data are reported and based on GMT.
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ABSTRACT Background : The Covid-19 pandemic associated with the SARS-CoV-2 has caused very high death tolls in many countries, while it has had less prevalence in other countries of Africa and Asia. Climate and geographic conditions, as well as other epidemiologic and demographic conditions, were a matter of debate on whether or not they could have an effect on the prevalence of Covid-19. Objective : In the present work, we sought a possible relevance of the geographic location of a given country on its Covid-19 prevalence. On the other hand, we sought a possible relation between the history of epidemiologic and demographic conditions of the populations and the prevalence of Covid-19 across four continents (America, Europe, Africa, and Asia). We also searched for a possible impact of pre-pandemic alcohol consumption in each country on the two year death tolls across the four continents. Methods : We have sought the death toll caused by Covid-19 in 39 countries and obtained the registered deaths from specialized web pages. For every country in the study, we have analysed the correlation of the Covid-19 death numbers with its geographic latitude, and its associated climate conditions, such as the mean annual temperature, the average annual sunshine hours, and the average annual UV index. We also analyzed the correlation of the Covid-19 death numbers with epidemiologic conditions such as cancer score and Alzheimer score, and with demographic parameters such as birth rate, mortality rate, fertility rate, and the percentage of people aged 65 and above. In regard to consumption habits, we searched for a possible relation between alcohol intake levels per capita and the Covid-19 death numbers in each country. Correlation factors and determination factors, as well as analyses by simple linear regression and polynomial regression, were calculated or obtained by Microsoft Exell software (2016). Results : In the present study, higher numbers of deaths related to Covid-19 pandemic were registered in many countries in Europe and America compared to other countries in Africa and Asia. The analysis by polynomial regression generated an inverted bell-shaped curve and a significant correlation between the Covid-19 death numbers and the geographic latitude of each country in our study. Higher death numbers were registered in the higher geographic latitudes of both hemispheres, while lower scores of deaths were registered in countries located around the equator line. In a bell shaped curve, the latitude levels were negatively correlated to the average annual levels (last 10 years) of temperatures, sunshine hours, and UV index of each country, with the highest scores of each climate parameter being registered around the equator line, while lower levels of temperature, sunshine hours, and UV index were registered in higher latitude countries. In addition, the linear regression analysis showed that the Covid-19 death numbers registered in the 39 countries of our study were negatively correlated with the three climate factors of our study, with the temperature as the main negatively correlated factor with Covid-19 deaths. On the other hand, cancer and Alzheimer's disease scores, as well as advanced age and alcohol intake, were positively correlated to Covid-19 deaths, and inverted bell-shaped curves were obtained when expressing the above parameters against a country’s latitude. Instead, the (birth rate/mortality rate) ratio and fertility rate were negatively correlated to Covid-19 deaths, and their values gave bell-shaped curves when expressed against a country’s latitude. Conclusion : The results of the present study prove that the climate parameters and history of epidemiologic and demographic conditions as well as nutrition habits are very correlated with Covid-19 prevalence. The results of the present study prove that low levels of temperature, sunshine hours, and UV index, as well as negative epidemiologic and demographic conditions and high scores of alcohol intake may worsen Covid-19 prevalence in many countries of the northern hemisphere, and this phenomenon could explain their high Covid-19 death tolls. Keywords : Covid-19, Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, climate, temperature, sunshine hours, UV index, cancer, Alzheimer disease, alcohol.
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This dataset provides values for TEMPERATURE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.